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  2. Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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    This build treated Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 product keys as Windows 10 product keys, meaning they could be entered during installation to activate the free license, without the need to upgrade first to "activate" the hardware with Microsoft's activation servers.

  3. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Product Activation. 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 ...

  4. Windows 10 version history - Wikipedia

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    Windows 10 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.Microsoft described Windows 10 as an "operating system as a service" that would receive ongoing updates to its features and functionality, augmented with the ability for enterprise environments to receive non-critical updates at a slower pace or use long-term support milestones that will only receive ...

  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. Microsoft Windows version history - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Windows version history. Microsoft Windows was announced by Bill Gates on 10 November 1983, 2 years before it was first released. [1] Microsoft introduced Windows as a graphical user interface for MS-DOS, which had been introduced two years earlier. [2] The product line evolved in the 1990s from an operating environment into a fully ...

  7. Windows 10 editions - Wikipedia

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    At the time of launch, Microsoft deemed Windows 7 (with Service Pack 1) and Windows 8.1 users eligible to upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge, so long as the upgrade took place within one year of Windows 10's initial release date. Windows RT and the respective Enterprise editions of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 were excluded from this offer.

  8. Windows Genuine Advantage - Wikipedia

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    A successful activation on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (same dialog will show on Windows Vista and Windows 7) When a user installs Windows Genuine Advantage, an Internet Explorer add-on is installed labeled "Windows Genuine Advantage". In early releases the tool could be readily disabled with the IE Add-on Management feature.

  9. Microsoft Office 2016 - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Office 2016. Microsoft Office 2016 (codenamed Office 16) is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite, succeeding both Office 2013 and Office for Mac 2011 and preceding Office 2019, which in turn was succeeded by Office 2021 for both platforms. It was released on macOS on July 9, 2015, and on Microsoft Windows on September ...

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