Microsoft silently kills the last way to activate Windows without internet

According to Neowin, Microsoft has killed the final method for activating Windows without an internet connection—that is, ...

Report: Microsoft quietly kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet

There were a few ways to activate Windows 11/10 officially. However, Microsoft has now apparently killed one such way without ...

Need to activate Windows? Microsoft just eliminated an option I've relied on for years

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How To Activate Windows 10 Or Windows 11

When Microsoft first launched the Windows operating system, installing it was only a matter of copying the program onto a disk. You didn't have to verify your copy of Windows. Starting with Windows XP ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft says you can’t activate Windows 10/11 with old Windows 7/8 keys anymore

Ugh this kinda sucks but I guess it doesn't really matter. I had a bunch of Windows 7 keys from 2009 that have been great with 10 and 11. I get that this free ride is over but it still sucks. It ...
GizChina

Microsoft Windows 7/8 product keys can no longer be used to activate Windows 10/11

To recall, Microsoft launched Windows 10 in 2015. At the time, it promised to provide users with a free upgrade to Windows 10 within one year. This offer ended on July 29, 2016. In fact, even after ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft will stop old Windows product keys from activating new Windows installs

At least for now, though, it seems like this change will only apply to future Windows versions. We were able to activate a fresh Windows 11 Pro 22H2 install with a Windows 8 Pro product key as of this ...