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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Then why did Microsoft take such drastic measures as online registration and activation for every individual copy, all but eliminating Windows and Office piracy? I travel in countries where they use plenty of pirated copies. But all old versions like Windows XP. Few dare to use the Windows 7 copies, apparently they are seriously messed up. Besides, Microsoft used their official connections in China to enforce that every computer must be shipped with an official copy of Windows (or with some other OS installed).
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Most of Microsoft's efforts have been to combat counterfeiting--not piracy (stopping some casual piracy was just an added side effect). The most current methods of pirating Windows (
spoofing the SLP key) are currently undetectable by Microsoft's WGA software.