Digital signage is great, until it isn't Bork!Bork!Bork! Windows activation is a tricky thing, particularly for digital ...

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

According to an automated message, phone activation of Windows is "currently" unavailable. Microsoft now confirms: It's history.

When the operating system is older than the transport network Bork!Bork!Bork! There's no keeping an obsolete operating system ...

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 ...

Windows 8: This bold experiment blended two UIs with awkward results. Let's look back ...

A high-speed train derailed and smashed into another oncoming train in southern Spain on Sunday, pushing the second train off the tracks and down an embankment in a collision that killed at least 21 ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft has quietly discontinued telephone activation for Windows 10 and 11, eliminating the last method to activate Windows without an internet connection. Users calling the ...

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 ...

If you want to relive Windows 7 and/or Vista, this fan project has resurrected those older versions with the latest updates.

Microsoft has taken another step in its effort to keep users constantly connected, quietly eliminating one of the oldest and most useful activation methods — phone activation. Until now, this method ...

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost. To quantify this feeling, ...