The Microsoft Software Protection Platform, unveiled formally on Wednesday, requires that all customers consumers who buy PCs and business customers with volume licensing agreements activate their ...

The unknown hacker who claimed last week that a tool he’d created could generate valid Windows Vista activation codes has admitted that the crack was cracked. “Fact is the brute force keygen is a joke ...

Since Windows Vista has been released to the public, there has been a lot of confusion and hype surrounding some of the licensing decisions and restrictions with which Microsoft Corp. saddled the ...

Microsoft's Windows Vista activation process has been cracked - by using brute force technique. Users over on the Keznews forum (registration required, summary here that doesn't require sign up) have ...

Microsoft doesn't get enough credit for one major change in Windows Vista. Using the standard Setup program and installation media, you can install an evaluation copy of any Vista edition and use it ...

Editor’s note: This story was reprinted from Computerworld. For more of Computerworld’s coverage of the Mac, visit its Mac Knowledge Center. A Web site posted a tool Thursday that can apparently crack ...

Windows Activation is an anti-piracy method from Microsoft that makes sure every copy of Windows OS that’s installed on a computer is genuine. I am sure you must have seen the Windows Activation ...

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. The unknown hacker who claimed last week that a tool he’d created ...