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

Black flag down: Microsoft has closed an activation loophole that was widely used by software pirates to run Windows and Office without a legitimate license. The group behind the activation tool has ...

A former Microsoft developer thinks Windows sucks and explains why. Windows has become more of a marketing tool to sell Microsoft services. A Microsoft exec touts Windows as an agentic OS, and the ...

Facepalm: Mainstream support for Windows 10 has officially ended, but users can still receive free security updates for one more year. However, some installations will now require a critical servicing ...

Officially, Windows 10 died last month, a little over a decade after its initial release. But the old operating system’s enduring popularity has prompted Microsoft to promise between one and three ...

If you’re reading this story, odds are pretty good that you’re tech support for your friends and family. And you might even have a few well-worn habits when it comes to trying to figure out what’s ...

Two Windows vulnerabilities—one a zero-day that has been known to attackers since 2017 and the other a critical flaw that Microsoft initially tried and failed to patch recently—are under active ...

This guide explains what actually causes the Help tab to keep opening and walks you through the most effective ways to stop it permanently. These fixes work on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 ...

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. WSUS is ...