Today Vista launches. I’ve received a number of e-mails from readers looking for more information on the black arts of the OEM edition, so here it is: my brief introduction to everything you need to ...

From Windows 7 onward, OEM licenses for Windows are locked to a specific motherboard. When that copy of Windows is activated, it will report its serial number and information from the motherboard's ...

If Microsoft expects its customers to take license agreements seriously, it has a responsibility to communicate the terms of those agreements to its customers clearly and unambiguously. As I noted ...

When Windows comes preinstalled on a computer, it has a license designated for Original Equipment Manufacturers. This OEM license only works to run Windows on the computer it came with, determined by ...

It happens every product cycle. Despite Microsoft's best efforts to keep details of its launch plans under wraps, an online retailer has leaked pricing for OEM copies of Windows 10 and Windows 10 Pro ...

We all have heard about Windows Keys all the time. This Product Key activates Windows on your computer so you can use it without any limitation. There are multiple places from where you can buy a ...

Whenever you buy a new Windows OEM computer or laptop, you may have noticed that they come preinstalled with some software, including special OEM Windows Store apps. However, if you uninstall them, ...

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 ...

Post-PC, indeed. Today Microsoft released its yearly SEC filing, detailing its financial performance on a per-division basis with decent granular breakdown. In addition to the news that the Surface ...

Microsoft reported record first-quarter revenue that topped $18.5 billion, although WIndows OEM revenue dropped 7 percent during the three-month period. The latter number wasn’t quite as good as ...