Vista - RE: Vista packaging question

"Phil" wrote:

> I bought the retail Vista Ultimate box from Best Buy.
> What I've noticed is that they put a clear "semi-circle" seal at the top of
> the packaging right where the Certificate of Authenticity sticker is located.
> The guy at Best Buy opened the box and ripped that Certificate of
> Authenticity sticker while removing the plastic seal.
>
> Was that Certificate of Authenticity sticker important? Should I ask for a
> replacement?
>

My intuition tells me that as long as you HAVE the remains of your CA, then
you're fine. You probably don't really need it--what's more important is your
Cd-Key (activates your copy of windows).

_Mike

I think all those stickers look like they have been ripped, by design.
My Ultimate upgrade looks like it is ripped and the sticker on an HP
laptop I just bought brand new with Vista looks like it is ripped. I
concluded "ripped by design".

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:04:21 -0700, Mike
<Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>
>"Phil" wrote:
>
>> I bought the retail Vista Ultimate box from Best Buy.
>> What I've noticed is that they put a clear "semi-circle" seal at the top of
>> the packaging right where the Certificate of Authenticity sticker is located.
>> The guy at Best Buy opened the box and ripped that Certificate of
>> Authenticity sticker while removing the plastic seal.
>>
>> Was that Certificate of Authenticity sticker important? Should I ask for a
>> replacement?
>>
>
>My intuition tells me that as long as you HAVE the remains of your CA, then
>you're fine. You probably don't really need it--what's more important is your
>Cd-Key (activates your copy of windows).
>
>_Mike