Microsoft has officially retired the traditional phone-based activation system for Windows (and MS Office) that served as a reliable fallback for users for over two decades.

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First, let’s use the Slmgr command to access your license information. To do so, run the following command in CMD. The command will give you a brief description of your license information along with ...