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  2. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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    In Windows 7 and later, significant hardware changes (e.g. motherboard) may require a re-activation. In Windows 10 and 11, a user can run the Activation Troubleshooter if the user has changed hardware on their device recently. If the hardware has changed again after activation, they must wait 30 days before running the troubleshooter again.

  3. Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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    Starting with Windows 10 version 2004, Microsoft will require new OEM devices to use 64-bit processors, and will therefore cease the distribution of x86 (32-bit) variants of Windows 10 via OEM channels. The 32-bit variants of Windows 10 will remain available via non-OEM channels, and Microsoft will continue to "[provide] feature and security ...

  4. 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 use.

  5. Free-electron laser - Wikipedia

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    The free-electron laser FELIX Radboud University, Netherlands. A free-electron laser ( FEL ) is a fourth generation light source producing extremely brilliant and short pulses of radiation. An FEL functions much as a laser but employs relativistic electrons as a gain medium instead of using stimulated emission from atomic or molecular excitations.

  6. HPE Service Activator - Wikipedia

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    HPE Service Activator is a service provisioning and activation software platform from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.Once installed and integrated with a Customer Service Provider's (CSP) environment, HPESA automates the processes inherent in the creation and activation of new telecommunications services.

  7. Windows Activation Services - Wikipedia

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    Windows Process Activation Service (also known as WAS) is the process activation mechanism introduced within Internet Information Services v7.0. Windows Activation Service builds on the existing Internet Information Services v6.0 but is more powerful because it provides support for other protocols besides HTTP , such as TCP and Named Pipes .

  8. Windows 11 - Wikipedia

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    As of November 2024, Windows 11, accounting for 35% of Windows installations worldwide, [180] is the second most popular Windows version in use, with its predecessor Windows 10 still being the most used version in virtually all countries (with Guyana being an exception, where Windows 11 is the most used [181]), having over 2 times the market ...

  9. Laser engraving - Wikipedia

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    Laser marking on stainless steel A laser engraving machine A laser engraver. A laser engraving machine consists of three main parts: a laser, a controller, and a surface. [2] The laser is a drawing tool: the beam emitted from it allows the controller to trace patterns onto the surface.