Activation and Registration
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http://www.arachnoid.com/boycott - Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905474/
Describes the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application. This application notifies a user if their copy of Windows is not genuine. - Genuine Microsoft Software
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine - Genuine Microsoft Software | How to Tell
http://www.howtotell.com/ - Inside Windows Product Activation: A Fully Licensed Paper
http://www.licenturion.com/xp - MS KB: Q291983
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q291983
Ports That Are Used by Windows Product Activation - MS KB: Q299840
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q299840
How to Use Sysprep with Windows Product Activation or Volume License Media to Deploy Windows XP - MS KB: Q302740
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q302740
Running Repair on Windows XP Requires the User to Re-Activate the Product - MS KB: Q302806
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q302806
Description of Microsoft Product Activation - MS KB: Q302878
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q302878
Frequently Asked Questions about Microsoft Product Activation - MS KB: Q304314
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q304314
How to Deploy Windows XP Images from Windows 2000 RIS Servers - MS KB: Q305356
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q305356
Windows XP Prompts You to Re-activate After You Restore Your Computer - MS KB: Q308554
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308554
"Error 0x80040605 Re-arming" Error Message When You Try to Run Riprep.exe or Sysprep.exe on Windows XP - MS KB: Q314935
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314935
Blank Activate Windows Page in the Windows Product Activation Wizard - MS: Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/xp_activation.asp - MS: Technical Details on Microsoft Product Activation for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/evaluate/xpactiv.asp