If you ever feel the customer Windows Vista licensing terms are complicated, the enterprise licensing ones are even much more complex. Much more than 3 weeks following the first reviews of Microsoft’s changes in its Windows Vista End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) terms, it’s still not clear exactly what the firm will and won’t allow consumers to do. Microsoft seems to be issuing different interpretations of its EULA to different folks. They issued what seemed to be a consistent public statement to a number of reporters last week, but now I see yet another set of Microsoft-sanctioned answers to Vista licensing questions over on TechWeb. The one thing that is certain: Microsoft’s wavering has got power users pretty riled up. On the other side of the customer world, business users have been pretty quiet about the new Vista activation terms and conditions to which they’ll be subject. With Vista, Microsoft is implementing a new volume-activation strategy, known internally as Volume Activation 2.0. Microsoft is planning to incorporate Volume Activation 2.0 into Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Company and Longhorn Server.As I noted recently,
Microsoft Office Standard 2007, via Volume Activation 2.0,
Cheap Office 2007, Microsoft will offer customers a choice of two kinds of volume-license key services: Multiple Activation Keys (MAK), which are aimed at smaller organizations and/or isolated machines; and on-premise volume license key-management service (KMS) for networked environments with 25 or much more machines. According to a Volume Activation 2.0 frequently asked questions (FAQ) guide which I’ve had a chance to check out, here’s Microsoft’s guidance, re: business activation for Vista: Q. How do you determine how many MAK activations a consumer will receive? A. An example is as follows. When you are a Select or EA (Enterprise Agreement) buyer we will assign a default MAK activation count similar to the following: Level A = 1000 activationsLevel B = 2000 activations Level C = 3000 activations Level D = 4000 activations If you purchase through eOpen we will calculate the MAK based on the number of licenses purchased. Q. Does MAK have a maximum activation threshold? For example, if the agreement grants 100 licenses will MAK accept the 101st activation? A. The MAK limit is based on a mathematical calculation determined by the type of agreement and the number of license purchased. If a MAK has 100 activations associated with it, activation will fail on attempt 101. The consumer would call Microsoft and ask for a “re-fill,
Windows 7 Keygen,” the quantity of which is also mathematically based. Q. What is the hardware tolerance level before the system mandates any reactivation? A. For KMS activated machines, the hardware tolerance is based solely on the hard drive. If you ever change it out,
Office Pro Plus 2007 Key, you need to re-activate via KMS. For MAK activated machines it depends on what and how a great deal of the system configuration has changed. Q. How do hardware changes impact system reactivation requirement? A. As long as the change is above (I am assuming this is a typo,
Office Home And Business 2010 Key, and it ought to say "below") 25 points you do not need to re-activate. Here is the table to determine total points. This applies to both Windows Vista client and Longhorn server for retail activation, MAK activation and KMS activation. Component Class Name Default Weight CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM 1 IDE Adapter three Physical OS Hard Drive Device Serial# 11 Display Adapter 1 SCSI Adapter 2 Audio Adapter 2 Network Adapter MAX Address 2 Processor 3 RAM Amount Range (i.e. 0-512mb, 512–1 GB) 1 BIOS ID (‘0’ always matches) 9 Q. Do hardware changes require MAK reactivation count towards the total number of activations allowed for that MAK? A. YesI'd add to the list: Q: Are we confused yet? A: HELP!
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