LuckingFurker (Any/All)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Steam Deck@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoInstalling Windows on an external SSD, is Windows To Go still the preferred method?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareInstalling Windows on an external SSD, is Windows To Go still the preferred method?LuckingFurker (Any/All)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Steam Deck@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJoYo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoDo you have a license or nah? If nah, use Rufus to remove the license and tpm check.
minus-squareLuckingFurker (Any/All)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoSo Windows To Go is still the way? I saw some stuff that suggested Microsoft didn’t support it anymore so I wondered how viable it was. I do have Windows on my old PC tied to my account, no idea if that’s transferable to any degree but I assume not
minus-squareJoYo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoif you want to use your current license then windows to go is the way to do that.
minus-squaretimespace@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoWhat setting do you do in Rufus to remove those checks? Quick google says it just removes the requirement for a Microsoft account, but that doesn’t mean it removes license checks. Or does it?
minus-squareJoYo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agothe Microsoft account is the license check on install now. skipping that will let you create a local account without providing a license. your installation will not be activated, there’s scripts you can run to turn off the watermark.
Do you have a license or nah?
If nah, use Rufus to remove the license and tpm check.
So Windows To Go is still the way? I saw some stuff that suggested Microsoft didn’t support it anymore so I wondered how viable it was. I do have Windows on my old PC tied to my account, no idea if that’s transferable to any degree but I assume not
if you want to use your current license then windows to go is the way to do that.
What setting do you do in Rufus to remove those checks?
Quick google says it just removes the requirement for a Microsoft account, but that doesn’t mean it removes license checks. Or does it?
the Microsoft account is the license check on install now. skipping that will let you create a local account without providing a license.
your installation will not be activated, there’s scripts you can run to turn off the watermark.