After you install your genuine copy of the Windows operating system on your computer, you are required to activate Windows 11/10/8/7 within a stipulated period of time. If you do not, you will see a ...

Microsoft on Friday retreated from earlier statements that owners of counterfeit copies of Windows 7 and 8.1 will receive a free upgrade to Windows 10 this summer. Now the company says they won’t.

Aiming to crack down on counterfeit software, Microsoft plans later this year to require customers to verify that their copy of Windows is genuine before downloading ...