I walk through how I activate Windows 11 the easy way. First, I open the settings from the desktop. Then I go to the system ...

If when you try to activate Windows 11/10, you receive an error message that Windows couldn’t be activated, then this post may help you. Maybe you upgraded to ...

Many users opting for a free upgrade of Windows 11/10 will not get a product key. That’s because the activation for the free offer of Windows 11/10 is registered on the Microsoft activation ...

You’ll see the product key listed in the next line of the command prompt. Note this down if you’re hoping to activate Windows 11 in the future. Another way to find a product key on Windows 11 ...

Looking to install, activate, or update Windows 11? Here's everything you need to ... to access the OS and were forced to ...

We were able to activate a fresh Windows 11 Pro 22H2 install with a Windows 8 Pro product key as of this morning, as was Neowin. But Neowin could not activate a newer Insider Preview build of ...

The Windows activation loophole has now been closed by Microsoft, so you’ll have to buy a legit Windows 11 key. The Windows activation loophole has now been closed by Microsoft, so you’ll have ...

Microsoft has recently announced that users can no longer activate Windows 11 and 10 installations with Windows 7 and 8 product keys. This means that a Windows 7/8 key will not be able to activate ...

I personally experienced this in late October on a copy of Windows 11 after swapping a motherboard in one of my test PCs and no longer being able to activate ... Windows 7 product keys, that ...

and Windows 11, now use a combination of product keys (a unique string of 25 characters), online activation, and hardware fingerprinting (tying your copy of Windows to a specific device ...