From now on, customers looking to get the latest add-ons to Windows will have to verify that their copy of the operating system is legit.
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As the popularity of Windows XP and Office XP grows, you may have some questions posed to you. Here are some basics of Microsoft's latest antipiracy effort, Product Activation.
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Antipiracy tool will reduce check-ins to biweekly, instead of after each boot-up, and will stop checking-in entirely later this year.
Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)
As the popularity of Windows XP and Office XP grows, you may have some questions posed to you. Here are some basics of Microsoft's latest antipiracy effort, Product Activation.
A serious push to curb piracy could hurt Redmond, says ZDNet Australia's Iain Ferguson.
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Buffeted by criticism of the way it handles privacy and security matters, Microsoft is trying to batten down the hatches on both fronts in simultaneous efforts.
Microsoft is expanding its involvement in the rewritable DVD market, announcing that future versions of Windows will support all major formats.
Since Windows XP went 'Gold', the conspiracy theorists and corporate planners have been hard at work. Contrary to the beliefs espoused by the 'Oliver Stone' DOJ advocates, Microsoft did not rush XP to market to beat some artificial government deadline and avoid an injunction.
In June, on a long transcontinental flight to a major trade show, Office XP did a mean thing to me: It suspected me of piracy. And it locked me out. Well, Microsoft has gotten to the bottom of my awful XP-erience. Here's how, and what it found.
Commentary: ZDNet AU's readers don't like product activation, and that's not entirely surprising.
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