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When activating over the Internet, the Activation Wizard automatically transmits and receives verification data to and from Microsoft servers, completing the process without any interaction by the user. [26] Activation by telephone requires that a user and a Microsoft agent verbally exchange activation information.
If there's something unusual about your sign in or recent activity, we'll ask you to go through another verification step after you've entered the correct password.
In Excel and Word 95 and prior editions a weak protection algorithm is used that converts a password to a 16-bit verifier and a 16-byte XOR obfuscation array [1] key. [4] Hacking software is now readily available to find a 16-byte key and decrypt the password-protected document. [5] Office 97, 2000, XP and 2003 use RC4 with 40 bits. [4]
Use the Sign-in Helper to locate your username and regain access to your account by entering your recovery mobile number or alternate email address.; To manage and recover your account if you forget your password or username, make sure you have access to the recovery phone number or alternate email address you've added to your AOL account.
Add an extra security step to sign into your account with 2-step verification. Find out how to turn on 2-step verification and receive a verification code, and how to turn off 2-step verification if you need to.
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.
Your password gives you access to every AOL service you use. Learn how to reset your password if you forget it, and how to change your password.
In 2001, Dan S. Wallach, a professor from Rice University, argued that "those determined to bypass copy-protection have always found ways to do so – and always will". [15] Most of the early software crackers were computer hobbyists who often formed groups that competed against each other in the cracking and spreading of software.