Sunday, August 5, 2012

Windows 8 activation policy change

Beforehand, OEMs that were shipping PCs with the most recent version of Windows would often share the same activation key.
Microsoft will now be requiring OEMs to write a unique activation key into the BIOS of each machine, and ship them with the operating pre-installed. OEMs also going to have to get all keys directly from Microsoft.

more here

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