licensing

Every time I open my laptop I get a message alerting me that it's time to renew my Windows 10 license. I got a free upgrade about a year after I bought my laptop (2014) and do not have a product key. The message I am getting is to go to PS settings and then Activation. At this point, I am...

Hi, We have a Windows Server 2016 Standard still in trial (a few days left) and I'm wondering if we need CAL for what we do with that server. We need Windows Server because of FileMaker Server, but no one is directly connected to the server. It's used for file sharing and FileMaker. There's 3...

I have been using WSE 2016 for a few years now to manage a simple home network of 4 windows 4 PC's with one WSE 2016 server. It worked fine over the past few years. I mainly use it for movie file storage and client backups. Recently some of the overnight backups stopped. No matter what I did the...

I'm getting a laptop that's been used for business so the Windows 7 is Enterprise and has a lot their corporate software. I'm just interested in the laptop for one of my kids to use for school. So my question is how could I buy a Windows 10 Home license and do a fresh install of it on this...

I am in need of a replacement disc or ISO image for Office Professional Plus 2010, but my product key will work only with the image distributed through Open Licensing. And I no longer have access to the download through the Microsoft Web sight. Any help would be eternally (or at least until...

Because my PC came with 7 OEM I cannot use the product key to use Win 7 in a VM. Could I write the contents of the disc to an ISO file and then use the product key or none at all or it just the same?

I am going to put a new motherboard and processor in today. I am wondering if my present Product key will work or will I have to buy an new one?

Dear members here who are understand about window updating please I'd like to know if I Update for Universal C Runtime in Windows whether my window will be broken or not because I'm using window crack ( no license ). Thanks

Hello, I have a laptop that came with an OEM version of Windows 8. It is an aging machine which I have since re-purposed to run Linux. However, I occasionally do need to run Windows programs, and would like to be able to activate Windows 8 on a virtual machine on that same machine its locked...

Hi people newbie here so HELLO to you all please forgive me if this has been asked before.Can i install the same windows 7 ?cd on 2 different machine

Hello, I have asked about my BSOD on a different forum, and thankfully people are helping me by asking for files that display all the processes on my laptop. But, here are my conditions right now - As my condition seem like the only one...or not - I CANNOT boot normal mode AT ALL - Most...

So, I'm going to buy a new hard drive, but I'm kinda scared if I can't install Windows on the new hard drive. Can I do that or is it against some "laws"?

I am curious to know will I be able to go back to Windows 8.1 after using Windows 10 for a year as I don't want to pay after a year?

We learn today that the free Windows 10 upgrade that was installed over a retail licensed copy of Windows 7 or 8.1 does not transfer forever. read more Continue reading...

Recently the process of Windows 10 activation and what happens in terms of activation keys has been a little vague. We now understand that Microsoft has changed the activation process significantly so much so that the need for actual keys has almost been done away with. If one now installs...

What happens 1 year after the free Windows 10 update? Do you then need to pay to keep using it?

If you want to make sure that copy of Windows 10 remains activated for the life of that device you are installing it on then you need to read this first. read more Continue reading...

OK. I just built a new computer last month. Did the usuals. SSD for boot drive. 4TB worth of storage so little more than Win 7 on the boot drive. If the Win 10 upgrade hoses the boot drive it's no big deal to start again. Everything important is already on other drives. Now on to my stupid...

I figure, if done and presented correctly, it will take about 5 tutorials to answer 98% of any questions about Windows 10. Such things as how to make a Public Network a Private Network should be very popular. And it should not be much of a stretch to find other common questions. The ones...

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