So, question about KMS activation, as it relates to Windows 7. We already have a KMS server which activates Windows 2008R2 servers. Works great. So, I want to have a few Windows 7 machines I am ...

Alex Kochis, director of Genuine Windows, acknowledges that an activation key given to Lenovo for Windows 7 installs has been exposed, distributed on the Internet. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been ...

Hackers have figured out how to sidestep Windows 7’s activation process, continuing a long-running battle with Microsoft, which has blocked such tactics in the past. According to an article published ...

Microsoft wants users to recertify Windows 7 using a new signature-based approach in addition to the key-based verification process Microsoft is revising the way it authenticates copies of Windows 7, ...

Microsoft has revised the way it authenticates copies of Windows 7, the company announced Thursday. Microsoft is adding to Windows 7 a new signature-based approach for checking if an OS is properly ...

Microsoft will turn Windows 7 ‘s background picture black and put up persistent notices on the screen if users don’t activate the new operating system, a company manager said Monday. Microsoft will ...

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.

Microsoft today said it will soon will feed Windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks. The update to Windows Activation ...

If the Windows OS was bought as a retail copy, such as from Microsoft, or Best Buy, or elsewhere, for $200 to $300, it is fully transferable to a new computer without the need for phone activation.