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r/NJTech•
Relemsis

Don't get Windows through NJIT

Edit 2: just talked to IT support again, they're saying I only have a 45 day grace period to get off this account, we were on the phone for over an hour trying to set up a local account and remove the NJIT one, of course they don't know what my special login domain scenario is and then the call disconnected, honestly fuck this it's time to backup and clean install a real version of windows

Edit: thank you to those who provided suggestions, the title should be don't log into Windows through NJIT on your personal PC, I will make sure to keep it to only a license key next time

I have been using Windows 10 Education for a few years no problem, one time they forced me to switch to a PIN (maybe they like it to be less secure idk) but that's about it

I try to log on my own custom built machine this evening and get the message "you can't log in with this account" and it tells me to use another account but I can't log into any other account, then I try to go to the NJIT software page and from there Microsoft says my account is locked and to contact the organizer or whatever

Basically I had to call 24/7 NJIT tech support for them to tell me it's a known ongoing issue today and they will notify me by tomorrow afternoon

How the fuck am I supposed to play cod tonight I am literally going to purchase my own Windows license and reinstall, I'm done with this shit

Posted Feb 4, 2022, 3:42 AM UTC · edited

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r1ckyh1mselfIT/CS `22•

Sir, I deeply feel for you. I cannot begin to fathom how you are dealing with such an egregious display of incompetence. The feeling of not being able to play such a masterpiece for an entire night must be nothing short of devastating. To add insult to injury, you will have to sit through an entire evening without being called derogatory names by 13 year old's through voice chat, a near impossible feat that not many have the brawn to accomplish.

You must have unbridled strength akin to the greatest of warriors to be able to deal with such a situation, and your vigor must be of godlike stature.

I will personally get on a conference call immediately with Joel Bloom and Bill Gates, to make sure nothing of this nature happens to you ever again.

I wish you Godspeed, and hope your journey through the evening leads you to greener pastures.

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RelemsisOPIT/Game Dev '18•

Thanks but I already contacted my uncle who works for Nintendo and he said he can't do anything

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Bubbaaaaaaaaa•

You linked it with your NJIT account it sounds like instead of just typing in the windows key.

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RelemsisOPIT/Game Dev '18•

They changed it so you have to log in with an NJIT account on a new install, I have done the installation before with just the key but that was a while ago

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howisthismanREAL•

There's still a way to install with just a key instead of adding your NJIT account to Windows. If you login to Azure with your NJIT email, you can request an Education key through the Education software portal (along with a bunch of other stuff like Server keys, etc)

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RelemsisOPIT/Game Dev '18•

Well damn brother I will keep this in mind for the next clean install thanks

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Bubbaaaaaaaaa•

I think you did something wrong tbh. I did an install just recently last year and have no issues and no accounts linked.

Unfortunately I think it’s too late to unlink

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RelemsisOPIT/Game Dev '18•

Maybe they changed it again or maybe I am a sheep who says yes to every yes or no question that Cortana asks me

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Bubbaaaaaaaaa•

Yeah going forward for a windows install disable everything don’t even connect to WiFi or a network

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shtoogieman8•

Wait what? We are getting booted off in 45 days??

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RelemsisOPIT/Game Dev '18•

that does seem to legit be the case, I will have to call again later because the person who I was on the phone with was not as helpful as I was hoping and it is possible the lockout will only happen to onedrive but at least we got another administrator account created after I got back in this account just in case this type of thing happens again

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Javeess•

I have windows education, it works fine for me

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RelemsisOPIT/Game Dev '18•

Well yeah if it happened to every student/staff then it might have already been fixed by now

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Purple_Suspect•

It happened to me as well. I believe it is an alumni problem

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electrowiz64•

When NJIT used to make windows 7 available, that was a nice ISO. WIsh I couldve gotten their Windows Vista or Windowx XP ISOs.

Windows 10 Education ISO is as pointless as bringing your lunch to GDS. More so, the Education edition one sucks ass. Just get the basic Windows 10 Home ISO from microsoft directly, HUGE pain free experience

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ricktech15Joel Bloom's secret penthouse on the seventh floor of honors•

You don't need a license to use windows, you just need a license to change the background. But I think what you should really use is a distribution of the amazing GNU/Linux, or as I have recently taken to calling it, GNU+Linux,...wait shit I'm fucking up the ad. Anyway Linux is cool for games now.

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RelemsisOPIT/Game Dev '18•

Big cap brother no way in hell would I choose to subject myself to that "Windows is not activated" watermark or wrestle with wrappers and compatibility/performance issues with Windows games in Linux

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ricktech15Joel Bloom's secret penthouse on the seventh floor of honors•

Alternatively you could try one of those $17 licenses from SCD key

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Lil-Boss_2102•

Never had an issue myself

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RelemsisOPIT/Game Dev '18•

Me neither until this evening but you knew that

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