Installing Windows software

[Phil]

You can install Win 10 without a key and run it permanently with no real 
restrictions except personalizing the PC ie changing your desktop 
background, not a showstopper.

Phil


On 12/10/24 23:32, Robert Heller wrote:
> MS-Windows 11 will only install on very new hardware. MS-Windows 10 is nearing
> EOL. You can't "just install" MS-Windows. You need to buy a license key to use
> it. (I don't know if it will install without a key, or if it will run in any
> meaningful way without a licence key.)
>
> There is already documentation on installing TeX Live on MS-Windows here:
> https://tug.org/texlive/windows.html and a web search turns up several Youtube
> videos.
>
> At Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:16:06 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> I need to re-document and re-screenshot the process of installing TeX Live.
>> No prob for Macs and Linux systems, which I have, but for MS Windows I'll
>> need something like an OS emulator or platform library like Codeweavers
>> Wine, or a VM. I have an old sacrificial machine in the corner but I don't
>> know if it will support modern Windows. Whichever way, I assume I will need
>> to find an installation copy of the current version of Windows (10? 11? 12?).
>>
>> I've never been required to use Windows, either for work or otherwise,
>> although I've used it occasionally for a few minutes on a colleague's
>> machine, and I did once use Wine to install some app I can't remember, so
>> I'm relatively clueless.
>>
>> All recommendations and warnings gratefully received.
>>
>> Peter
>>