A: Ah, the venerable Windows Product Key. That 25-digit alphanumeric prize that marks the difference between a legitimate copy of Windows and one that Microsoft considers pirated. This little piece of ...

Although the "Dude, you're getting a Dell!" commercials took the advertising industry by storm, their meme-like popularity faded after the featured actor was arrested on a drug bust. In nearly a ...

Few things are as frustrating as hunting around for Microsoft Office installation media while an employee sits at his desk unable get much work done without the software. Fortunately, if you have a ...

Windows product keys are almost (but not quite) a thing of the past. With Windows 10, Microsoft has rewritten the rules for how it performs product activation on retail upgrades of Windows, including ...

In this post, we will show you how to view the licensing status and activation ID of your Windows 11/10 OS with slmgr.vbs. slmgr.vbs, also known as the Software Licensing Management Tool, is a command ...

Follow these suggestions to fix the Volume Activation Event ID 8233 warning you may see in Event Viewer of Windows: Check Network Connection Verify your Product Key Temporarily disable Firewall and ...

In brief For the longest time Windows PCs came with a product key sticker that was placed outside of the machine or with your computer's manuals. But in recent years manufacturers started storing this ...