Since Microsoft introduced various software products since the early 1990s, they have shown various ways to activate these products, such as using activation codes printed on paper along with product floppy disks and CDs, to activation that requires an internet connection to connect directly to Microsoft's server machine.
There is another method of activating product codes that was thought to be no longer used, but until recently it was still used by Microsoft software users for those who did not want to connect their computers to the internet network, namely via phone calls.
This is also because the server machine for Microsoft Windows 7 code verification has been closed, and phone calls are the only way to use the activation code.
This activation method is usually used to activate the Windows 7 operating system usage code, because starting with Windows 10 and above, activation can only be done through Windows account login.
Microsoft recently reported that it has recently closed this activation method, forcing all computer users who want to use the Windows operating system to migrate to the latest Windows 11 operating system.
This was revealed by Ben Kleinberg who recorded an attempt to use a phone call to verify his operating system and Microsoft Office activation codes. After making this call, he received a voicemail from Microsoft stating that product activation via phone call is no longer supported.
He also received a link to a Microsoft website to enter his product activation code, but to use it, users will need to log in using their Microsoft account.
