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"WinXP activation: what happens under the covers?"

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WinXP activation: what happens under the covers?

By: John Lettice

Posted: 22/04/2001 at 20:12 GMT

When you use the Windows XP product activation system, Microsoft assures us, it's an entirely anonymous transaction. Your machine sends a key to Redmond, Redmond sends an unlock key back, and your installation is validated forever. Or at least until you've gone one hardware upgrade too far, and you have to call them up and ask for mercy.

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