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Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by Hublium on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:08AM (#34398151)
Where do you have this information from? As far as I know, product activation for office started with Office XP ("2002").
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Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by int_19h on Monday January 16, 2023 @04:22AM (#34398622)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_activation#Microsoft

Win2K was the first one for which I've heard about it personally, probably because that's when it started to show up en masse in developed markets.

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Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by Hublium on Monday January 16, 2023 @08:37AM (#34400477)
Thank you, was not aware of that. There was no mention on this Wikipedia article that I used to double-check:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Product_Activation

Let's rephrase @endgame's comment as "Windows XP and Office XP were the first versions of their respective series where product activation was mandatory on all retail editions." Point still stands I guess.

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