In an unexpected twist, a Microsoft support engineer resorted to running an unofficial 'crack' on a customer's Windows PC after a genuine copy of the operating system failed to activate normally. It ...

A group of developers who call themselves Massgrave have successfully hacked Microsoft's activation tools for Windows and Office. The collective has uploaded a set of PowerShell scripts to their ...

The Software Licensing Service determined that the specified Key Management Service (KMS) cannot be used. What causes Windows Activation Error 0xC004F015? There can ...

If you receive error code 0x80041024 when activating your Windows 11/10, this guide will help you fix the problem successfully. Windows Activation errors are not new ...

Windows XP is the operating system that just won't die. After its 2001 release, XP would go on to sell more than 400 million copies. Microsoft tried to end support for the OS several times over the ...

Microsoft has released the KB5048652 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2, which contains six fixes, including a fix that prevented Windows 10 from activating when you change a device's motherboard.

The famed OS may be dead to Microsoft, but it lives on in our hearts (and in a bunch of computers in Armenia). The famed OS may be dead to Microsoft, but it lives on in our hearts (and in a bunch of ...

While Windows XP has been cracked with tweaks and unofficial patches since its launch in 2001, but this crack allows people to activate XP offline without altering the OS. The Windows XP activation ...

This mysterious method for bypassing Windows XP's activation process is making headlines now, but may actually be years old. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

For more than seven years, it's been one of the worst-kept secrets in personal computing. Officially, Microsoft's free upgrade offer ended in 2016, but no one in Redmond bothered to reset the ...