Buyers of new PCs may have to grapple with Microsoft Product Activation, a controversial new Windows feature. Users who buy PCs with Microsoft Windows XP could find their setup disabled if they change ...

Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the ...

Dave Plummer, a veteran Microsoft developer who contributed to the creation of Task Manager, ZIP folders, and Windows Product ...

I used ran a repair installation of XP Pro and now it wants me to reactivate. Problem is, I used a different product key for the repair because the original came preinstalled on a Gateway ...

Usually, you'd activate Windows 11 (or 10) using the Settings app to enter the product key. However, if you're in an enterprise environment and you have a specific type of activation key, you can also ...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>If I own and XP license, I should be able to use it till 2015 if I want to...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE ...

How to activate Windows offline using Microsoft’s text-based options Your email has been sent All current Windows products require activation with Microsoft to confirm their validity and prevent ...

At the Redmond, Wash., software giant's system builder summit last week in Phoenix, several channel executives criticized Microsoft's activation requirements, which force partners and customers to ...

Q:I have three PCs hooked up in a home network. I was considering upgrading to Windows XP when it comes out, but then I heard that the new operating system can only be installed on a single computer.

Microsoft's plan to halt some Net activation for Windows kicked in Monday, with the software maker assuring customers that the antipiracy measure will not prove a problem for legitimate users. As ...