Once you have installed Microsoft Word 2007 on your computer, you can run the program 25 times without activating it. Word then switches to Reduced Functionality mode, in which you cannot create ...

However, Kochis says "there really isn't any connection" between the issues with WGA that have occurred recently and Microsoft's decision to discontinue reduced functionality mode. "The overall ...

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Reduced functionality mode will also disable Aero, the new Windows Vista interface, and any "Premium" or "Ultimate" features of the OS will be completely locked down.

Microsoft is making changes to its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy strategy via a coupleof modifications it will implement in Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 and Windows Server 2008 next year.