Difference between activatin and not activatin windows

[BDMD]

What’s the difference between activating and not activating windows

[Slottr]

Watermark, lose access to customization and some other settings

[BDMD]

2 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Watermark, lose access to customization and some other settings

So would the watermark show up even in games 

[leo1798]

1 minute ago, BDMD said:

So would the watermark show up even in games 

Yes

[BDMD]

1 minute ago, leo1798 said:

Yes

Alright then guess I better activate windows

[leo1798]

Just now, BDMD said:

Alright then guess I better activate windows

Check out gray-market sites like SCDKeys if you want to save a few bucks

[Enderman]

Watermark and can't change personalization settings.

https://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you-dont-need-a-product-key-to-install-and-use-windows-10/

[Enderman]

6 minutes ago, leo1798 said:

Yes

No it does not.

It's on the desktop.

[SupaKomputa]

watermark only appear on desktop, with directx apps its gone.

so you can safely stream your unactivated windows games.

but windows keys is cheap anyway, search google for "cheap windows key" they go for like $15-20.

make sure the seller give you warranty if not work.

[XR6]

Look on the grey market e.g. kinguin, ebay

Not sure if this is against the community standards so I'm reluctant to post this but whatever. 

[Shiv78]

if you are a college student, you can get Windows 10 Education edition for free. Education is even better than Win10 Pro.

[lmeneses]

4 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

if you are a college student, you can get Windows 10 Education edition for free. Education is even better than Win10 Pro.

Whaaaat, I've never heard of this. How is it better?

[Speed Weed]

Don't buy Windows keys from Ebay, G2A, and Kinguin. 

[LogicalDrm]

4 hours ago, Speed Weed said:

Don't buy Windows keys from Ebay, G2A, and Kinguin. 

G2A is fine. They require proof of authorized partnership from anyone listing Windows keys. Hence there aren't any listed keys.

[Shiv78]

21 hours ago, lmeneses said:

Whaaaat, I've never heard of this. How is it better?

Well, most of the stuff that makes Win 10 Edu 'better' than Pro is useless on a day to day basis. It's almost identical to Windows 10 Enterprise.

 

(I run Edu on my desktop and Home on my laptop).