Windows remains functional without activation, but you'll be locked out of personalization and other non-essential features until it's addressed.

Microsoft allows you to install Windows 10 or 11 without a product key. When asked for one during installation, you can simply skip entering it by clicking the "I don't have a product key" option ...

Microsoft's official Windows activation methods involve either the customer entering a 25-character product key when prompted, or signing in with their Microsoft account to apply a digital license.

Why do this? Lol Partly because of people like me that would buy $5 windows 7 keys on key reseller sites and use them to activate windows 10/11 on new PCs.

Software Black Friday Sale allows you to save big money buying a Windows 10 Pro activation key or other Windows operating systems (Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7), Office 2021, and ...

Facepalm: Microsoft is investigating a new activation issue that is affecting many Windows 10 and 11 PCs. The problem seems to have cropped up last month after the company pushed out an update to ...