Raymond Chen recently shared another interesting tidbit about the inner workings of Windows 95. The original 32-bit consumer operating system had a "secret" fast-restart feature, which ...

Double XP is a must, whether you're grinding Black Ops 7 prestiges or leveling up your Warzone weapons. Here's how to use your shiny new double XP tokens.

To upgrade an existing Windows 10 PC that meets the hardware requirements for Windows 11, it doesn't cost anything. That's ...

Windows activation warnings tend to appear after installing the operating system or after changing specific components. A hardware-based hash is generated, and if that hash changes too much, Windows ...

Microsoft has officially retired the traditional phone-based activation system for Windows (and MS Office) that served as a ...

Recently, there have been discussions and speculation that Windows cannot be activated by phone. When attempting to do so, you receive the message that this is “currently” not possible. Microsoft ...

Customers have noticed Microsoft's phone lines aren't supporting Windows phone activation anymore Support documentation still indicates it's possible despite ongoing struggles Looks like you now need ...

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell scripts that infect Windows systems with the 'Cosmali Loader'.

With Windows 10 now officially reaching the end of support, upgrading to Windows 11 has become a practical step rather than an optional one. Continued security updates and long-term system stability ...