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Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries
Mark Rasch, 2006-11-20

Mark Rasch looks at the license agreement for Windows Vista and how its product activation component, which can disable operation of the computer, may be like walking on thin ice.

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Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries 2006-11-22
Jeffrey Harris
While I personally think that the activation requirements are an onerous burden on people who "purchase" Microsoft software, the basic fact is that product activation in Vista is really no different than product activation in Windows XP. XP already "phones home" when it detects significant hardware...

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