Neowin

Report: Microsoft quietly kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet

There were a few ways to activate Windows 11/10 officially. However, Microsoft has now apparently killed one such way without prior notice. In November last year, we reported on the removal of an ...
PC World

Microsoft silently kills the last way to activate Windows without internet

PCWorld reports that Microsoft has quietly discontinued telephone activation for Windows 10 and 11, eliminating the last method to activate Windows without an internet connection. Users calling the ...
Bleeping Computer

Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell scripts that infect Windows systems with the 'Cosmali Loader'.
Windows Central

Massgrave confirms KMS38 activation method has been deprecated by Microsoft as of the latest Windows 11 updates

Users trying to activate Windows 11 using Massgraves KMS38 MAS will find that it no longer works as of the latest OS security updates. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Neowin

Microsoft Weekly: One Windows activation method is dead and Windows 11 crushes Windows 10

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our weekly recap, including Microsoft killing an old Windows activation method, Windows 11 crushing Windows 10 on Steam, and more. This week's news recap ...