Facepalm: A Reddit user has made an uncomfortable discovery for Microsoft. The company's own AI assistant Copilot will provide you instructions on how to activate Windows 11 without a valid license.

According to Neowin, Microsoft has killed the final method for activating Windows without an internet connection—that is, activation by telephone. It appears to have been discontinued a few days ago.

With Windows 10 reaching the end of mainstream support last month, many are taking a hard look at Windows 11. But those looking to activate the operating system without a license have one less option ...

Microsoft has seemingly disabled phone call activation for Windows 11, and perhaps older versions as well, making it impossible to activate Windows without an Internet connection. This is an unwelcome ...

Microsoft has taken another step in its effort to keep users constantly connected, quietly eliminating one of the oldest and most useful activation methods — phone activation. Until now, this method ...

This week Microsoft made a couple of big Windows announcements. First, the company confirmed that Windows 11 is becoming an agentic OS leading to a massive backlash. The company also ended support for ...

OpenAI's ChatGPT was successfully tricked into generating valid activation keys for Windows 95. Although it refused at first, a revised prompt was able to trick the AI without the chatbot realizing.

To recall, Microsoft launched Windows 10 in 2015. At the time, it promised to provide users with a free upgrade to Windows 10 within one year. This offer ended on July 29, 2016. In fact, even after ...

Phone activation for Windows has been discontinued. You'll have to use an online portal to activate Windows. The portal requires a Microsoft or business account. Microsoft has typically offered a few ...

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 ...