Microsoft has confirmed that users can no longer use old Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 keys to activate Windows 11. And that applies not only to Canary builds, as it was last month—from now on, only genuine ...

Facepalm: Microsoft is investigating a new activation issue that is affecting many Windows 10 and 11 PCs. The problem seems to have cropped up last month after the company pushed out an update to plug ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft finally ended the promo that allowed Windows 7 and 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. Besides blocking the upgrade path, the change affected Windows 11's ...