Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the ...

I have an opportunity to privately buy an OEM copy of Windows XP Pro still sealed with the disc, booklet, COA and everything from an acquaintance. He asserts that the product key has never been ...

I read these 2 things recently: 1. Windows 7 upgrade checks for an activated Windows XP/Vista before allowing the install 2. Windows upgrade activation invalidates the key of the older Windows version ...

At the Redmond, Wash., software giant's system builder summit last week in Phoenix, several channel executives criticized Microsoft's activation requirements, which force partners and customers to ...