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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. 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".

  4. Product key - Wikipedia

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    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. This sequence is typically entered by the user during the installation of computer software, and is ...

  5. System Locked Pre-installation - Wikipedia

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    System Locked Pre-installation. System Locked Pre-installation, often abbreviated as SLP, also referred to as OEM Activation, is a procedure used by major OEM computer-manufacturers in order to pre-activate Microsoft Windows before mass distribution.

  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. Windows Aero - Wikipedia

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    Windows Aero (a backronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open) is the design language introduced in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.The changes introduced by Windows Aero encompassed many elements of the Windows interface, with the introduction of a new visual style with an emphasis on animation, glass, and translucency; interface guidelines for phrasing and tone of ...

  8. Product activation - Wikipedia

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    Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary software programs. Product activation prevents unlimited free use of copied or replicated software. Unactivated software refuses to fully function until it determines whether it is authorized to fully function. Activation allows the software to stop blocking its ...

  9. Criticism of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    e. Windows Vista, an operating system released by Microsoft for consumers on January 30, 2007, has been widely criticized by reviewers and users. Due to issues with new security features, performance, driver support and product activation, Windows Vista has been the subject of a number of negative assessments by various groups.