Microsoft has revealed that it plans to change its antipiracy measures in Windows XP to respond to the beta testers' concerns of that XP's product activation system wasn't tolerant enough of typical ...

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 ...

Windows XP, which was released in 2001, boasts strong popularity even after the end of support in 2014 due to its stable operation and the ability to operate on low-spec PCs, and 20 years after its ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Windows 7 was released in 2009, some of its SKUs included a feature called "XP mode". In the simpliest terms, the Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate versions of Windows 7 could allow older ...

Product activation and validation in Windows 7 is built off the same Software Protection Platform that was introduced with Windows Vista. Microsoft claims the technology is much better than the one in ...