In order to combat piracy, all copies of Vista, including volume license copies,
require activation. Activation was also required in Windows XP and 2003, but unlike
in Windows Vista, it was not required for volume license copies (also known as
Corporate editions). The Volume Licensing scheme used by Windows XP and Server
2003, in which activation was not required, was referred to as Volume Activation
1.0. Windows Vista Business and Enterprise edition (and Server 2008) use Volume
Activation 2.0, which still requires them to be activated. So, all copies of Windows
Vista will requir ...
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