As cybercriminals target Windows 7 users with a convincing password-stealing scam disguised as a free upgrade, here's how to safely update to Windows 10 without cost in 2020. Windows 7 users alerted ...

In both cases, you’ll want to explain that a recent hardware change has caused your computer to think that your copy of Windows is not legitimate. The support representative should be able to take ...

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software is installed on computers running Windows XP via Microsoft’s online update services. For most XP users, that means Automatic Updates, which Microsoft has ...

Thankfully for Microsoft, hardworking admins continue to spot bugs that it didn't detect during pre-release testing. This time they've found that its January security updates are bricking Windows 7 ...

Microsoft on Friday revealed that the false 'not genuine' notifications and activation failures were not caused by last week's cumulative update or security-only patch for Windows 7. Instead, the ...

Microsoft loves Windows 10, users upgrading from Windows 8.1 love Windows 10, and even some pirates love the new operating system. Now, Microsoft wants to make it easier for pirates—’non-genuine users ...

Not sold on Windows 10? We have the keys to keeping your Win7 system running the way you like it If Windows 7 represents peak Windows for you, you’re not alone. Twice as many people use Win7 as use ...

Windows 7 is suddenly telling users it isn't genuine -- and it has nothing to do with Windows being stolen Have you been following this month’s Black Tuesday bounty of problematic patches? Good. I ...