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2. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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   On Windows 10 and Windows 11, the activation process can also generate a "digital entitlement", which allows the operating system's hardware and license status to be saved to the activation servers, so that the operating system's license can automatically be restored after a clean installation without the need to enter a product key.

3. Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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   Instead, the license status of the system's current installation of Windows is migrated, and a "Digital license" (known as "Digital entitlement" in version 1511 or earlier) is generated during the activation process, which is bound to the hardware information collected during the process.

4. Volume licensing - Wikipedia

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   With the release of Windows XP in 2001, Microsoft introduced Microsoft Product Activation, a digital rights management (DRM) scheme to curb software piracy among consumers by verifying the user's entitlement to the product license. At the time, however, the volume-licensed versions of Windows XP were exempt from this measure. (See ...

5. Product activation - Wikipedia

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   Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary software programs. Product activation prevents unlimited free use of copied or replicated software. Unactivated software refuses to fully function until it determines whether it is authorized to fully function. Activation allows the software to stop blocking its use.

6. Activate or download premium subscriptions - AOL Help

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   After you subscribe to an AOL premium subscription product or service, start the activation process by clicking on one of the following options in your order confirmation email: "Login with AOL," "download now," or "get started now." If you haven't received an order confirmation email, then follow the instructions below. Download products or ...

7. System Locked Pre-installation - Wikipedia

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   System Locked Pre-installation (SLP), also referred to as OEM Activation, is a product activation procedure for Microsoft Windows used by major OEMs of laptops and pre-built PCs wherein a product key for a Windows version is added and locked to the machine's firmware before mass distribution.