Running your desktop PC or a top laptop without activating Windows is not a good idea. You end up seeing an annoying watermark and pop-up messages to activate Windows, and you lose out on some ...

There are a couple of straightforward ways to activate Windows 11 or Windows 10. You can either use the Settings app or buy a ...

Windows Activation helps verify that your copy of Windows is genuine and hasn’t been used on more devices than the Microsoft Software License Terms allow. 1] Are you using the right product key?

With massive discounts on license keys for software like Windows 11 Pro, which you can get for a little more than 10% of the ...

Many users opting for a free upgrade of Windows 11/10 will not get a product key. That’s because the activation for the free offer of Windows 11/10 is registered on the Microsoft activation ...

The method used to activate Windows for single-user licenses starting with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Bulk licenses to companies do not contain Windows Product Activation (WPA).

In December 2022, we published a short PSA, reminding users they could still activate Windows 11 and 10 with valid Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 keys. This practice dates back to 2015 when Microsoft ...

Microsoft has confirmed that users can no longer use old Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 keys to activate Windows 11. And that applies not only to Canary builds, as it was last month—from now on ...

Here's how to activate Microsoft 365 for free: 1. Go to Microsoft365.com. 2. Click Sign up for the free version of Office under the "Sign in" button. 3. Log in to your Microsoft account or create one ...

When you have not bought a genuine copy of Windows 10, sometimes, the system will flash a message ‘Activate Windows’. There are some simple ways in which you can activate your Windows 10.

Microsoft Software used by the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science requires activation with a Key Management Service (KMS) host. By default, KMS activations are valid for 180 days. To ...