More software companies are moving to protect their products through some form of activation process as the cost of piracy rises above US$33 billion worldwide, according to the Business Software ...

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...

If you plan to install a new copy of the Windows operating system on a PC in your office, you'll need to prove your ownership of the software. In the past, this simply meant entering a unique product ...

The Software Licensing Service reported that the license could not be found or was invalid. The error code usually means that the user entered the wrong license key ...

A network license (sometimes known as a floating, concurrent, or server license) lets multiple devices share a software license. The number of devices that can run the software at the same time is ...

Office 2010 will now use Key Management Service (KMS) to activate your product, further simplifying the installation process of Office 2010. KMS eliminates the need to manually enter license codes ...

Follow these suggestions to fix the Volume Activation Event ID 8233 warning you may see in Event Viewer of Windows: Check Network Connection Verify your Product Key Temporarily disable Firewall and ...