Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the ...

Businesses or individuals who install the latest version of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system on their computers will have more time to register the product under new rules published by the ...

The most plausible source is an OEM or hardware partner that received final media early so they could ship PCs on launch day.

Microsoft is closing a loophole that enabled unscrupulous resellers to use Windows XP product keys that were stolen from large OEMs. The result: customers who purchase Windows on a new PC may not be ...

Of course it doesn't, but I hope you're not basing your decision of 2k vs XP on that. Activation is not a big deal, it consists of one or two extra buttons to click during install. Not really, I have ...

Microsoft's former Windows Product Activation author says the famous pirate key may have been leaked by someone at Dell or ...

Den berømte FCKGW-nøkkelen til Windows XP ble ikke «knekket», den lekket sammen med Microsofts Volume-utgave før lanseringen ...

At the Redmond, Wash., software giant's system builder summit last week in Phoenix, several channel executives criticized Microsoft's activation requirements, which force partners and customers to ...