Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella inadvertently made "Microslop" a trending term this week after urging critics to "get beyond the ...

Windows 11’s Share with Copilot lets AI view the content in your app. Learn how it works, the privacy risks, and how to turn it off.

Microsoft has quietly taken another step toward an entirely online ecosystem, effectively ending phone-based activation for ...

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Microsoft has effectively retired phone-based product activation for Windows and Office, closing off another offline path ...

Microsoft has seemingly disabled phone call activation for Windows 11, and perhaps older versions as well, making it ...

There were a few ways to activate Windows 11/10 officially. However, Microsoft has now apparently killed one such way without ...

Microsoft didn’t release a major new version of Windows in 2025, but it did deliver a lot of significant updates. Here's my ...

Files is among the best file managers for Windows 11, and its latest update makes it even better by integrating one of my ...

Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore lets you roll back updates, drivers, and settings fast without reinstalling Windows.

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...

If you encountered a scenario in which Windows 11 was deactivated after a Disk Clone, this guide is for you. Users clone their hard disk, usually from HDD to SSD, for better performance, but in the ...