Microsoft products activate eight questions about the Guangming Daily Computer Week No. 149 Q: What is the product activation technology? A: Product activation technology is a software intellectual property protection technology to identify whether software products are legally authorized. This technology is simple, easy and easy, and through anonymous way to protect users' personal information. Q: Is Microsoft's activation technology is very complicated, is it difficult? A: No, this process is very simple. After installing the software, the software will automatically remind you that you want to activate the software. You choose "After you are , if you use the Internet, you fill in the product installation identification code on the software you purchased. After sending it, the activation center returns a user activation code, which is activated, only a few seconds Clock. If you don't have a way to network, you will call a phone to the activation center, tell them your product installation identification code, they will tell you your activation code, you enter your computer, you will activate, up to a few minutes. The activation program is simple and fast. Q: If you have no time and activation, my computer is locked? A: No. With Windows XP as an example, the user is installed, if various reasons, there is no time and activation It can continue to use 30 days. If you are not activated within 30 days, your machine will not be locked .30, after you start the machine, the software will remind you to activate again. If you don't act, you will not continue to use Windows XP. Thus, you still have the opportunity to activate your software. Of course, if you choose not to activate, your machine will not be locked, you just can't continue to use Windows XP. Q: Whether Microsoft can see my hardware information by activation? A: No. The hardware combination identified by the activation technology is a handleable algorithm. Hash is a hybrid and irreversible algorithm. The so-called "irlightening", that is, Microsoft can't make privacy such as users' hardware configuration. The activation technology of Microsoft products has passed the investigation of independent third-party audit companies DELOITTE AND TOUCHE (Deloittegian consulting company), and founded Microsoft The company only collects and transmits information necessary to activate software. Product activation technology only collected information required to implement anti-piracy function, which does not include recognizable personal information.
