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Other Operating Systems => Windows 8 => Topic started by: javajolt on June 02, 2011, 04:32:42 PM
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We have earlier reported that Windows 8 may use OEM Activation 3.0 in Windows 8, today Mike Angulo confirmed at Computex 2011 that Windows 8 would use OEM Activation 3.0 and shift from OEM Activation 2.1 which was used in Windows 7.This is surely going to be a major update in Windows activation process and would prevent hackers activating Windows using the BIOS slic activation hack .
Here is what Microsoft said regarding OEM Activation 2.1 in Windows 7-
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) activation is a perpetual, one-time activation that associates
Windows 7 with the firmware (BIOS) of a computer.