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  2. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Product Activation is a DRM technology used by Microsoft Corporation in several of its computer software programs, most notably its Windows operating system and its Office productivity suite. The procedure enforces compliance with the program's end-user license agreement by transmitting information about both the product key used to ...

  3. Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Windows Vista —a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system —was available in six different product editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate. [1] [2] On September 5, 2006, Microsoft announced the USD pricing for editions available through retail channels; [3] the operating system was ...

  4. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years earlier, which was then the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows. It was released to manufacturing on November 8, 2006, and over the following two months, it was ...

  5. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The development of Windows Vista began in May 2001, [1] prior to the release of Microsoft 's Windows XP operating system, and continuing until November 2006. Microsoft originally expected to ship Vista sometime late in 2003 as a minor step between Windows XP (codenamed "Whistler") and the next planned major release of Windows, code-named ...

  6. Windows key - Wikipedia

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    The Windows logo key (also known as Windows, win, start, logo, flag, OS, or super key [1]) is a keyboard key which was originally introduced on Microsoft 's Natural Keyboard in 1994. This key became a standard key on PC keyboards. In Windows, pressing the key brings up the start menu. Ctrl + Esc performs the same function, in case the keyboard ...

  7. Live at the Windows Vista launch event - Engadget

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    Windows 95 key to its era, and Vista key to its era." 4:59 - "Homes are expecting to have integration, as things go digital, people have high expectations now. Windows has this exciting central ...

  8. Product key - Wikipedia

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    Product key on a Proof of License Certificate of Authenticity for Windows Vista Home Premium. A product key, also known as a software key, serial key or activation key, is a specific software-based key for a computer program. It certifies that the copy of the program is original. Product keys consist of a series of numbers and/or letters.

  9. Windows 7 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 7 is the successor of Windows Vista and its version name is Windows NT 6.1, compared to Vista's NT 6.0. Its naming caused some confusion when it was announced in 2008. [17] Windows president Steven Sinofsky commented that Windows 95 was the fourth version of Windows, but Windows 7 counts up from Windows NT 4.0 as it is a descendant of NT.