The year is drawing to a close, so there’s a very good chance that you now find yourself staring straight down the gaping maw of Windows 8. Maybe someone gave you a new Windows tablet or PC as a gift.

Sorry, Microsoft finally closed this loophole in 2023. Sorry, Microsoft finally closed this loophole in 2023. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Microsoft warned us last month that our favorite Windows upgrade loophole was over, but now it’s official: The activation servers no longer let you use Windows 7 or 8 license keys to activate Windows ...