Russian users are no longer able to download or update Windows 10 and Windows 11 in their country. Trying to download the ISOs of the Microsoft operating system is greeted in Russia by Error 404, as it was discovered by the site
BleepingComputer
. The only item that is still possible to download, with no utility since everything else is blocked, is Windows 11 Media Creation Tool. It is not clear at the moment if the choice is intentional or simply the result of a mistake, but Microsoft has aligned itself with numerous other Big Techs and has stopped selling its physical products in Russia, as Apple, Dell, Ericsson have already done. , Nokia and others. At the moment it seems that it is still possible to download Windows using a VPN that hides the origin of the user. Meanwhile, the US government said it was working on a free VPN space in Russia to allow citizens to communicate without the interference of Putin’s government. Daily downloads of VPN software rose from 15,000 to 475,000 in Russia in March alone.
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