OT-MSFT servers(ng's and Office 2007) is this a glimpse of SPP?

Hi,
i know this is OT,but at least in here; you guys respond!!!-LOL-- (I may
not agree;but; at least get a response)

Anyone have any info; about;
#1 - Office 2007 activation servers being down? After reinstalling 5744;and
Office 2007; Office activation times out-connection error.
Been going on for 2 days.

#2 Seems the ng servers are taking hits too; had threads I was following;
and now after being away for awhile; they've all disapeared.
(No Chad; not me being censored--LOL-- at least I think) LOL

Any info? from anyone?

Reduced functionality;through no fault of your own.
It's happening in Office 2007 as I type; so whatcha think will happen with
SPP and Vista?

Jeff

I think it is because The Microsoft Office 2007 Private Beta is supposed to
be over now, and they are De-Activating not only Microsoft Beta Place, but
also the Microsoft Office 2007 Beta Download and Activation Servers, and
well as the Microsoft Office 2007 Private Beta Newsgroups.

"Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@um.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> i know this is OT,but at least in here; you guys respond!!!-LOL-- (I
> may not agree;but; at least get a response)
>
> Anyone have any info; about;
> #1 - Office 2007 activation servers being down? After reinstalling
> 5744;and Office 2007; Office activation times out-connection error.
> Been going on for 2 days.
>
> #2 Seems the ng servers are taking hits too; had threads I was following;
> and now after being away for awhile; they've all disapeared.
> (No Chad; not me being censored--LOL-- at least I think) LOL
>
> Any info? from anyone?
>
> Reduced functionality;through no fault of your own.
> It's happening in Office 2007 as I type; so whatcha think will happen with
> SPP and Vista?
>
> Jeff

Kevin,
Thanks;but--WRONG
Preview site is still up and accepting money for downloads.

Jeff

"Kevin John Panzke" <kevpan815@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I think it is because The Microsoft Office 2007 Private Beta is supposed to
>be over now, and they are De-Activating not only Microsoft Beta Place, but
>also the Microsoft Office 2007 Beta Download and Activation Servers, and
>well as the Microsoft Office 2007 Private Beta Newsgroups.
>
> "Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@um.com> wrote in message
> news:eghR5Ch%23GHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> i know this is OT,but at least in here; you guys respond!!!-LOL-- (I
>> may not agree;but; at least get a response)
>>
>> Anyone have any info; about;
>> #1 - Office 2007 activation servers being down? After reinstalling
>> 5744;and Office 2007; Office activation times out-connection error.
>> Been going on for 2 days.
>>
>> #2 Seems the ng servers are taking hits too; had threads I was following;
>> and now after being away for awhile; they've all disapeared.
>> (No Chad; not me being censored--LOL-- at least I think) LOL
>>
>> Any info? from anyone?
>>
>> Reduced functionality;through no fault of your own.
>> It's happening in Office 2007 as I type; so whatcha think will happen
>> with SPP and Vista?
>>
>> Jeff
>
>

This is a glimpse of a beta program in action. There are always minor
outages, "service unavailable" periods, and lots of other noise and
artifacts in beta projects that don't make it to the prime-time release of
the software and/or the support services.

Specifically:

1. To the best of my knowledge the activation servers are back and working
2. This is not uncommon when one or more newsgroup servers in a farm fail -
the process of re-synchronizing them often causes messages or threads to
"vanish". Re-setting the local newsgroup file (if using OE or another NTP
client) usually causes the missing messages/threads to re-appear.

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"Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@um.com> wrote in message
news:eghR5Ch%23GHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> i know this is OT,but at least in here; you guys respond!!!-LOL-- (I
> may not agree;but; at least get a response)
>
> Anyone have any info; about;
> #1 - Office 2007 activation servers being down? After reinstalling
> 5744;and Office 2007; Office activation times out-connection error.
> Been going on for 2 days.
>
> #2 Seems the ng servers are taking hits too; had threads I was following;
> and now after being away for awhile; they've all disapeared.
> (No Chad; not me being censored--LOL-- at least I think) LOL
>
> Any info? from anyone?
>
> Reduced functionality;through no fault of your own.
> It's happening in Office 2007 as I type; so whatcha think will happen with
> SPP and Vista?

Richard G. Harper wrote:
> This is a glimpse of a beta program in action. There are always minor
> outages, "service unavailable" periods, and lots of other noise and
> artifacts in beta projects that don't make it to the prime-time release of
> the software and/or the support services.
>
> Specifically:
>
> 1. To the best of my knowledge the activation servers are back and working
> 2. This is not uncommon when one or more newsgroup servers in a farm fail -
> the process of re-synchronizing them often causes messages or threads to
> "vanish". Re-setting the local newsgroup file (if using OE or another NTP
> client) usually causes the missing messages/threads to re-appear.
>
Richard,
They're back down again;btw
Jeff

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/925098/

"Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@um.com> wrote in message
news:eghR5Ch%23GHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> i know this is OT,but at least in here; you guys respond!!!-LOL-- (I
> may not agree;but; at least get a response)
>
> Anyone have any info; about;
> #1 - Office 2007 activation servers being down? After reinstalling
> 5744;and Office 2007; Office activation times out-connection error.
> Been going on for 2 days.
>
> #2 Seems the ng servers are taking hits too; had threads I was following;
> and now after being away for awhile; they've all disapeared.
> (No Chad; not me being censored--LOL-- at least I think) LOL
>
> Any info? from anyone?
>
> Reduced functionality;through no fault of your own.
> It's happening in Office 2007 as I type; so whatcha think will happen with
> SPP and Vista?
>
> Jeff