OEM BIOS activation, or OA, allows PC makers and system builders to preactivate Windows for their customers via a System-Lock Pre-Installation. OA 1.0 was introduced with Windows XP to make it easier ...

Windows users can protect themselves from falling victim to ongoing “hack your own password” attacks by doing these three ...

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 ...

If you’ve been using one of two common hacks to run Windows Vista without going through activation, Microsoft has you in its cross-hairs. It’s rolling out patches, through Vista SP1 and Windows Update ...