Microsoft is set to release its first mainstream consumer software application protected by product activation, in what could be a first step toward expanding use of the antipiracy technology. On ...

Microsoft this week announced a seemingly minor change to its activation rules for Windows 10, effective with the Anniversary Update coming this summer. The announcement was buried in the release ...

If you plan to install a new copy of the Windows operating system on a PC in your office, you'll need to prove your ownership of the software. In the past, this simply meant entering a unique product ...

If Windows 11 is deactivated after Disk Clone, it may be due to an issue with your system's unique hardware fingerprint.

To activate a retail version of Microsoft Windows, a user must enter the product key into Windows and then connect to the Internet or call Microsoft to validate the key. But that’s too cumbersome for ...

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

Windows Activation is an important process for both consumers and Microsoft and like anything on Windows 11/10, it is not short of errors. If you receive Windows ...

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 ...

Unlike the retail versions of Office 2007, copies installed using volume license keys -- the typical way large organizations purchase Microsoft's software -- will simply skip product activation, the ...

Computer disasters at the office seem to always come at an inopportune time. One common problem is not being able to access the business files on your computer because of corrupted software or a hard ...

Microsoft has changed its tone for Office 2007 product activation for volume license customers. Rather than require product activation for each copy of Office 2007 that is deployed, Microsoft is ...