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2. Windows Anytime Upgrade - Wikipedia

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   Windows Anytime Upgrade (Add Features to Windows) was a service by Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista that facilitated upgrades across successive editions of Windows Vista. [1] Prices for upgrades purchased through Windows Anytime Upgrade were lower than prices for upgrades purchased at retail. [2][3] Windows Anytime Upgrade is included in ...

3. System Locked Pre-installation - Wikipedia

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   If the product key used for activation is lost, then product key finders, readily available on the Internet, can decrypt the key from a local installation, however only SLP keys allow the user to avoid activation upon re-installation. [2] In the SLP 2.x implementations, BIOS report the ACPI SLIC table to the operating system.

4. Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Windows Vista —a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system —was available in six different product editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate. [1][2] On September 5, 2006, Microsoft announced the USD pricing for editions available through retail channels; [3] the operating system was ...

5. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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   Windows Vista. Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years earlier, which was then the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows.

6. Backup and Restore - Wikipedia

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   Windows Backup (SDRSVC) Type. Backup software. Backup and Restore[1] (formerly Backup and Restore Center[2]) is the primary backup component of Windows Vista and Windows 7. It can create file and folder backups, as well as system images backups, to be used for recovery in the event of data corruption, hard disk drive failure, or malware infection.

7. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Product Activation is a DRM technology used by Microsoft Corporation in several of its computer software programs, most notably its Windows operating system and its Office productivity suite. The procedure enforces compliance with the program's end-user license agreement by transmitting information about both the product key used to ...

8. Product activation - Wikipedia

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   Product activation. 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.

9. Windows key - Wikipedia

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   The Windows key (also known as win, start, logo, flag or super[1] key) is a keyboard key which was originally introduced on Microsoft 's Natural Keyboard in 1994. Windows 95 used it to bring up the start menu and it then became a standard key on PC keyboards. Ctrl + Esc performs the same function, in case the keyboard lacks this key.