Microsoft’s Quiet Shift Ends Phone Activation, Leaving Offline Windows Users With Fewer Options

Microsoft has quietly taken another step toward an entirely online ecosystem, effectively ending phone-based activation for ...
ZDNet

Meet the new F-Word: why there's no valid reason for VoIP activation fees

I've been doing a lot of hooking up lately. Hooking up routers to my USB ports, in order to test various VoIP products for this magazine article I've been writing. Ya know, one of those "VoIP for the ...
TWCN Tech News

Event ID 8233, The rules engine reported a failed VL activation attempt

Follow these suggestions to fix the Volume Activation Event ID 8233 warning you may see in Event Viewer of Windows: Check Network Connection Verify your Product Key Temporarily disable Firewall and ...
TWCN Tech News

Fix 0x803F7001 Windows Activation error

When activating your Windows computer, if you receive activation error 0x803F7001, then it means that a valid Windows 10 license couldn’t be found to activate ...
Ars Technica

Office 2019 H&B Activation retail box: This product key has already been used

Trying to help someone getting this error when trying to download Office 2019 H&B from Microsoft's website. "This product key has already been used" This was from a ...