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 release of Microsoft Corp.’s Office XP application suite and its forthcoming Windows XP operating system has generated a buzz of controversy because of the antipiracy activation procedure the ...

If you’ve been using one of two common hacks to run Windows Vista without going through activation, Microsoft has you in its cross-hairs. It’s rolling out patches, through Vista SP1 and Windows Update ...

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Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a serious end run around one of Microsoft’s key antipiracy measures, Windows expert Brian Livingston said Thursday. Windows Vista ...