Windows 8 will adopt the new activation technology OA 3.0

It has been predicted that Windows 8 will no longer adopt the same OEM Activation 2.1 (hardware system authorization legality verification, referred to as OA) technology as Windows 7, and may upgrade to OA. 3.0. Today, this speculation is confirmed by Microsoft. At yesterday's Computex 2011 conference, Michael Angiulo, Microsoft's vice president of Windows strategy and hardware, said that Windows 8 will adopt OA 3.0.

As we all know, Windows 7 is equipped with OA 2.1 technology, while Windows Vista is equipped with OA 2.0. As original equipment manufacturers are increasingly adopting the activation technology of Windows 8 pre-installed in new computers, Microsoft is bound to upgrade OA technology, so upgrading OA 2.1 to OA 3.0 is not surprising.

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Windows users should be aware that Microsoft offers a variety of Windows system activation methods. One such method is called System-Locked Pre-installation, which is the only activation method for OEMs. With OA technology, OEMs can bulk activate specific Windows system copies through the motherboard.

A copy of the Windows system of the original equipment manufacturer's computer is built into the motherboard and it cannot be ported to other computers. OA 2.1 is specified as follows:

1. Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) activation is a permanent, one-time Windows 7 activation method.

2. The activation process takes place before the computer is sold, so no activation is required for the end user or organization.

3. The copy of Windows 7 installed by the OEM manufacturer on the computer is legal only on a specific computer. The end user can only reinstall and reactivate the system through the recovery disc provided by the OEM manufacturer.