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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Microsoft Corp's upcoming Windows Vista computer
operating system will include technology that is designed to prevent
pirated copies from fully functioning, the software giant said.

Reduced functionality is already a part of the Windows XP activation
process, but Windows Vista will have a reduced functionality mode that is
enhanced, Microsoft said on its Web site on Wednesday.

Microsoft said the upcoming releases of Windows Vista and also Windows
Server "Longhorn" will be the first two products to ship with the new
anti-piracy measures included, but more Microsoft products will eventually
adopt the technology.

Windows Vista systems must activate with Microsoft as genuine within 30
days and failure to do so will result in "reduced functionality mode" until
successful validation occurs, Microsoft said.

Customers that use genuine versions of Windows Vista will get an enhanced
set of features that will not work on non-genuine or unlicensed versions of
Vista, it said.

Users of non-genuine Windows Vista software will also be notified by the
appearance of a persistent statement in the lower right hand corner of
their desktop that reads: "This copy of Windows is not genuine."

A Wall Street analyst said on Wednesday that Microsoft will most likely
ship the Windows Vista system on time and meet its deadline for both
corporate and retail consumers.

Goldman Sachs analyst Rick Sherlund sent a note to clients saying Microsoft
may be ready to send the final test version of its much-anticipated Windows
upgrade later this week or next week, indicating that Vista will be
available for business customers in November and retail PCs by late
January.

Windows Vista, five years in the making, has been postponed by Microsoft
several times.

Microsoft Windows sits on more than 90 percent of the world's personal
computers and the Windows business accounts for about 30 percent of the
company's $44 billion in revenue.

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