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Always download your Windows ISOs from MS directly: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10ISO?msockid=1f1e1899fbc26e530dcb0cebfa3f6f8b
The moment you get them from somewhere else, no, it cannot be deemed 100% safe.
No Windows 11 download page and I'm using script from github to force Windows 11 on non supported device but I don't know if it's safe
I've done quite a of setup already so it'd be annoying, even changing password is. I'll see what I can do next month as I'm to buys the next weekdays and weekends
Unless you compare the checksum is a match from the ones from Microsoft.
Yeah. But unless MS has blocked you, I still don’t see the point getting it elsewhere.
There are legitimate versions of windows that are hard to get as a non enterprise consumer. Such as some of the IOT versions that have much longer security support.
Windows LTSC ftw.
May as well use M$’s bandwidth
They block VPN users.
Never had an issue getting an iso from them via Mullvad.
How recently. I tested with Mullvad and it gave me a notice.
Huh, you're right. But a few weeks ago I was definitely able to download via Fido. Maybe try that.
I wasn't using a VPN last time the download didn't work, but it might have something to do with me using NextDNS and blocking some of their tracking stuff that way.
I still can't understand how to download the ISO, all I can do is downloading a tool to create a ISO... I'd like to download the sama exact win10 Italian version in order to compare checksum, since I've done a lot of setup already on the laptop
https://www.howtogeek.com/427223/how-to-download-a-windows-10-iso-without-the-media-creation-tool/
One way to get there might be to hash the iso and then search that hash to see if you find someone referencing it for the official image.