Microsoft has quietly killed an offline option to activate Windows 10 and 11: phone activation. According to Neowin, the ...

So, question about KMS activation, as it relates to Windows 7. We already have a KMS server which activates Windows 2008R2 servers. Works great. So, I want to have a few Windows 7 machines I am ...

There were a few ways to activate Windows 11/10 officially. However, Microsoft has now apparently killed one such way without ...

Microsoft has seemingly disabled phone call activation for Windows 11, and perhaps older versions as well, making it ...

Microsoft has silently discontinued its phone-based activation system for Windows and Office products, forcing users into an ...

Microsoft wants users to recertify Windows 7 using a new signature-based approach in addition to the key-based verification process Microsoft is revising the way it authenticates copies of Windows 7, ...

Alex Kochis, director of Genuine Windows, acknowledges that an activation key given to Lenovo for Windows 7 installs has been exposed, distributed on the Internet. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been ...

Microsoft will turn Windows 7 ‘s background picture black and put up persistent notices on the screen if users don’t activate the new operating system, a company manager said Monday. Microsoft will ...

Ugh this kinda sucks but I guess it doesn't really matter. I had a bunch of Windows 7 keys from 2009 that have been great with 10 and 11. I get that this free ride is over but it still sucks. It ...

Microsoft has revised the way it authenticates copies of Windows 7, the company announced Thursday. Microsoft is adding to Windows 7 a new signature-based approach for checking if an OS is properly ...

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...