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The Activation Wizard in Windows XP. Microsoft Product Activation is a DRM technology used by Microsoft in several of its computer software programs, most notably its Windows operating system and its Office productivity suite.
An early example of product activation was in the MS-DOS program D'Bridge Email System written by Chris Irwin, a commercial network system for BBS users and Fidonet. The program generated a unique serial number which then called the author's BBS via a dialup modem connection. Upon connection, the serial number was validated.
On April 15, 2008, Microsoft released Office Genuine Advantage Notifications to Windows Server Update Services as KB949810. [4] On December 17, 2010, Microsoft retired Office Genuine Advantage. [5] The Office Genuine Advantage article on Microsoft support website was updated to reflect this. [2]
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.
Microsoft ultimately decided on "Office XP" as the final name of the product. [25] In spite of this, individual Office XP products such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word would continue to use Microsoft's year-based naming conventions and were named after the year 2002. [23] Office XP Beta 2 was released to 10,000 technical testers in late 2000. [26]
“There’s so much gray,” says J.D. “I want black and white.” J.D. is irritated enough by the ATF to talk to the press about it and worried enough to request anonymity.
California gun safety regulations going into effect Jan. 1. In September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of laws aimed at strengthening gun safety regulations.Those include requiring ...
Office XP includes integrated voice command and text dictation capabilities, as well as handwriting recognition. It was the first version to require Microsoft Product Activation worldwide and in all editions as an anti-piracy measure, which attracted widespread controversy. [146] Product Activation remained absent from Office for Mac releases ...