Vista - activation - please don't let this be true

Hi.

I clicked a link on Gizmodo.com today stating that MS is allowing 100k
copies of Pre-RC1 Build 5536 to be downloaded.

I downloaded just fine and did not see anywhere a place to register or a
place to obtain an activation key so I, (foolishly), assumed these copies
were somehow marked or tracked to bypass that.

Now I get the '14 days to activate' message and I'm at a loss.

Did I do something wrong? Is there a way to obtain a key? Is there a way
to rollback my computer to previous build (I upgraded),? Am I completelyl
screwed?

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks, Chris

cmarsh00001@yahoo.com

if you got the beta 2 you can use the same key...worked for me.

B

"chris" wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I clicked a link on Gizmodo.com today stating that MS is allowing 100k
> copies of Pre-RC1 Build 5536 to be downloaded.
>
> I downloaded just fine and did not see anywhere a place to register or a
> place to obtain an activation key so I, (foolishly), assumed these copies
> were somehow marked or tracked to bypass that.
>
> Now I get the '14 days to activate' message and I'm at a loss.
>
> Did I do something wrong? Is there a way to obtain a key? Is there a way
> to rollback my computer to previous build (I upgraded),? Am I completelyl
> screwed?
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Thanks, Chris
>
> cmarsh00001@yahoo.com