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  2. Windows 7 activation already cracked with Lenovo's OEM ...

    www.engadget.com/2009-07-29-windows-7-activation...

    Updated Wed, Jul 29, 2009. Sort of funny that Microsoft made a big show of handing over the Windows 7 RTM code to Lenovo and other manufacturers last week -- the first activation crack for the OS ...

  3. 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 ...

  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. Windows 7 editions - Wikipedia

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    Windows 7, a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system, has been released in several editions since its original release in 2009. Only Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate were widely available at retailers. [1] The other editions focus on other markets, such as the software development world or enterprise use.

  6. Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 today - Engadget

    www.engadget.com/2020-01-14-microsoft-ends...

    Back in 2015 Microsoft made upgrades from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 free for the first year, but while it officially ended the Windows 10 free upgrade offer in December 2017 there is a loophole ...

  7. Windows Vista "Brute Force Keygen" a hoax - Engadget

    www.engadget.com/2007-03-03-windows-vista-brute...

    It sounded too good to be true, and it turns out it was. KezNews forum frequenter "Computer User" confessed last night that his Brute Force Keygen hack for Windows Vista is a scam. "Fact is the ...

  8. Microsoft ends Windows 7 security updates | TechCrunch

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    Without extended security updates, Windows 7 will continue to run, but will no longer receive patches for new and existing security vulnerabilities. Windows 8.1, the operating system version that ...

  9. System Locked Pre-installation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Locked_Pre-installation

    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.