Microsoft's software activation service is coming in for a new round of fire in the wake of a system outage that prevented the company issuing activation codes to its Australian customers over the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Brandon software distributor was sentenced to nearly two years in prison after a jury found her guilty of conspiring to traffic in illicit Microsoft certificates of Authenticity ...

Microsoft has sued a Wisconsin man for allegedly selling stolen Windows and Office activation codes, claiming in court documents that he is a repeat pirate who still owes the company $1.2 million from ...

Basically, there are 3 possiblities, all possible, AFAIK:<P>1. Microsoft does not say anything about how long they will provide activation codes for XP. They may stop providing codes anytime.<P>2.