To activate a retail version of Microsoft Windows, a user must enter the product key into Windows and then connect to the Internet or call Microsoft to validate the key. But that’s too cumbersome for ...

You can manage activations and product keys over the network. There is software, called the Key Management Service (KMS), that can run on Windows Server 2003 machines with Service Pack 1 or later.

While Windows Vista will still follow the Volume Activation 2.0 model where a business must use either Multiple Activation Keys or a Key Management Service for activation, Office 2007 will still ...

Unlike the retail versions of Office 2007, copies installed using volume license keys ... VA 1.0 also is the procedure used to install Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 in businesses.

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The move to lock out pirated copies of Windows from the download sites is part of Microsoft’s effort to fight software piracy, which is a major issue for the software vendor.

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Microsoft Corp. this afternoon went live with a program requiring customers to validate that they are running legitimate copies of the Windows operating system before they can use Microsoft’s ...