kms38

Microsoft has quietly turned one of the last truly offline ways to activate Windows into an online-only process: the decades‑old telephone activation path now redirects callers to a web portal that requires internet access and a signed‑in Microsoft identity, while recent servicing updates and...

Microsoft has quietly closed a long‑standing loophole that let some users activate Windows 11 without contacting Microsoft’s activation servers, and the change — delivered through Microsoft’s November 11, 2025 cumulative updates and accompanying servicing adjustments — has effectively rendered...

Microsoft’s November cumulative updates closed a long‑standing activation shortcut that many hobbyists and small businesses used to keep Windows and Office running without a legitimate license, and the change — centered on KB5068861 and companion updates — has already forced users in Spain and...

Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday appears to have closed one of the most convenient loopholes used by the activation‑circumvention community: the long‑running “KMS38” trick — widely circulated via the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS / Massgrave) project — stopped working for systems updated...

Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday has quietly removed a long‑exploited activation backdoor: the KMS38 technique used by the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS / Massgrave) project no longer works on updated Windows builds, and the MAS maintainers have removed KMS38 from the script in the v3.8...

Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday has quietly closed off one of the most convenient — and widely abused — offline activation routes for Windows 10 and Windows 11, effectively neutering the long-running “KMS38” trick used by the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS / MASSGRAVE) project and forcing...

Microsoft’s November 2025 Patch Tuesday has quietly clinched an event that Windows enthusiasts and a large gray-market activation ecosystem had long been watching: a widely used offline activation trick known as KMS38 — propagated through the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS / MASSGRAVE)...