Like clockwork, cloud services are the strong point of Microsoft’s revenue this quarter. Azure revenue grew 39 percent ...

It finally happened, and my old technet keys won't activate Windows 11 anymore. Which seeing as I got those over a decade ago, fair enough Looking at the local stores, they sell a DVD (OEM) and ...

(OEM installations are tied to the computer they're initially installed on.) However, if you have an external drive enclosure handy then you don't need to buy a copy of Windows.

Of course, similar to the XP OEM EULA, the Vista EULA says the copy is licensed permanently to one device and cannot be transferred to another computer. But it doesn’t say anywhere that changing ...

Windows OEM Pro, which is part of Microsoft’s More Personal Computing segment, derives its revenue from the business PC market. According to the International Data Corporation, 2015 was the ...

In the previous Q3 earnings, Windows OEM revenue dropped by a rather eye-opening 28%, so the fall wasn't nearly as steep this time. But still, revenues are clearly on a downward trajectory.

Windows OEM pricing is publicly disclosed on the company Web site, he said. Ballmer's comments came in response to a question on what some call Microsoft's "Windows tax" on PCs.