Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I recently replaced the mother board, CPU, and memory in my computer and am now being told to activate windows ...

I bought my boy a new motherboard and CPU for Christmas. I didn't see any complaints after I installed the upgrade, but now a month later, he's a victim of counterfeiting I called the automated number ...

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 ...

Ugh this kinda sucks but I guess it doesn't really matter. I had a bunch of Windows 7 keys from 2009 that have been great with 10 and 11. I get that this free ride is over but it still sucks. It ...

Windows Activation Error 0x80070520 is one of the many Activation errors users encounter while switching to a new laptop or PC or upgrading to a newer version of ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft has quietly discontinued telephone activation for Windows 10 and 11, eliminating the last method to activate Windows without an internet connection. Users calling the ...