Hi, I just received our first batch of Dell Precision T3400s with Vista business installed. <BR><BR>I know that vista business can self activate using the BIOS built into these systems. If I deploy a ...

I'm prepping a bunch of retired HP corporate laptops (6470b) to give them to students in need. I have the OEM Windows 10 install CD. When I do a clean install, Windows 10 is automatically activated ...

The Microsoft Software Protection Platform, unveiled formally on Wednesday, requires that all customers consumers who buy PCs and business customers with volume licensing agreements activate their ...

OEM BIOS activation, or OA, allows PC makers and system builders to preactivate Windows for their customers via a System-Lock Pre-Installation. OA 1.0 was introduced with Windows XP to make it easier ...

Microsoft’s anti-piracy team has acknowledged that hacks against Windows Vista’s OEM BIOS activation scheme are circulating, but seemed to say it has no plans to immediately counter the threat. Two ...