Talk:Microsoft Product Activation/Archive 1

Documentation on merger between Windows Product Activation and Microsoft Product Activation
A few days ago, I decided to rewrite the Windows Product Activation article. Among the changes I made was making it Microsoft-specific rather than Windows-specific - after all, Office has activation as well. Unfortunately, I made all these changes in my userspace, rather than adding the new content directly to the Windows Product Activation article. I thus embarked on the following complex process: Thus, for the purposes of attribution, it is important to note that in the template above, the page merger diff was not the only example where content was moved from Windows Product Activation to Microsoft Product Activation; rather, this process took place throughout the page's history, in some cases combined with me adding my own new content. Thanks, --Michael Kourlastalk – contribs 17:01, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I first deleted the former redirect at Microsoft Product Activation;
 * I then moved the page from my userspace here;
 * I then conducted a merge from Windows Product Activation into this article.

Images
I don't think it's in the spirit of WP:FAIRUSE to have around five non-free images on a page discussing one small component of Windows and Office. I've gone through and deleted all the images, then re-uploaded only two images that specifically show Microsoft Product Activation in action - one for Windows, and one for Office. If anyone disagrees, please discuss - I might be wrong about all this. Thanks, --Michael Kourlastalk – contribs 22:57, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Does Office 2000 need activation?
The Office 2000 article on Wikipedia mentions that activation is needed in the later editions of Office 2000. Should that be mentioned in the main article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.10.11 (talk) 01:22, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Outdated
A quick web search for "Windows 8.1 KMS activator" shows that new methods have been developed to defeat the latest and greatest protection... This article doesn't even mention KMS, even though it's a rather old MS activation method, which has migrated from the enterprise towards the consumer with Windows 8. 86.121.18.250 (talk) 05:01, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Also this amusing bit ("Microsoft mistakenly gifts Windows 8 pirates with a free activation key") is not mentioned. 86.121.18.250 (talk) 05:12, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

And there's nothing in this article about Windows Store apps. 86.121.18.250 (talk) 05:24, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

External links modified (January 2018)
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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20131217043733/http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office-xp-resource-kit/entering-a-volume-license-product-key-when-deploying-office-xp-HA001136475.aspx?CTT=1 to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office-xp-resource-kit/entering-a-volume-license-product-key-when-deploying-office-xp-HA001136475.aspx?CTT=1
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20111211073356/http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/activate-or-register-programs-in-the-microsoft-office-system-HA001118776.aspx to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/activate-or-register-programs-in-the-microsoft-office-system-HA001118776.aspx
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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130615094438/http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office-2003-resource-kit/office-2003-licensing-and-system-requirements-HA001140301.aspx to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office-2003-resource-kit/office-2003-licensing-and-system-requirements-HA001140301.aspx
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20141221193414/http://news.microsoft.com/download/archived/presskits/antipiracy/docs/genuinemsproducts.pdf to http://news.microsoft.com/download/archived/presskits/antipiracy/docs/genuinemsproducts.pdf

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