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

Bags weighed down by a Microsoft license key Weary travelers making their way through airports have enough to contend with these days without some Microsoft borkage popping up over departure information. A Heathrow Terminal 5 flight information display shows a Windows activation watermark above airport check-in signs showing where to drop your bags. Supplied 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 twis