The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked offline using Linux, The Register reports. According to a blog post on Tinyapps, a site that catalogs tiny software made for Windows, the crack ...

Windows XP is the operating system that just won't die. After its 2001 release, XP would go on to sell more than 400 million copies. Microsoft tried to end support for the OS several times over the ...

People who buy PCs with Microsoft's Windows XP could find their machine disabled if they change or upgrade as few as four components. Details of Microsoft's Product Activation technology, which is ...

A German copy-protection company has published details of Microsoft's technology for preventing casual copying of Windows XP but concluded the technology allows for reasonable upgrades and doesn't ...

Microsoft has revealed that it plans to change its antipiracy measures in Windows XP to respond to the beta testers' concerns of that XP's product activation system wasn't tolerant enough of typical ...

I am installing XP Pro on my new system tomorrow, but I lost the serial when i moved last month. I dont have time to find it right now. Is there any way i can locate it in the registry? I would ...

I figured that this was the correct forum for this, since it's mostly admins, and you guys usually know all about the joys of licensing. If it belongs in the software forum, my apologies.<BR><BR>I'm ...

Microsoft today said it will soon will feed Windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks. The update to Windows Activation ...

Microsoft's plans to stop people pirating the next version of Windows have suffered a setback. A German computer magazine has found weaknesses in the piracy protection system built into Windows XP.