Jeff

Here ya go

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...s/default.aspx


Jeff
decoder ring included

"UnionDatacom" <UnionDatacom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:34B90AC6-4751-4B3E-80B1-6DA7643B7CC9@microsoft.com...
> Cool, can I sign up for Technet online now, or is that one of those things
> I
> have to fill out a ton of paperwork for an wait for my secret decoder ring
> in
> the mail?
>
> "Gene Fitzpatrick" wrote:
>
>> Sure, get the $600 subscription to MSDN or Technet.
>> You are experienceing exactly what Microsoft wants you to. This is why
>> Microsoft put those systems in place.
>>
>> Vista has not been released to the public. It's release date is slated
>> for
>> January 30, 2007. It is sending you to places where you will be able to
>> buy
>> the license after it is released. Downloading pirated software is not a
>> good
>> idea. Microsoft's press release said that these are the things you will
>> experience with WGA and SPP. The time of Microsoft's "Blind eye to
>> piracy,"
>> is over. And Microsoft is sending that message out in a major way.
>> the only choices you have are either to deal with reduced capability, or
>> remove it and put RC1 or RC2 back on and wait for the market release of
>> Vista. I know it sucks, but that's the breaks.
>> Besides, lets be honest, hacked copies are crappy anyway. and buying a
>> license for a hacked copy is straight foolish. Be honest, do it right.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>>
>>
>> "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.
>> >
>>