You must activate Windows with a valid license before all Windows features are available to the user. PowerShell is an extended form of the Windows command prompt that you can use to customize ...

Like its predecessor, Windows 7 can be used for up to 120 days without providing a product activation key, Microsoft confirmed today. Although Microsoft generally touts a 30-day time limit for ...

Just like Windows Vista, Windows 7 can be used legally ... a 30-day time limit for users to activate their copy of the operating system, but there's a command that is often used by corporate ...

Usually, you'd activate Windows 11 (or 10) using the Settings app to enter the product key. However, if you're in an ...

However, starting with Windows 7, Microsoft stopped this and instead started forcing users to activate in other ways. With ...

Microsoft is investigating Windows activation issues that appear to be linked to the company’s recent move to block Windows 7 and Windows 8 keys from activating copies of Windows 10 and Windows 11.