Pirates have cracked Windows 7’s product activation just a week after the operating system made RTM and a week before it’s slated to reach users, Microsoft confirmed today. The product key posted on ...

Microsoft today said it will soon will feed Windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks. The update to Windows Activation ...

It's probably fair to say that a good number of PC enthusiasts have pirated a copy of Windows once upon a time. It's also probably fair to say that a certain number of folks have had the thought "I'll ...

A new activation crack method has been discovered and implemented to bypass Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 activation: remove and disable Windows Activation Technologies (WAT, older versions ...

Above all else, Microsoft is launching the update in an effort to discern whether Windows 7 installed on a PC is authentic or pirated. The antipiracy upgrade, known as Windows Activation Technologies ...

Lo! Yet another Windows 7 activation hack appears. This one’s a little more creative in that it doesn’t require an OEM key at all, and instead bypasses the ...

Windows PowerShell is a utility that lets you automate Windows features including activation of the operating system. You must activate Windows with a valid license before all Windows features are ...

Product activation and validation in Windows 7 is built off the same Software Protection Platform that was introduced with Windows Vista. Microsoft claims the technology is much better than the one in ...