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 ...

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.

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.

A new activation crack method has been discovered and implemented to bypass Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 activation: remove and disable Windows Activation Technologies (WAT, older versions ...

The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked offline using Linux, The Register reports. According to a blog post on Tinyapps, a site that catalogs tiny software made for Windows, the crack ...

Windows XP is the operating system that just won't die. After its 2001 release, XP would go on to sell more than 400 million copies. Microsoft tried to end support for the OS several times over the ...

Above all else, Microsoft is launching the update in an effort to discern whether Windows 7 installed on a PC is authentic or pirated. The antipiracy upgrade, known as Windows Activation Technologies ...

Microsoft may have sent Windows XP off into the great unknown in 2014, but the operating system never fully went dark. Never mind that yet two more versions of Windows have been put to rest since XP’s ...

Starting this week, Microsoft will feed Windows Vista Ultimate users an update that sniffs out pirated copies, a company manager said Tuesday. The update, which will hit some Vista Ultimate systems ...