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Microsoft Updates Windows 7 Activation Technology

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Microsoft has revised the way it authenticates copies of Windows 7, the company announced Thursday.

Microsoft is adding to Windows 7 a new signature-based approach for checking if an OS is properly licensed. This signature checking will happen in addition to the key-based verification process.

The new procedures are necessary to thwart the new bypasses to the verification process that have been developed, said Joe Williams, general manager of the worldwide Windows Genuine Advantage program.

Full story: Microsoft Updates Windows 7 Activation Technology – NYTimes.com