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  2. 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 ...

  3. Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 10 is the final version of Windows that supports 32-bit processors ( IA-32 and ARMv7-based) and devices with BIOS firmware. Its successor, Windows 11, requires a device that uses UEFI firmware and a 64-bit processor in any supported architecture ( x86-64 for x86 and ARMv8 for ARM).

  4. System Locked Pre-installation - Wikipedia

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    In addition, if an end-user feels the need to perform a "clean install" of Windows and if the manufacturer supplies the user with an installation disc (not a "System Recovery" disc that is a hard-drive image), the user will not be prompted to activate the copy, given that the installation is performed on the same motherboard.

  5. Bain Capital in talks to buy education-software provider ...

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    By Anirban Sen and Priyanka G. (Reuters) - Buyout firm Bain Capital is in talks to take education-software provider PowerSchool private, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The ...

  6. Side-by-side assembly - Wikipedia

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    Side-by-side assembly. Side-by-side assembly ( SxS, or WinSxS on Microsoft Windows) technology is a standard for executable files in Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, and later versions of Windows that attempts to alleviate problems (collectively known as "DLL Hell") that arise from the use of dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) in Microsoft ...

  7. HP beats revenue estimate on recovering PC demand - AOL

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    By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - HP Inc beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, signaling a recovery in the personal computer (PC) market as customers upgrade their systems.

  8. Windows 10 (original release) - Wikipedia

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    The original version of Windows 10 (also retroactively named version 1507 [1] and codenamed "Threshold 1") was released in July 2015. It carries the build number 10.0.10240; while Microsoft has stated that there was no designated release to manufacturing (RTM) build of Windows 10, build 10240 was described as an RTM build by various media outlets.

  9. 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 ...