Windows comes with an inbuilt troubleshooter tool that you can use to fix most of the update-related issues on your PC. Here is a quick guide to run this application: If you’re still experiencing the ...

Last month I began hearing rumblings of problems with the product activation system in Windows Vista. Last week I got to see the problem firsthand. The bottom line? The simple act of updating some ...

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Windows Activation Error 0x803FABC3 indicates that the device is not eligible for transfer because the device is blocked. If you are also facing the same error ...

Some Verizon and Visible users are reporting Apple Watch Series 11 activation glitches, with mixed support responses.

Brian Freeman found a flaw in my article Reinstall Windows when you’ve lost your reinstall disc or partition. I told readers that “when it comes time to activate Windows, use the activation number on ...

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Apple always links iMessage on iPhones to the respective mobile phone number. Customers have to go through an activation process when changing SIM cards and/or devices or transferring an eSIM to a new ...

The giddy waiting in all those lines for a new iPhone? That has nothing on all the anxious waiting to get them activated. One day after Apple Inc. released its much-hyped interactive phone, it’s being ...

Apple may have contributed to iPhone 3G S activation delays Friday that have many device users hopping mad and may leave some customers without telephone service through the weekend. An AppleInsider ...