Colin Barnhorst

OK, you got the download link in the email. Got it.

"UnionDatacom" <UnionDatacom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D7C1E12-9E0D-4B18-AFF1-FBA73260DDC8@microsoft.com...
> No, R! in the mail, RC2 by email
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> You got an RC2 in the mail?
>>
>> "UnionDatacom" <UnionDatacom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news53CA634-849F-4607-96B8-862DF77B8ABE@microsoft.com...
>> >I get my Vista RC1 Beat copy in the mail, and install it. I love the OS,
>> >but
>> > it’s buggy. I got RC2 my email, and it was improved. Close enough to
>> > stable,
>> > so I kill my dual-boot config and start using it, knowing I’ve got 6
>> > months
>> > before it expires and that I can easily buy it retail by then, that was
>> > the
>> > plan anyway.
>> >
>> > So a few weeks go by and I see RTM on the Internet, but I don’t get a
>> > copy
>> > of that one in the mail. MS no doubt wants me to buy it. I’m thought
>> > that
>> > wouldn’t be a problem, but I can’t find it. I own a telecom company in
>> > Dallas. I have a few hundred Win2K3 licenses, and a dozen or so XP
>> > License
>> > on
>> > workstations: spending plenty of money with MS, but my vendor doesn’t
>> > have
>> > Vista, and I can’t find a vendor on the MS Partner site to sell it to
>> > me.
>> > I
>> > leave all kinds of voicemails with these rinky dink outfits, but no one
>> > really has it to sell me TODAY. Not even retail like Best Buy, or
>> > CompUSA,
>> > nobody.
>> >
>> > But I see it all over the Internet, my techs have it, my friends have
>> > it,
>> > but I don’t have it. So I download it, and read the details. It seems
>> > that
>> > this pirated RTM copy simply installs and pretends to be a beta. Now we
>> > all
>> > know even the RTM is going to have quite a few patches in the next few
>> > months, so in my mind the only difference is that this “beta” is a
>> > little
>> > newer than RC2. So I install the pirated copy, apply the crack, and I’m
>> > on
>> > Build 6000 that thinks it’s RC2.
>> >
>> > Well, that worked for a few weeks. Then MS released some Genuine
>> > Advantage
>> > Activation thing, I UNCLICKED that update knowing it wasn’t a good idea
>> > to
>> > install on my “pirated” copy, and it installed anyway. Then Vista
>> > disables
>> > my
>> > Aero (not sure why that even matters, but I miss it), and brings up the
>> > Software Licensing window at awkward times, steals focus, and generally
>> > pisses me off. But I had a previous experience with Genuine Advantage
>> > on
>> > XP,
>> > and you could complete the form, give MS your Credit Card, and they’d
>> > sell
>> > you a legitimate license right then. A truly ingenious move on the part
>> > of
>> > MS, no telling how much money they made off that one feature,
>> > converting
>> > lazy
>> > pirates to customers.
>> >
>> > But in Vista, there is no such option. The Buy Now button sends you to
>> > option screens, that send you to companies that can’t even sell you the
>> > product, not even a volume license, for any amount of money.
>> >
>> > So can someone, anyone, tell me how to buy the damn product today? I
>> > don’t
>> > care what it cost, I don’t even really care what version it is. I just
>> > like
>> > the basic features and want to upgrade my personal machines, and my
>> > office
>> > machines.
>> >
>>
>>