Microsoft has officially retired the traditional phone-based activation system for Windows and Office that served as a reliable fallback for users for over two decades. Indeed, the "slui 4" command ...

For more than two decades, Microsoft offered a simple and discreet way to activate Windows and Office without the internet: phone activation. That option is now gone. Since late December 2025, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the indictment of 54 individuals in connection with a multi-million dollar ATM jackpotting scheme. The large-scale conspiracy involved ...

Dave Plummer, a veteran Microsoft developer who contributed to the creation of Task Manager, ZIP folders, and Windows Product Activation (WPA), has revealed the story behind ...

ESET researchers have identified a new threat actor, whom we have named GhostRedirector, that compromised at least 65 Windows servers mainly in Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam. GhostRedirector used two ...

This can also be used to resize an existing disk to a larger capacity without any data loss. However, you will need to manually extend the disk partition afterwards, since the added disk space will ...

You need to download the right version for your edition of Windows XP/2003! In most cases, you'll need xpmgr_x86.exe. If you have Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...

As the expiration date for Windows 10 presses ever closer, spare a thought for its classic forerunner. No, not Windows 8 – nobody ever loved that – but Windows 7, with its classic Start menu, tasteful ...