Buyers of new PCs may have to grapple with Microsoft Product Activation, a controversial new Windows feature. Users who buy PCs with Microsoft Windows XP could find their setup disabled if they change ...

I have an opportunity to privately buy an OEM copy of Windows XP Pro still sealed with the disc, booklet, COA and everything from an acquaintance. He asserts that the product key has never been ...

Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the ...

At the Redmond, Wash., software giant's system builder summit last week in Phoenix, several channel executives criticized Microsoft's activation requirements, which force partners and customers to ...

The Software Licensing Service reported that the license could not be found or was invalid. The error code usually means that the user entered the wrong license key ...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>If I own and XP license, I should be able to use it till 2015 if I want to...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE ...

In context: Windows activation has been a part of PC users' lives since the Windows XP era, though Microsoft has made things a bit easier with Windows 10 and Windows 11. Now, on a non-activated OS, ...