28-571: [REDACTED] Look up Mak , mak , or -mak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MAK may refer to: Places [ edit ] Malakal Airport IATA code MaK Motoren GmbH, German division of Caterpillar Inc. with headquarters in Hamburg Makerere University (MAK), a Uganda's largest and second-oldest higher institution of learning MAK Historic District (Decatur) ,
56-724: A German expression corresponding to threshold limit value , which relates to safe daily exposure levels to chemical substances A male name, known in Bosnia and Herzegovina primarily as the nickname of the Bosnian poet "Mehmedalija Maka Dizdar". In South Sudan, makk was the title of king. In Hungarian language, makk means acorn. See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "MAK" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles containing MAK or MAKs All pages with titles beginning with MAK Mak (disambiguation) MAKS (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
84-406: A KMS server. For this situation, a business can make it accessible through a virtual private network (VPN) known only to the devices outside the corporate network. An unofficial KMS server emulator exists that will activate Windows or Office even if the software was not licensed or paid for, regardless of whether or not there are 25 or more computers on the network, and regardless of whether or not
112-606: A political organization in Algeria Technology [ edit ] Media Access Key, used by TiVo digital video recorders Multiple Activation Key, or Volume license key (VLK), a type of activation key for Microsoft products Other uses [ edit ] Male germ cell-associated kinase , a human protein Maschinen Krieger (Ma. K ZBV3000) , a science fiction universe created by Japanese artist and sculptor Kow Yokoyama Maximale Arbeitsplatz-Konzentration ,
140-471: Is Key Management Server ( KMS ) and its corresponding keys. Hosts activated via a KMS have to report back to a software license server once every 180 days. Licenses using these schemes can be procured via the Microsoft Software Assurance program. A large group of Microsoft customers are OEMs that assemble and sell computers, such as desktops, laptops, tablet computers and mobile device. In
168-455: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Volume license key In software licensing , volume licensing is the practice of using one license to authorize software on a large number of computers and/or for a large number of users. Customers of such licensing schemes are typically business , governmental or educational institutions, with prices for volume licensing varying depending on
196-1398: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages CS1 Croatian-language sources (hr) Mak [REDACTED] Look up mak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mak may refer to: People [ edit ] Mak Dizdar (1917 - 1971), Bosnian poet Muhammad Arshad Khan , Pakistani painter popularly known as "MAK" Alan Mak (director) (born 1968), Hong Kong film director Alan Mak (politician) (born 1984), British Member of Parliament Alice Mak , Chinese cartoonist and creator of McMug/McDull Geert Mak , Dutch journalist, historian, and author Marion Wang Mak (born November 7, 1926), American composer Róbert Mak , Slovak football player Mai (Chinese surname) , transliterated as "Mak" in Cantonese Places [ edit ] Mak, Kardzhali Province , village in Bulgaria Mak, Masovian Voivodeship , village in Poland MAK, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna , museum in Vienna, Austria Other [ edit ] The Mak language of Guizhou, China The Mak language of Nigeria Ma. K., abbreviation for
224-502: Is used for other aspects of services and provisioning. Traditionally, a product key has been supplied with computer programs. It acts analogously to a password : The computer programs of old ask the user to prove their entitlement; in response, the user provides this key. This key, however, must only be used once, i.e. on one computer. A volume licensing key (VLK), however, can be used on several computers. Vendors can take additional steps to ensure that their products' key are only used in
252-500: The Internet before the retail launch of Windows XP. In the image, the key is written on a CD-R containing the leaked operating system and held in front of a digital Microsoft sign counting down the days until the release of Windows XP. Users using these keys will receive an error message when they install the latest service pack , and such users are told to obtain a legitimate license and change their product key. Any client machine with
280-584: The Internet, in exchange for a monthly subscription fee. As with the Office 365, a user account registered with Adobe is all that is required to authorize software and store payment information. Microsoft has blocked several volume license keys that have been abused in service packs, starting with Windows XP Service Pack 1. Microsoft even developed a new key verification engine for Windows XP Service Pack 2 that could detect illicit keys, even those that had never been used before. Several security consultants have condemned
308-511: The Internet; as such, a product key needs not be issued to the user. Instead the administrator needs to sign up for Microsoft account , which holds details such as licensed apps, their number, and payment methods. This account is protected by credentials such as a username and a password. Introduced in 2011, Adobe Creative Cloud is a SaaS offering in which software produced by Adobe , their updates, support for them, provisioning, administration, licensing and additional services are all provided over
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#1732859224703336-736: The Jagirdar of Tijara Malik Allahyar Khan (1927–2008), parliamentarian from Pakistan Mansur Ali Khan (disambiguation) , several Manzoor Ahmed Kakar (born 1971), Pakistani politician Manzoor Ali Khan (1922–1980), Sindhi classical singer Mar Aprim Khamis , Assyrian Church of the East bishop Marcus A. Kemp (1878–1957), American politician Margaret Anderson Kelliher (born 1968), American politician Maria Araújo Kahn , American judge Mario Alberto Kempes (born 1954), Argentinian footballer Organizations [ edit ] Interstate Aviation Committee , also known as MAK (based off of
364-563: The KMS server behind firewalls so that it cannot be reached from the Internet and be used by the general public to authorize illegitimate KMS client keys. Public exposure of a KMS server can result in Microsoft revoking the server key, thereby disabling all attached clients. External KMS server access is desirable for devices on long-term leave away from the corporate network, as KMS client activation will expire after six months of not being able to contact
392-569: The Russian acronym МАК) MAK Technologies, Inc. , a software company Maktab al-Khidamat , the forerunner to al-Qaeda Maschinenbau Kiel , German industrial company now part of Vossloh; made railway locomotives MAT Macedonian Airlines , former national flag carrier airline of the Republic of Macedonia Mongolyn Alt Corporation , a Mongolian mining company Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie ,
420-435: The correct Key Management Server (KMS) client setup keys can authenticate against any KMS server. KMS client keys are well known and documented publicly by Microsoft. KMS servers require a minimum of 25 clients to properly activate, but also stop counting additional licenses beyond 50, and automatically accept any client key once reaching the 25 client threshold. Businesses operating KMS servers are required to properly shield
448-593: The device is stored with SLIC data. In 2010, Microsoft introduced the Office 365 licensing program. in which Microsoft Office , Microsoft Exchange Server and Skype for Business Server products are licensed based on the software as a service (SaaS) model: In exchange for a monthly subscription fee, software, its updates, support for them, provisioning, administration, licensing and additional services are all provided through an online web-based dashboard. In this scheme, licensed apps communicate recurrently with Microsoft over
476-544: The devices sold by these OEMs, Windows license data is stored in the computer's BIOS in an area referred to as the "ACPI_SLIC", so that KMS can detect the use of previous Microsoft products even with the storage device removed or erased. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 , the SLIC data are complementary; a volume licensing product key is still supplied with the device, which the user needs in the event of reinstalling Windows. Starting with Windows 8, however, everything needed to authorize
504-964: The first locally designated historic district in Decatur, Georgia Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt , Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien , Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna People [ edit ] M. A. Khan (1920–2001), Indian politician Mahafarid Amir Khosravi (1969–2014), Iranian businessman Mahboob Ali Khan (1866–1911), 6th Nizam of Hyderabad Mahmood Ahmad Khan , Pakistani politician Mahmoud Abdel Khalek (born 1938), Lebanese politician Maimul Ahsan Khan (born 1954), Bangladeshi scholar Mairaj Ahmad Khan (born 1975) Makhdoom Ali Khan (born 1954), practising Senior Advocate Supreme Court Malak Azmat Khan , Pakistani politician Malik Ahmad Khan (born 1971), Pakistani politician Malik Aitbar Khan (born 1953), Pakistani politician Malik Alaudin Khan ,
532-488: The intended number. These efforts are called product activation . Volume licenses are not always transferable. For example, only some types of Microsoft volume license can be transferred, provided a formal transfer process is completed, which enables Microsoft to register the new owner. A very small number of software vendors specialize in brokering such transfers in order to allow the selling of volume licenses and keys. The most notable of these, Discount-Licensing , pioneered
560-429: The move by Microsoft, saying that leaving a large install base unpatched from various security holes is irresponsible because this unpatched install base can be leveraged in large scale Internet attacks, such as Trojan horses used to send spam e-mail . Others have come to Microsoft's defense, arguing that Microsoft should not have to provide support for illegal users. After much public outcry, Microsoft elected to disable
588-405: The new key verification engine. Service Pack 2 only checks for the same small list of commonly used keys as Service Pack 1. Users of existing installations of Windows XP can also change their product key by following instructions from Microsoft. A volume license key that was commonly used to bypass product activation in early versions of Windows XP was FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 . This key
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#1732859224703616-412: The sale of Microsoft volume licenses in this way. Microsoft has been engaged in volume licensing since its inception, as the enterprise sector is its primary market. With the release of Windows XP in 2001, Microsoft introduced Microsoft Product Activation , a digital rights management (DRM) scheme to curb software piracy among consumers by verifying the user's entitlement to the product license. At
644-632: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title MAK . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ^ "Kratka imena koja nisu u top 50, a imaju posebno značenje" . www.index.hr (in Croatian) . Retrieved 2024-09-22 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MAK&oldid=1247029807 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
672-494: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mak . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mak&oldid=1251356592 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
700-942: The science-fiction universe Maschinen Krieger ZbV 3000 Maksutov telescope , catadioptric telescope invented by Dmitri Maksutov MaK ( Maschinenbau Kiel ), German engineering firm in Kiel Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie , Kabyle (Berber) political movement seeking self-government rule in Algeria Mak , alternative spelling of makk , a Sudanic royal title See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "mak" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles containing Mak or Maks All pages with titles beginning with Mak Mahk Makh MaK MAK (disambiguation) MAKS (disambiguation) Makk (disambiguation) Mac (disambiguation) Mach (disambiguation) Mack (disambiguation) Mark (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
728-481: The time, however, the volume-licensed versions of Windows XP were exempt from this measure. (See § Unauthorized use .) Starting with Windows Vista , Microsoft introduced two volume licensing methods for IT professionals in charge of installing Windows in organizations, both of which are covered by Microsoft Product Activation: The first is Multiple Activation Keys (MAK), which are the same as Windows XP's volume licensing keys but require product activation. The second
756-531: The type, quantity and applicable subscription-term. For example, Microsoft software available through volume-licensing programs includes Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office . Traditionally, a volume licensing key ( VLK ), which could be supplied to all instances of the licensed computer program, was involved in volume licensing. With the popularity of the software as a service practices, volume licensing customers only supply their software with credentials belonging to an online user account instead, which
784-407: Was part of the first warez release of the final version of Windows XP by a group called devils0wn , 35 days before the operating system's official retail release on 28 August 2001. The key is now obsolete, as it has been blacklisted by Microsoft since August 2004, and affected computers will display a WGA notification . It was made famous partly because it featured in a popular image circulated on
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