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 ...

Although old Windows 7 and 8 keys can still activate Windows 11 version 22H2 ... rejected a Windows 7 key. If you plan to build a PC or buy one without an OS, get an official Windows 11 Home ...

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 ...

Microsoft closed a Windows 7 / 8 key loophole last month ... in one of my test PCs and no longer being able to activate it using the digital key assigned to my Microsoft account.

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 ...