Hackers have managed to find a way around one of the key antipiracy protections built into Windows 7. Ordinarily, the operating system requires users to activate their copy of Windows 7 within 30 days ...

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 launch of Windows 7 may be more than two months away, but the buzz, already building, is starting to reach fever pitch. Reviews, such as Preston Gralla’s in Computerworld,, have called it “solid” ...

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 ...

In a reversal of previous statements, Microsoft will give the Ultimate version of Windows 7 to invite-only Technical Beta testers Microsoft made a U-turn today and announced that it would hand out ...

Europeans who buy Vista-powered PCs starting Friday will have to do a “clean install” of the free Windows 7 upgrade they’ll get later this year because Microsoft yanked IE from the new OS, according ...

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 ...

The door to a free Windows 11 upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 diehards has been officially shut. Microsoft tells The Verge that using a Windows 7 or 8 product key to get a clean Windows 11 upgrade no ...