Microsoft has officially retired the traditional phone-based activation system for Windows (and MS Office) that served as a ...

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

When Microsoft first launched the Windows operating system, installing it was only a matter of copying the program onto a disk. You didn't have to verify your copy of Windows. Starting with Windows XP ...

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