A German copy-protection company has published details of Microsoft's technology for preventing casual copying of Windows XP but concluded the technology allows for reasonable upgrades and doesn't ...

Microsoft has revealed that it plans to change its antipiracy measures in Windows XP to respond to the beta testers' concerns of that XP's product activation system wasn't tolerant enough of typical ...

Buyers of new PCs may have to grapple with Microsoft Product Activation, a controversial new Windows feature. Users who buy PCs with Microsoft Windows XP could find their setup disabled if they change ...

People who buy PCs with Microsoft's Windows XP could find their machine disabled if they change or upgrade as few as four components. Details of Microsoft's Product Activation technology, which is ...

The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked offline using Linux, The Register reports. According to a blog post on Tinyapps, a site that catalogs tiny software made for Windows, the crack ...

The famed OS may be dead to Microsoft, but it lives on in our hearts (and in a bunch of computers in Armenia). The famed OS may be dead to Microsoft, but it lives on in our hearts (and in a bunch of ...

The method used to activate Windows for single-user licenses starting with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Bulk licenses to companies do not contain Windows Product Activation (WPA). When Windows ...