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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. System Locked Pre-installation - Wikipedia

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    System Locked Pre-installation (SLP), also referred to as OEM Activation, is a product activation procedure for Microsoft Windows used by major OEMs of laptops and pre-built PCs wherein a Windows product key is added and locked to the machine's firmware before mass distribution. SLP product keys cannot be moved to other machines.

  4. Windows 7 editions - Wikipedia

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    The main editions also can take the form of one of the following special editions: N and KN editions The features in the N and KN Editions are the same as their equivalent full versions, but do not include Windows Media Player or other Windows Media-related technologies, such as Windows Media Center and Windows DVD Maker due to limitations set by the European Union and South Korea ...

  5. Windows 7 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009. [10] It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly three years earlier. Windows 7's server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 R2, was released at the ...

  6. 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 .

  7. Hard Disk Sentinel - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, Hard Disk Sentinel DOS version was released in different formats on bootable pen drive, CD, floppy. Usable when no operating system installed (or if the system is not bootable otherwise) to detect and display temperature, health status of IDE, SATA hard disk drives and with limited AHCI controller support.

  8. Disk Drill - Wikipedia

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    Disk Drill for Windows also includes the Recovery Vault technology and works on any Windows XP system or newer (Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10). The software is compatible with FAT and NTFS, as well as HFS+ and EXT2/3/4 file systems.

  9. BumpTop - Wikipedia

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    The 1.0 version was released on April 8, 2009, along with a fully featured pro version as a paid upgrade. [1] On April 30, 2010 the author announced that BumpTop was being discontinued and that they were taking the software "in an exciting new direction." [2] Two days later, it was announced that the company had been acquired by Google.