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I want to clear some things up about Windows Product Activation. First, we need to know that EVERY piece of hardware you have in your system has UNIQUE identifiers. (MAC Address for NIC’s, Processor ID’s, RealTime Clocks, etc.) When you enter a PID in Windows XP, it is hashed against several pieces of hardware in your machine. (I’m not at liberty to tell you what pieces of hardware, or how many.) The resultant value is then passed to a clearinghouse (on the internet, or by phone if you prefer) and a verification code is sent to activate windows. In effect, it ties the PID to that specific computer, in its current configuration. Microsoft is aware that customers will change the configuration of their computer. Changes in hardware are expected, and allowed. It is only when a PID is trying to be cleared on several hundred/thousand configurations that Microsoft would even care. Microsoft isn’t in the business of screwing customers, but they would definitely like to give the shaft to thieves.

Windows Product Activation DOES NOT require you to get a new product key every time you want to reinstall/format windows. Not the first time you reinstall, not the 8 billionth time you reinstall. (You have to go through the Activation process, but you are passing the same AUTH string to the clearinghouse, it NEVER counts against you. There is no timeout for reinstalling Windows against the same hardware, or several future hardware upgrades.) Activation takes less than 10 seconds on a 56k modem, or 5 minutes on the phone with a telephone representative. It also takes place before ANY personal information is even entered.

Your product key is bound to the hardware in your system. If you change your hardware SIGNIFICANTLY, you can still reactivate. (In fact, only on HIGH volume keys with different hardware will MS stop accepting the pirate key.) ie. Customer has a product key, he can go through a FEW COMPLETE computer overhauls, use the same product key, and be just fine. NOW, if a product key is used in 1000 different hardware configurations, we don’t let THAT product get activated. The PID has then become worthless. Nobody can activate Windows with it. This makes PID sharing (the most common form of Windows piracy) a little more costly. If YOU ever want to reinstall the Windows YOU bought, YOU better keep your key, and not give it away, or post it on the internet.

In a test environment, which I’m sure you will be using Windows for in a lot of scenarios, you probably won’t have a Windows that’s more than 30 days old before you wipe it. (no need to activate…)

We’ve determined that a crack will be out for this method of activation within one week after RTM, but this is not to stop those guys. This is to stop the casual piracy of Windows, and I think it will be a viable solution. Bottom line is you should pay for the software you use.

Hope that helps clear that up. It’s not going to hurt anyone but the people it’s targeted to hurt: the software pirates.

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