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Tuesday: Activation Troubles Down Under
Blog Tuesday 10/06/2003Remember 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...
[June 13, 2003, 13:16]
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]
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]
Customer Experience-Driven Service Fulfillment: Introducing The Amdocs Order-to-Activation Solution
White Papers Amdocs Order-to-Activation Solution takes an Integrated Customer Management (ICM) approach to resolving the fulfillment crisis for next generation services, packages and bundles. Amdocs Order-to-Activation Solution is also presented.
[April 13, 2007, 0:00]
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]
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]
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]
Autodata Limited: Tighter Security, Automated Activation Pave Way For New Revenue Streams
White Papers The paper explains why customers previously had to wait for an activation code before they could use a new CD from Autodata, and how the FLEXnet solution has solved that problem for the Maidenhead, UK-based company.
[November 7, 2006, 23:00]
Autodata Limited: Tighter Security, Automated Activation Pave Way For New Revenue Streams
White Papers The paper explains why customers previously had to wait for an activation code before they could use a new CD from Autodata, and how the FLEXnet solution has solved that problem for the Maidenhead, UK-based company.
[November 7, 2006, 23:00]
Microsoft Product Activation
White Papers Product Activation technology is being included in Microsoft Office XP, Visio 2002 drawing and diagramming software, and Windows XP operating system. Microsoft Corp.is committed to the protection of intellectual property rights and to the reduction...
[August 12, 2005, 0:00]
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, 0:00]
Software Activation And Return Merchandise Authorization For The Cisco Catalyst 3750-E Series Switches And Catalyst 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...
[April 14, 2007, 0:00]
Onerous Vista Activation - A Time Bomb?
White Papers There has been a lot of chatter over some of the newer activation and validation schemes that Microsoft may or may not implement with its new Vista operating system. Nobody at Microsoft is saying much, and a lot of bloggers and pundits are all over...
[December 10, 2006, 23:00]
A Framework For Implicit And Explicit Service Activation Based On Service Level Specification
White Papers This paper proposes architecture for the implicit and explicit service activation of Internet Services with guaranteed QoS, based on existing Service Level Specification (SLS). Internet Protocol-based applications are the prevailing trend of the...
[August 18, 2006, 0:00]
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 22, 2006, 23:00]
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]
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]
BTopenworld Drops Broadband Activation Charge
News Customers who sign up for Plug & Go before 31 May will avoid being charged a £65 activation charge. BTopenworld has become the latest Internet Service Provider (ISP) to react to BT Wholesale's price cuts.
[February 27, 2002, 12:47]
DreamKey User Friendly Online Software Activation
Downloads User features include both online and offline activation, adjustable activation deferral counter and automatic reactivation of repaired machines. Security features include hardware dependent activation to prevent software backup piracy, free...
[November 16, 2005, 22:01]
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, 0:00]
