What are Microsoft Product Activation and the Office Registration Wizard?
As an anti-piracy feature, some Microsoft products (such as Windows XP and the newer Office suites) require you to activate your copy of the software before it can be used regularly. You may be limited to a certain number of days or a number of times a product may be used before activation must be completed. Instructions for activation will be displayed during product installation. If you opt not to activate the product during installation, you will be periodically reminded until you activate it via the Internet or telephone. The product will stop working if it isn’t activated by the specified deadline. When you activate a product, Microsoft provides a software key for you to enter to disable the reminders. Note that product activation and product registration are not the same. Activation enables you to use the software. Registration lets the vendor know that you are using a specific product so that they can send you product-related information as necessary or for marketing purposes. W
As an anti-piracy feature, some Microsoft products (such as Windows Vista and the newer Office suites) require you to activate your copy of the software before it can be used regularly. You may be limited to a certain number of days or a number of times a product may be used before activation must be completed. Instructions for activation will be displayed during product installation. If you opt not to activate the product during installation, you will be periodically reminded until you activate it via the Internet or telephone. The product will stop working if it isn’t activated by the specified deadline. When you activate a product, Microsoft provides a software key for you to enter to disable the reminders. Note that product activation and product registration are not the same. Activation enables you to use the software. Registration lets the vendor know that you are using a specific product so that they can send you product-related information as necessary or for marketing purposes
As an anti-piracy feature, some Microsoft products (such as Windows Vista and the newer Office suites) require you to activate your copy of the software before it can be used regularly. You may be limited to a certain number of days or a number of times a product may be used before activation must be completed. Instructions for activation will be displayed during product installation. If you opt not to activate the product during installation, you will be periodically reminded until you activate it via the Internet or telephone. The product will stop working if it isn’t activated by the specified deadline. When you activate a product, Microsoft provides a software key for you to enter to disable the reminders. Note that product activation and product registration are not the same. Activation enables you to use the software. Registration lets the vendor know that you are using a specific product so that they can send you product-related information as necessary or for marketing purposes
