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

Microsoft has seemingly disabled phone call activation for Windows 11, and perhaps older versions as well, making it ...

Microsoft has silently discontinued its phone-based activation system for Windows and Office products, forcing users into an ...

If you cannot activate Microsoft 365 on a shared computer, you can use the Microsoft 365 Shared Computer Activation (SCA) Troubleshooter to fix the issue on a Windows 11/10 PC. It uses the Get Help ...

Windows 10 product usually works with Windows 11, but the problems occur if your Windows 10 license is an OEM license (tied to original device hardware and not transferable) rather than a Retail ...