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Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Seattle Simulcast (Part 4 of 5): Deploying Office 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010

Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Seattle Simulcast (Part 4 of 5): Deploying Office 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010

...new release of the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) can help manage product activation for Windows client and server operating systems and Microsoft Office 2010... Read more

16 June, 2010
Managing Activations Using Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0

Managing Activations Using Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0

...new release of the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) can help manage product activation for Windows client and server operating systems and Microsoft Office 2010... Read more

6 June, 2010
OPA-Backup 3.2

OPA-Backup 3.2

OPA-Backup is able to backup the product activation of Microsoft Office XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010. After reinstalling Windows... Read more

22 April, 2012
SoftActivate Licensing SDK 1.6

SoftActivate Licensing SDK 1.6

...illegal keygens are possible. - Full support for online or over-the-phone product activation, including an activation server with full source code. You can now... Read more

23 December, 2011
Ubercode 1.3

Ubercode 1.3

...Java. This makes it ideal for beginners. (4) Ubercode installs quickly, without product activation or Internet registration. After downloading the Trial Pack, you can be... Read more

1 December, 2011
Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Attention! After you download you must request your product activation key here. This download is a plug-in for Visual Studio... Read more

6 June, 2011
TechNet Webcast: Managing Activations Using Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0 (Level 300)

TechNet Webcast: Managing Activations Using Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0 (Level 300)

...new release of the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) can help manage product activation for Windows client and server operating systems and Microsoft Office 2010... Read more

16 June, 2010

Patent defeat for Microsoft and Autodesk

...a setback to Microsoft and Autodesk in their patent infringement battle with product activation start-up Z4 Technologies. US District Judge Leonard Davis turned down... Read more

24 August, 2006 by Caroline McCarthy

Microsoft brings copy protection to consumer apps

...is set to release its first mainstream consumer software application protected by product activation, in what could be a first step toward expanding use of... Read more

2 January, 2003 by Joe Wilcox

The pros and cons of product activation

Product activation is here to stay - but those who are precious about data... Read more

6 November, 2001 by Guy Kewney

PC buyers face product deactivation

...change or upgrade as few as four components. Details of the Microsoft Product Activation technology, which is meant to be a copy protection measure, are... Read more

24 September, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Seven questions for Microsoft, and one for yourself

...of behaviour -- denial of service. People go to prison for it. Windows Product Activation -- WPA -- is building up to be the most controversial aspect of... Read more

31 August, 2001 by Rupert Goodwins

Study: Win XP activation 'innocuous' on privacy

...active member of the security community, said in a statement. Microsoft's product-activation technology -- included in the new Office XP software package and scheduled... Read more

11 July, 2001 by Robert Lemos

Microsoft warns of Mac Office security flaw

...piracy mechanism. Rather than check for serial numbers, Office XP uses a product activation feature. A person must activate the product, which essentially "locks" the... Read more

7 February, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft extends deadline for license change

Update: The software giant extends the deadline for signing up for a licensing program after backing off a provision that forced some to pay twice for software they purchased Read more

8 October, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

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