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• Microsoft mandates piracy checks

  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.

• Microsoft to broaden DVD support

  Microsoft is expanding its involvement in the rewritable DVD market, announcing that future versions of Windows will support all major formats.

• XP activation FAQs

  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.

• Microsoft piracy thrives in Asia Pacific

  Microsoft announced Monday that law enforcement authorities had seized more than 45,000 copies of counterfeit software in the Asia-Pacific region last month.

• Microsoft to ease up on piracy check-ins

  Antipiracy tool will reduce check-ins to biweekly, instead of after each boot-up, and will stop checking-in entirely later this year.

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  Microsoft recruiting software pirates to fight Firefox?

  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 ...)

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• XP activation FAQs

  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.

• Is Microsoft driving freeloaders to Linux?

  A serious push to curb piracy could hurt Redmond, says ZDNet Australia's Iain Ferguson.

• Software piracy: Hype versus reality

  Business Software Alliance's Bob Kruger defends new piracy stats which reflect a growing threat to digital copyrights.

• Migrate to a new PC with Windows XP

  Windows XP drastically improves the migration process, yet there are still a few eccentricities you should be ready for. This article lets you know how to prepare both the old system and the new for migration.

• Microsoft's balancing act

  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.

Reviews (17)

• Microsoft to broaden DVD support

  Microsoft is expanding its involvement in the rewritable DVD market, announcing that future versions of Windows will support all major formats.

• XP product activation: Solution, not conspiracy

  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.

• My travails with Office XP: Finally, the end of my tale

  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.

• Activation Reactivation

  Commentary: ZDNet AU's readers don't like product activation, and that's not entirely surprising.

• Microsoft's biggest Office XP fear: Pirates

  Pirates ahoy! Microsoft prepares to do battle. When Microsoft releases Office XP in a few months, the company will face off against its two toughest competitors: software pirates and, well, Microsoft.

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