Depending on the license attached to that key (ie number of computers that software license was sold for) the software will be activated on that computer for ongoing use. Activation checks with Microsoft to see if the product key has been used before on other hardware. In short, it links a particular computer to a software product key. The level of concern is raised, not reduced, by the responses we’ve received from Microsoft.įor Office 2000, XP and 2003 you need to ‘activate’ your software after installation. It’s important to keep in mind that the problems we highlight probably won’t happen to you, but even rare occurrences (in percentage terms) with MS Office will happen to many people. We’re going to deal with these issues in-depth as Office Watch has done from time to time over the last decade.
This is the first part of a series on some concerns about Microsoft’s anti-piracy measures as they apply to Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista.īoth these products can be disabled by Microsoft after they have been initially activated – Windows Vista has that now and Office 2007 could have the ‘kill switch’ implemented at any time Microsoft wishes. The first part of a series on some concerns about Microsoft’s anti-piracy measures as they apply to Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista.
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