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What data does Microsoft gather during activation?

April 26, 2017activation Data gather Microsoft

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What data does Microsoft gather during activation?

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The only information transmitted to Microsoft during activation is the installation ID and, for Office XP and Visio 2002, the name of the country in which the product is being installed. What about the hardware information used to create the installation ID? According to Microsoft, once the installation ID has been created, there is no way to use this ID to determine the computer’s hardware configuration.