The issue in question is the certificate of authenticity (COA) stickers that come on any PC with Windows installed. They provide the only copy of the product key end-users need to activate their ...

Remember the lawsuit filed a little while ago against Microsoft because PCs with “Windows Vista Capable” stickers weren’t actually all that Vista Capable? A federal judge just granted that ...

I have a CoA on a laptop with a serial key, but the version of Windows has rubbed off. I know it's an OEM version of either Windows XP or Windows Vista. How can I determine which of the two it is ...

Similarly, many businesses have been slow at adopting Windows Vista because of uncertainty ... usually provides certificate of authenticity (COA) stickers on top of branded PC hardware that ...

The biggest change is the absence of a product key, which was included on the holographic Certificate of Authenticity (COA) sticker with PCs that came pre-installed with Windows 7 or earlier versions.

Last week we told you about a complaint from indie trade association ITACS that some of its members were having trouble reinstalling Windows for customers on whose PCs the COA sticker has either ...

But, since the launch of Vista, increasingly licence numbers on the certificate of authenticity (COA) stickers fade or peel off. This forces traders to send customers to the system manufacturer for ...