In December, Microsoft unexpectedly removed the last remaining method for activating Windows without an internet connection.

Microsoft explains why it removed phone-based Windows activation, shifting to an online portal for a more secure and reliable ...

Computer disasters at the office seem to always come at an inopportune time. One common problem is not being able to access the business files on your computer because of corrupted software or a hard ...

Security software and service company Symantec has added a controversial type of antipiracy technology to the new version of its main virus-zapping program. Norton Antivirus 2004, which Symantec ...

Unlike the retail versions of Office 2007, copies installed using volume license keys -- the typical way large organizations purchase Microsoft's software -- will simply skip product activation, the ...

Office software has been one of the most used Microsoft products, and it is now the backbone of various activities that we carry out on our personal and professional computers. Microsoft Office ...

The method used to activate Windows for single-user licenses starting with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Bulk licenses to companies do not contain Windows Product Activation (WPA). When Windows ...

People who buy PCs with Microsoft's Windows XP could find their machine disabled if they change or upgrade as few as four components. Details of Microsoft's Product Activation technology, which is ...

Customers who find themselves reinstalling Windows XP should be ready for a headache: Microsoft will no longer support activating the product over the Internet for PCs which have Windows pre-installed ...

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 ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...