What to Do About Windows XP
Win2000 Mag | at | by Mike
An array of Microsoft competitors, government bodies, and special-interest groups attempted to forestall Windows XP's release, so you might wonder whether you should fear rather than adopt XP. The OS includes several technologies that scare people for a variety of reasons. The biggest bugaboo, Windows Product Activation (WPA), enforces Microsoft's licensing policies. Thus, individuals will no longer be able to use one Windows product key to install one copy of Windows on multiple PCs. For corporate users, WPA is a nonevent because volume-licensed copies of XP won't even include this technology.