Pirates have cracked Windows 7’s product activation just a week after the operating system made RTM (release to manufacturing) and a week before it’s slated to reach users, Microsoft confirmed today.

Today, Microsoft announced the imminent release of a new Windows Activation Technologies Update for Windows. This update, which targets Windows 7, is the latest evolutionary step in the technologies ...

On January 8th, 2019, Windows 7 machines that were activated through Key Management Service (KMS) started receiving a "Windows is not genuine" notification indicating that the Windows license was not ...

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 ...

If you like to keep multiple Windows installations running for software testing or go-to backup purposes, you'll be glad to know that Windows 7, like its Vista forbearer, can be run without an ...

Product activation and validation in Windows 7 is built off the same Software Protection Platform that was introduced with Windows Vista. Microsoft claims the technology is much better than the one in ...

Trust, but verify. That was good advice for dealing with the Soviet Union in its heyday, and it's equally sound policy today when dealing with that other Evil Empire. You know, the one in Redmond? Now ...

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.

Bangalore: Since some Chinese hackers rumored to have cracked the code for Windows 7 activation, Microsoft is facing a security risk after the recent release of the final code for Windows 7 to ...