My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn't an option

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    1 year ago

    Like others have said, just use official windows and don't activate, only downside is the watermark afaik.

    Alternatively, you can buy licences for like 1-2 $ off eBay and other similar sites. Just make sure the licence and the version you install matches otherwise it won't activate

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        1 year ago

        It it already had a license even better, yeah, no need to buy a new one. Figured that wasn't the case since they asked how to pirate it.