Microsoft has successfully managed to kill a popular free offline way to illegally activate Windows 11 and 10.

Microsoft previously offered a free upgrade offer to Windows 10 which ended back in 2016 however, users with old Windows 7 or 8 keys could get themselves onto Windows 10 using the free installation ...

Known as the KMS38 activator, the open-source tool was created by a group called Massgrave, where MAS stands for Microsoft Activation Scripts. It was widely regarded ...

Microsoft successfully closes a widespread Windows 11 activation loophole, which is a good thing for every legitimate user.

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

A glitch with Microsoft’s activation servers appears to be disrupting many users’s PCs, as Windows 10 erroneously reports their systems as either un-activated or downgraded from Windows 10 Pro to ...

After working on my Mom's PC for hours, I needed to reinstall Windows 10 PRO OEM. I removed her hard drive, and added an SSD. I used SLMGR -UBX to remove/reset Windows license from HDD, but only after ...

Note: This article was originally posted on December 1st, 2019, but has since been updated to reflect the current version of Windows 10 and new steps that should be taken to prevent problems with the ...

Microsoft is working on a fix for a bug in its activation server that has caused Windows 10 Pro machines to report that their license has not been activated. The issue was causing panic for some ...

Windows Activation Error Code 0x80041023 occurs when you either upgrade Windows 11/10 or fresh reinstall on the computer. There are a few scenarios around this error ...