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Horrible! Unacceptable! Garbage! Activation Crap!
Member Review I will not buy any software with activation after dealing with Windows XP and Office XP. This activation stuff is going to be a nightmare.imagine 10 years from now EVERY product has this -- now, if you change a CD-RW, hard drive, etc.you have to...
[April 29, 2004, 12:32]
Tuesday: Activation troubles Down Under
Blog Remember when Microsoft introduced product activation with Windows XP? Remember all the squeals from people saying "But what if the activation system fails? If Microsoft remains hell-bent on keeping product activation, the least it could do would...
[June 13, 2003, 13:16]
Server Core Activation
White Papers In this webcast, the presenter continues his demonstration of Windows Server 2008 - Core Installation Option, where he configures a virtual machine and shows activation.
[April 27, 2009, 1:21]
Hosting WCF Services in Windows Activation Service
White Papers Windows Activation Service (WAS), introduced with Windows Vista, is the new process activation mechanism that ships with IIS 7.0. WAS builds on the existing IIS 6.0 process and hosting models, but is much more powerful because it provides support...
[July 11, 2007, 1:00]
MS software-activation error hurts XP
Talkback I just downloaded Netscape 6.1 on my Mac and every time I open I get the message that activation.netscape.com could not be found. I can click OK and all works fine but how can I get rid of this message when opening?
[November 6, 2005, 12:00]
vPro Expert Center Wiki, all you need to know about vPro and activation of vPro systems
White Papers It contains info on what vPro is, as well as links to activation documentation. Learn about vPro basics from this wiki.
[September 3, 2009, 1:22]
Customizing Windows Vista Business Edition: Licensing, Reimaging, and Product Activation Considerations
White Papers This white paper discusses the benefits of customizing Windows Vista Business Edition and reviews the activation impacts associated with customization. It also provides the policy implications of customization and details these implications through...
[February 24, 2009, 10:58]
BTopenworld drops broadband activation charge
News Customers who sign up for Plug & Go before 31 May will avoid being charged a Ł65 activation charge. BTopenworld has become the latest Internet Service Provider (ISP) to react to BT Wholesale's price cuts.
[February 27, 2002, 12:47]
TechNet Webcast: Understanding Activation and Validation in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Level 300)
White Papers The attendee of this webcast will learn how volume activation supports new types of license keys and several new modes of activation for customers in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
[July 4, 2009, 1:20]
Software Activation and Return Merchandise Authorization for the Cisco Catalyst 3750-E and 3560-E Series Switches
White Papers Cisco Catalyst 3750-E Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 3560-E Series Switches are enabled with Cisco IOS Software activation. This means there is an electronic license that confers certain entitlement to the product owner and enables select Cisco...
[June 13, 2008, 1:01]
MS, do the right thing: Allow Vista's activation key to activate Windows 7.
Talkback I think Microsoft should do the right thing - admit fault, and allow existing genuine Vista activation keys (for retail products) - activate Windows 7. And more controversally with XP, relate the activation date of a key to the cost of an online...
[May 19, 2009, 9:30]
Top 5 Windows Product Key Activation Challenges IT Pros Encountered and Solved
White Papers Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008 include some significant changes relating to product activation over Windows® XP and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft® product support services identified the five most common product activation...
[February 24, 2009, 10:58]
MS software-activation error hurts XP
Talkback Follow "The Minister Mike Miller Netscape Fix" to dis-able that pesky activation.netscape.com start-up screen in Netscape 6! All that you need to do is to change true to false on this line and save the file and the activation screen will never...
[October 26, 2005, 1:19]
BlackBerry Wireless Enterprise Activation: Release 4.0 - Technical Overview
White Papers Wireless enterprise activation enables a user to remotely activate a handheld on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server without a physical network connection. Users must ensure that they are in an area with sufficient wireless coverage when the wireless...
[September 7, 2006, 3:18]
MS software-activation error hurts XP
Talkback Follow " Minister Mike Miller Fix" to dis-able that pesky "activation.netscape.com" start-up screen in Netscape 6! All that you need to do is to change true to false on this line and save the file and the activation screen will never bother you again.
[October 26, 2005, 1:30]
MS software-activation error hurts XP
News Microsoft's software activation service is coming in for a new round of fire in the wake of a system outage that prevented the company issuing activation codes to its Australian customers over the weekend.
[June 10, 2003, 9:50]
Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3
News Users who install Windows XP Service Pack 3 will not be required to enter Microsoft's product activation key before they use the operating system, according to a Microsoft white paper. Instead they will get a 30-day period of grace — the same as...
[December 28, 2007, 16:43]
Software firms tweak activation after backlash
News Software makers are getting smarter, but no less insistent, about product activation in the face of noisy customer protests, according to software executives gathered here. Product activation, an increasingly common anti-piracy technique that links...
[October 7, 2003, 10:00]
HP Triple Play Services Activation Solution
White Papers HP Triple Play Service Activation solution helps operators win in the competitive triple play marketplace by enabling rapid and reliable service fulfillment with the high level of service quality that demanding consumers expect.
[August 26, 2006, 1:00]
TechNet Webcast: Windows Vista Volume Activation 2.0 (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast covers Volume Activation 2.0, the flexible solution that enables Microsoft Volume Licensing customers to activate products more securely and easily on computers that are running the Windows Vista operating system and Microsoft Windows...
[December 23, 2006, 0:00]
