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Where do you have this information from? As far as I know, product activation for office started with Office XP ("2002").
by Hublium 4y ago
Where do you have this information from? As far as I know, product activation for office started with Office XP ("2002").
- int_19h 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_activation#Microsoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_activation#Microsoft Win2K was the first one for which I've heard about it personally, probably because that's when it started to show up en masse in developed markets.
- Hublium 4y agoThank you, was not aware of that. There was no mention on this Wikipedia article that I used to double-check: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Product_Activation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Product_Activation Let's rephrase @endgame's comment as "Windows XP and Office XP were the first versions of their respective series where product activation was mandatory on all retail editions." Point still stands I guess.