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- Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7
- Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7Come on Adrian: Yet again another W7 limitation?Well that is what it looks like. There's the word right at the top of the page in the title of this story even.Can't wiggle out of this one Windows Folks.Of course, I will...
- Tags: KMS, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Microsoft back ports license-management system to Windows Server 2003
- As Microsoft promised late last year, the company has ported some of its volume-activation technology to Windows Server 2003. Microsoft has made available for download 32- and 64-bit versions of its Key Management Service for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack SP 1 systems, as noted on the Windows...
- Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Anti-piracy, WGA, Activation, Virtualization
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
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- Office 2010 Beta 2 bits leak to the Web
- Professional Plus?Good luck home users - this is the KMS version last time I looked. In other words, corporate version requiring a Key Management Server to activate... weekly?NO longer needed with Cloud infrastructureLook out Google used Linux derived success willconquer the MS Office with it solution forbusiness.Companies will save...
- Tags: Office 2010 Beta 2, Microsoft Office, Office 2010, Web
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Volume Activation Deployment Guide
- This guide describes Microsoft® Volume Activation deployment concepts. Volume Activation consists of two technologies—Key Management Service KMS and Multiple Activation Key MAK—that allow Volume Licensing customers to activate Volume License editions of the Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating systems.
- Tags: Volume-license, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2009-06-09
- Customer-Hosted Volume Activation Guide (Using KMS)
- Microsoft® Volume Activation helps Volume Licensing customers automate and manage the activation process of Volume Licensing media. Volume Licensing customers and special program subscribers such as the Microsoft Partner Program, MSDN®, and Microsoft TechNet are eligible for Volume Licensing software and media. This guide is for IT pros whose organizations...
- Tags: Volume-license, Microsoft Corp.
- White papers 2009-06-01
- TechNet Webcast: Understanding Activation and Validation in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (Level 200)
- Windows product activation, which was first introduced in consumer editions, is now required for all editions of the Windows operating system. This webcast provides a business and technical overview of the activation and validation changes in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Volume Activation 2.0 supports new types of license...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Software
- Webcasts 2008-06-30
- Best Practices With KMS 2.0
- The purpose of this paper is to present solutions that will allow for mixed encryption environment implementations using Sun StorageTek Encryption Solution with the T10000 FICON tape drive. Mixed encryption environments are defined as a library configuration that contains both T10000 encrypted and non-encrypted drives or contains T10000 encrypted drives...
- Tags: Environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Best Practice
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Outlook 2002 Update: January 22, 2003 olk1006 (Windows)
- The Outlook 2002 Update: January 22, 2003 offers the highest levels of stability and security available for Microsoft Outlook 2002. This update fixes an issue in Microsoft Outlook 2002 that occurs when encrypting HTML e-mail using a V1 Exchange Server Security certificate issued by the Microsoft Exchange Key Management Service...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook 2002, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook, E-mail Clients, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2007-10-09
- Problems arise with Vista's activation system
- Problems arise with Vista's activation systemEd - clarificationEd, you say this issue doesn't affect OEM systems which was my understanding also but in the image you show an OEM product key ... is the image purely "illustrative"?The tighter they squeeze the morewill defect. ]:)One More VISTA/Microsoft Activation FarceAfter having to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, NETWORKING, Microsoft Windows Vista, router, activation
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- Microsoft makes copying Vista a monster task
- Microsoft makes copying Vista a monster taskEvery coin only spent once...One wonders if, in a country where the ingrained selling price of Windows is three to five US dollar equivalents; merchants will be able to convince purchasers to spend 45 US dollars for Microsoft's hobbled-by-design and sold-to-the-third-world version of Vista?...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., piracy
- Discussion threads 2007-03-30
- Vista...*Sigh*
- I just installed Windows Vista Business on my laptop. Id never advocate being an early adopter at the enterprise level, but Im enough of a geek that I really wanted to get my hands on the latest and greatest. Having played with preview releases, I was certainly impressed...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, CD
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Image 13 (Windows Vista running in reduced functionality mode)
- Image 13 Windows Vista running in reduced functionality modeFinger PointingWho is going to take the blame when errantly a host running Vista decides it isn't WGA-compliant especially in a patient care or mission-critical setting?There's going to be A LOT of 'finger pointing' going on.No Only VISTAI just was asked to...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Piracy, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, BSOD, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-02-26
- Microsoft set to publicize list of 800 Vista-compatible apps
- In spite of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmers recent comments designed to dampen Wall Streets expectations for Windows Vista, the Windows team itself is continuing to do all it can to encourage customer uptake of the newest version of Windows. On February 20, Microsoft announced final availabilty of six Vista...
- Tags: Vista, Windows client, Corporate strategy, Anti-piracy, Windows XP, App Compatibility
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- Microsoft ports new volume-license-key-management system to Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft ports new volume-license-key-management system to Windows Server 2003No KMS on VM's because of this...I'm quite sure MS has decided not to allow KMS on virtual machine's because of the recent hack of the Vista KMS titled Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Local.Activation.Server-MelindaGates. This is a hacked KMS distributed as Vista virtual machine that is...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Corp., Vista KMS
- Discussion threads 2007-02-13
- Microsoft: No plans to release public Vista app-compat checklist
- Microsoft: No plans to release public Vista app-compat checklistMakes SenseIt makes sense they wouldn't release a compat guide. Just have people run the ACT on their own and figure it out for their own machines. It's simple and allows the effort to determine compatibility to scale.More to it Mary JoWhile...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Piracy, Enterprise Activation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Key Management Service
- Discussion threads 2006-12-11
- Halloween Spooks - Microsoft is watching your upgrades
- On All About Microsoft, my blogging colleague Mary Jo Foley has come across an interesting tidbit in the Volume Activation 2.0 FAQ that demonstrates just how much Microsoft's changes to the Windows Vista EULA will affect hardware enthusiasts.[poll=10] Credit: Vexentricity.commoreContained in the FAQ, Mary Jo discovered the following question and...
- Tags: adaptor, activation
- Blog posts 2006-10-31
- Consumer Vista licensing confusing? Check out the biz licensing
- If you think the consumer Windows Vista licensing terms are confusing, the business licensing ones are even more complicated. More than three weeks after the first reports of Microsoft’s changes in its Windows Vista End User Licensing Agreement EULA terms, it’s still not clear exactly what the company will and...
- Tags: activation, Multiple Activation Keys
- Blog posts 2006-10-30
- What Microsoft still isn't saying about WGA and Volume Activation 2.0
- Microsoft lifted the veil – sort of – about its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA and Volume Activation 2.0 plans for Windows Vista and Longhorn Server on October 4. I say “sort of” because Microsoft is providing publicly little more than bare-bones details about these technologies and how they’ll figure in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Volume Activation
- Blog posts 2006-10-04
- Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs
- Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCsMicrosoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs"If ignored, after 30 days Vista will display four options. The first will allow the user to activate online, the second is to run in reduced functionality mode, the third is to enter a product key...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PC, ABMer, piracy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
- Volume Activation 2.0: Another Potential Vista Gotcha?
- Windows Genuine Advantage WGA isn’t the only Microsoft anti-piracy scheme that might raise the hackles of future Vista customers. Volume Activation 2.0 is worrying some Vista testers who’ve had a chance to dabble with early versions of that technology. Potential false positives – Microsoft labeling legitimate copies of Windows as...
- Tags: Volume, Volume Activation, Volume Activation 2.0
- Blog posts 2006-10-02
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