Windows XP is the operating system that just won't die. After its 2001 release, XP would go on to sell more than 400 million copies. Microsoft tried to end support for the OS several times over the ...

It has never been too hard for someone with the right amount of time, desperation, or flexible scruples to get around Windows XP's activation scheme. And yet XP activation, the actual encrypted ...

The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked offline using Linux, The Register reports. According to a blog post on Tinyapps, a site that catalogs tiny software made for Windows, the crack ...

People who buy PCs with Microsoft's Windows XP could find their machine disabled if they change or upgrade as few as four components. Details of Microsoft's Product Activation technology, which is ...

Ever since Microsoft launched their latest Operating System – Windows 7 back in October 2009, there have been quite a few Windows 7 activation cracks like RemoveWAT and Chew-WGA which defeated the ...

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 ...

Let's make sure we've got this straight: Microsoft is asking you to activate your software before you can use it. You're not required to pass on any personal information (though given past episodes, ...

Pirates have cracked Windows 7’s product activation just a week after the operating system made RTM and a week before it’s slated to reach users, Microsoft confirmed today. The product key posted on ...

The crack apparently works with 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 Ultimate, and it apparently passes Genuine Advantage, so things are looking good for all you wannabe pirates out there.