When you buy one of the best laptops on the market (or most laptops in general), it already comes with Windows 11 installed out of the box, so it's easy to forget that it's a paid operating system ...

Windows upgrade licenses are expensive. Do they have an expiration date? That's a question I get often from people who own older PCs/laptops running Windows 10 Pro. If you replace that PC or laptop ...

Microsoft is changing some of its licensing rules, which are already complex. Here’s what small businesses should know.

When upgrading from Windows 10 to 11, most users focus on technicalquestions: ・Will my existing computer meet the increased hardware requirements? ・Will I find my way around the new interface? ・Are ...

You are here reading this post which means you’ve probably encountered the Windows 11/10 Activation Error 0x80070422. The error is clearly linked with the Windows ...

Microsoft has made a real mess of explaining their Windows Vista licensing agreement terms. If professionals who are familiar with navigating their way around press releases and complex EULA ...

Windows licenses cost a lot—painfully so. Paying $139 for Windows 11 Home or $200 for Windows 11 Pro feels expensive when Linux is free. That much money can easily swallow a third of a budget PC build ...

If you are running Microsoft Office but receiving an error message that says Microsoft Office cannot retain or find your license key and hence it is closing ...

Equally important, but often overlooked, is the question of a valid license (get a new Windows 11 license for 50% off on the PCWorld Software store): Don’t worry, in most cases, the upgrade from 10 to ...