I’m looking to test out Windows, but I don’t want to download it without my VPN. I’m trying to use it in a virtual machine with GPU passthrough so I can play all my games. I also obviously don’t want to pay for a copy. TIA!
Just use quickemu, it will download the ISO and setup the VM for you in less than 10 minutes. If it doesn’t download the ISO you can get it from M$'s website.
Also if you don’t wanna pay and don’t absolutely need windows just use any one of the many free Linux distros honestly.
You don’t download pirated copies for your your safety.
Download official ISOs from https://massgrave.dev/ (preferably the business editions and install Enterprise,… or Pro) and then use the provided activator on the same website.
Side note: Enterprise is the same as Pro without some telemetry / garbage by default or that can be further disabled, so you can safely use it.
The easy way to get a clean copy is to download it directly from Microsoft. You can generate a valid download link using the follwing website (just make sure the domain of the generated link points to Microsoft and nothing bad can happen)
\https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php
As for the activation, I have found that the My Digital Life Forums have good activators available usually:
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/forums/kms-and-other-tools.51/
Edit: Sorry it looks like TechBench is dead, but this site seems to work the same way:
https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php /s, but you can use the offical version for playing games and stuff without paying, and there are easy ways to get around the limitations (remove watermark, change desktop background, etc).
You don’t have to download pirated Windows. Microsoft offers free versions of Windows (at least 10, not sure about other versions) on their website for making a bootable usb.
