Windows remains functional without activation, but you'll be locked out of personalization and other non-essential features until it's addressed.

Learn how to check the Windows activation status if Windows 11/10 OS via Windows Settings. You can activate Windows or change product key if needed.

Ready to leave Windows 10 behind? We break down the easiest ways to download, install, and upgrade to Windows 11 for free.

Here is how you can install Windows 11 without entering a Product Key and activate it later. You have two ways to do this and both work fine!

Or you can take some precautions beforehand. If your PC is still running, you can get the activation key from Windows itself. The apply-titled program ProduKey does this job quickly and easily.

Microsoft Windows activation can be tricky when you're using individual software licenses on systems not connected to the internet. See how you can save time to get it done as quickly as possible.

Windows product keys are almost (but not quite) a thing of the past. With Windows 10, Microsoft has rewritten the rules for how it performs product activation on retail upgrades of Windows ...

A white hat hacker has discovered a clever way to trick ChatGPT into giving up Windows product keys, which can used to activate the OS.