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  2. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Product Activation. 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 ...

  3. Windows Genuine Advantage - Wikipedia

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    A successful activation on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (same dialog will show on Windows Vista and Windows 7) When a user installs Windows Genuine Advantage, an Internet Explorer add-on is installed labeled "Windows Genuine Advantage". In early releases the tool could be readily disabled with the IE Add-on Management feature.

  4. System Locked Pre-installation - Wikipedia

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    It is most probable that an individual OEM royalty is much less than the retail price of the same version of Windows. The product key sticker attached to OEM computers, prior to Windows 8, will not activate the copy of windows supplied with the machine. Only the SLP key can do that and the product key is never requested during activation.

  5. List of Microsoft codenames - Wikipedia

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    Internet Explorer 1. Internet Explorer 1, first shipped in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95: The codename O'Hare ties into the Chicago codename for Windows 95: O'Hare International Airport is the largest airport in the city of Chicago, Illinois — in Microsoft's words, "a point of departure to distant places from Chicago".

  6. No Vista Key? No Problem! Run Vista Up To A Year Without ...

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    Never in my lifetime, since Windows 3.0 (yes, 3.0, not 3.1), have I had to pay for Microsoft Windows and to be honest, I didn’t plan on starting anytime soon. WGA is a joke! Vista Can Run ...

  7. Criticism of Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Product activation and verification Product activation. In an attempt to reduce piracy, Microsoft introduced product activation in Windows XP. Activation required the computer or the user to activate with Microsoft (either online or over the phone) within a certain amount of time in order to continue using the operating system.

  8. Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct upgrade to its predecessors, Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users, and is available for any devices running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows Me that meet ...

  9. Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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    This build treated Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 product keys as Windows 10 product keys, meaning they could be entered during installation to activate the free license, without the need to upgrade first to "activate" the hardware with Microsoft's activation servers.