Unexpected item in the bagging area as Windows Activation error pops up at check-in

Weary travelers making their way through airports have enough to contend with these days without some Microsoft borkage popping up over departure information. Spotted by an eagle-eyed Register reader identifying themselves as Ethel Grapefruit (Mrs), one of the information boards at Heathrow Terminal 5's check-in area has decided that whatever is running behind the scenes does not meet with Microsoft's approval, and requires activation. The message is familiar to many Windows users, and appears as a watermark when something has made the knickers of the computer behind the scenes get a bit twisty. Perhaps there's been a hardware replacement, and Windows needs to be reactivated. Or an update that sent the operating system into a tizzy. There...

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