GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Microsoft has revealed that it plans to change its antipiracy ...

A German copy-protection company has published details of Microsoft's technology for preventing casual copying of Windows XP but concluded the technology allows for reasonable upgrades and doesn't ...

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 ...

Snorg wants to keep using XP, and asked the Answer Line forum if Microsoft will activate new installations after the company stops supporting the operating system in 2014. As long as you’re running a ...

Let's make sure we've got this straight: Microsoft is asking you to activate your software before you can use it. You're not required to pass on any personal information (though given past episodes, ...

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 ...

Buyers of new PCs may have to grapple with Microsoft Product Activation, a controversial new Windows feature. Users who buy PCs with Microsoft Windows XP could find their setup disabled if they change ...

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 ...

While I was performin' a little maintenance on the old home 'puter, I noticed that Microsoft released a series of updates to Office XP (e.g., for Outlook, Excel, and web components), including an ...

Used up all my free activations, had to make my first phone call today. Now the worry part. How many times are you allowed to call in? Infinite as long as you explain what's going on? That I can't ...

The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked offline using Linux, The Register reports. According to a blog post on Tinyapps, a site that catalogs tiny software made for Windows, the crack ...