Details of Microsoft’s Product Activation technology, which is meant to prevent illegal copying and redistribution of the software, are contained in a document designed to debunk fears surrounding the ...

Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the ...

Businesses or individuals who install the latest version of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system on their computers will have more time to register the product under new rules published by the ...

Microsoft is closing a loophole that enabled unscrupulous resellers to use Windows XP product keys that were stolen from large OEMs. The result: customers who purchase Windows on a new PC may not be ...

Microsoft has typically offered a few ways to manually activate Windows for times when it won’t activate automatically. One useful method had been to call Microsoft by phone, allowing a customer ...

Of course it doesn't, but I hope you're not basing your decision of 2k vs XP on that. Activation is not a big deal, it consists of one or two extra buttons to click during install. Not really, I have ...

At the Redmond, Wash., software giant's system builder summit last week in Phoenix, several channel executives criticized Microsoft's activation requirements, which force partners and customers to ...