software activation

In what could be a seismic shift in the realm of software activation, a group of hackers has declared that they’ve nearly dismantled Microsoft’s protection mechanism for both Windows and Office products. This startling claim comes as part of a broader narrative concerning software piracy and...

Hi everyone, I find myself in a bit of a bind. I'm fixing a PC for a family friend - the motherboard died. Anyway, it was running Windows 8.1 - (I believe it was a cracked version - dunno, didn't build it). So anyway, the motherboard died, so I swapped like for like - A Gigabyte SKT-AM3...

I looked through the other posts, and read everything but didn't find a correct answer for my situation. As I build my own PCs, I purchased an official OEM System Builder pack at an official Microsoft reseller in Belgium. With other words I have serial nbr, COA barcodes ans so one. Since two...

I have a learning center with 12 systems that I need to make identical. There also needs to be an easy plan to update OS & software to keep things identical. I need some opinions and direction to figure out best way to do this. Choices: Windows AIK - sysprep and imagex process using a winpe...

:p For those who don't already know Panda is yet another antivirus software company. There are sever products in there range including the regular antivirus "Panda Antivirus Pro", the piggy-in-the-middle "Panda Internet Security" and the big cheese "Panda Global Protection". Panda has recently...