Interview About WinXP Product Activation
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GameSpot spoke with Allen Nieman, technical product manager for Windows XP, to get more information on how product activation will work.
GameSpot: Tell us a bit about the changes to Windows product activation. What now triggers the prompt for reactivation?
Allen Nieman: What triggers the prompt for reactivation hasn't changed. What has changed is that we have addressed feedback from power users participating in the beta that the need to reactivate by telephoning can be a hassle. Therefore we have made changes in the way those reactivation requests are handled to allow it to be done over the Internet based on the amount of time that has passed since the last time that product key was used to activate Windows XP.
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