Massgrave

Activation script

Free open-source script commonly recommended for activating Windows and Office, often mentioned as a fix when official activation is unavailable.

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Recommended for activating Windows and Office
“Disclaimer: I have no personal knowledge of that site, but it is commonly recommended when this subject comes up.”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet”
“massgrave will activate Office if you are really stuck”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices”
“why not just activate it with massgrave?”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Years with Windows 11”
- Comment from 3 May 2026 in “Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March”
Works around vendor restrictions
“remedy 90% of the shit experience with vendors”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “"This Is Not the Computer for You"”
“Just pirate the updates with Massgrave.”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet”

9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“Windows has been free since at least VXKC4.”

RecommendsComment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone”

“Even worse when it's open source and hosted on a website your company owns.”

RecommendsComment from 27 Jul 2026 on Hacker News

“Activate with Massgrave HWID”

RecommendsComment from 3 May 2026 in “Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March”

“remedy 90% of the shit experience with vendors”

RecommendsComment from 13 Mar 2026 in “"This Is Not the Computer for You"”

“why not just activate it with massgrave?”

RecommendsComment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Years with Windows 11”

“Just pirate the updates with Massgrave.”

RecommendsComment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet”

“Disclaimer: I have no personal knowledge of that site, but it is commonly recommended when this subject comes up.”

RecommendsComment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet”

“massgrave will activate Office if you are really stuck”

RecommendsComment from 8 Dec 2025 in “Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices”

“if you want the watermark gone, then Massgrave is your friend”

RecommendsComment from 2 Dec 2025 in “After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.