You don't ever have to activate Windows 11 if you can live with certain limitations.

Microsoft Weekly: One Windows activation method is dead and Windows 11 crushes Windows 10 Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our weekly recap, including Microsoft killing an old Windows ...

KMS Hardware-Secured verifies the activation server via TPM, not the individual computer. Microsoft is linking Windows volume activation to the TPM chip. This led to reports over the weekend that ...

Black flag down: Microsoft has closed an activation loophole that was widely used by software pirates to run Windows and Office without a legitimate license. The group behind the activation tool has ...

This week Microsoft made a couple of big Windows announcements. First, the company confirmed that Windows 11 is becoming an agentic OS leading to a massive backlash. The company also ended support for ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft is putting the TPM chip it requires for Windows 11 to another use. The company has announced TPM-based attestation, a new security layer for Key ...