Microsoft has enforced Antipiracy checks in Microsoft Office 2007, similar to the WGA checks in Windows.
The company will integrate OGA program that is released today will require users to enter an activation key as a proof of it being legal and not pirated.
OGA is a sibling of WGA and both of them check the users version of the software to ensure that the version is not counterfeit or pirated.
This check has been directly integrated into Windows Vista and the check is a part of the ‘Software Protection Platform’ that has been introduced in Vista.
Vista users will have to enter a valid activation key within 30 days after the purchase of the software else the system will automatically shift into a low-functionality mode which will allow users to browse the internet for only one hour at a stretch and then will log out of it automatically following the users to log in again if they want to browse more.
Microsoft’s antipiracy drive has suffered great resistance from the users and it had to turn off a notification feature in WGA that sent information to the company from the users system as some users complained that the feature was acting like a spyware.
Via: pcworld
