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 ...

A new activation crack method has been discovered and implemented to bypass Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 activation: remove and disable Windows Activation Technologies (WAT, older versions ...

Lo! Yet another Windows 7 activation hack appears. This one’s a little more creative in that it doesn’t require an OEM key at all, and instead bypasses the ...

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10565 released yesterday with numerous functional improvements, but also a key change in the activation scheme: Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 product keys can be used to ...

When Microsoft made Windows 10 a free upgrade for users running Windows 7 or 8.1, one of the biggest gripes users had with the upgrade process was that clean installs were not possible. Due to the way ...

Users can do a “clean” installation of Windows 7 using an upgrade license to save $80-$100 over the price of a “full” edition, a popular blog reported today. According to Paul Thurrott, who writes the ...

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 ...

Experienced PC users know that not every operating-system upgrade goes smoothly–but that bit of understanding does little to offset the annoyance we feel when we’re faced with seemingly unresolvable ...

Brian Freeman found a flaw in my article Reinstall Windows when you’ve lost your reinstall disc or partition. I told readers that “when it comes time to activate Windows, use the activation number on ...