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General Category => News => Topic started by: Josetann on April 27, 2001, 07:32:35 AM

Title: Product Activation on Win2k?
Post by: Josetann on April 27, 2001, 07:32:35 AM
Looks like MS is looking for ways to slip in Product Activation on earlier versions of Windows.  The IE6 Public Preview adds this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftMSLicensing

In this key are two subkeys named HardwareID and Store.  Everyone who\'s planning to just \"stick with Win2k and avoid the activation crap\" may be in for a surprise.

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