A new tool has surfaced that can run XP activation offline using a cracked version of Microsoft's encryption.

Microsoft today said it will soon will feed Windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks. The update to Windows Activation ...

It has never been too hard for someone with the right amount of time, desperation, or flexible scruples to get around Windows XP's activation scheme. And yet XP activation, the actual encrypted ...

A Windows user was surprised by Microsoft support staff using an unofficial script to 'crack' his Windows install.