Legitimate Offer?

Received email about the one year anniversy of Vista and as a participant in
the beta/rc1 program, that if I purchased a retail copy of Vista ultimate,
either from a retailer or by download, and activated it within a set time
period, I would be entitled to a free upgrade key for another Vista Ultimate
(must already have XP or Vista installed on that machine).

Purchasing the Ulitame is not the issue, the question relates to the site
where you claim the free upgrade, you have to enter the Product Id (not
serial number). It appears to be a Technet site, but easy enough to fake.
Again is this legitimate or a phishing activity to obtain Product ID?

Can you post the site that asks for the product key?


--
- JB
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User


"HighNoon" <> wrote in message
news:45F4D04B-B40F-4C47-AE84-...
> Received email about the one year anniversy of Vista and as a participant
> in
> the beta/rc1 program, that if I purchased a retail copy of Vista ultimate,
> either from a retailer or by download, and activated it within a set time
> period, I would be entitled to a free upgrade key for another Vista
> Ultimate
> (must already have XP or Vista installed on that machine).
>
> Purchasing the Ulitame is not the issue, the question relates to the site
> where you claim the free upgrade, you have to enter the Product Id (not
> serial number). It appears to be a Technet site, but easy enough to fake.
> Again is this legitimate or a phishing activity to obtain Product ID?

HighNoon;551599 Wrote:
> Received email about the one year anniversy of Vista and as a
> participant in the beta/rc1 program, that if I purchased a retail copy
> of Vista ultimate, either from a retailer or by download, and activated
> it within a set time period, I would be entitled to a free upgrade key
> for another Vista Ultimate (must already have XP or Vista installed on
> that machine).
>
> Purchasing the Ulitame is not the issue, the question relates to the
> site where you claim the free upgrade, you have to enter the Product Id
> (not serial number). It appears to be a Technet site, but easy enough to
> fake. Again is this legitimate or a phishing activity to obtain Product
> ID?

Microsoft, nor any of their affiliate partners, has ever made such an
offer, not will they send unsolicited emails claiming otherwise. The
message if likely a phishing scam in order to find news ways of
bypassing the activation system.

You best chances of avoiding any additional trouble would be to report
the site provided in the mail as a phishing site, and then to add the
mail sender to your blocked senders and/or spam lists.

And just to be sure, I also participated in the BETA phases of Vista
from BETA 1 through RC2, and I have never received any kind of offers of
this nature from Microsoft.


--
dzomlija

____________________________________
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My Weblog:
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The url is:
http://www.windowsvistaevalcomp.com/?wa=wsignin1.0

What makes me suspect about the site is quite often there is .NET error when
you try to access it, may have to try several times.

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Can you post the site that asks for the product key?
>
>
> --
> - JB
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "HighNoon" <> wrote in message
> news:45F4D04B-B40F-4C47-AE84-...
> > Received email about the one year anniversy of Vista and as a participant
> > in
> > the beta/rc1 program, that if I purchased a retail copy of Vista ultimate,
> > either from a retailer or by download, and activated it within a set time
> > period, I would be entitled to a free upgrade key for another Vista
> > Ultimate
> > (must already have XP or Vista installed on that machine).
> >
> > Purchasing the Ulitame is not the issue, the question relates to the site
> > where you claim the free upgrade, you have to enter the Product Id (not
> > serial number). It appears to be a Technet site, but easy enough to fake.
> > Again is this legitimate or a phishing activity to obtain Product ID?
>

Thanks for your response

While they are not solicating the purchase of anything from them, can be any
retailer or download, the business about providing the Product ID sounds
somewhat suspect.

"dzomlija" wrote:

>
> HighNoon;551599 Wrote:
> > Received email about the one year anniversy of Vista and as a
> > participant in the beta/rc1 program, that if I purchased a retail copy
> > of Vista ultimate, either from a retailer or by download, and activated
> > it within a set time period, I would be entitled to a free upgrade key
> > for another Vista Ultimate (must already have XP or Vista installed on
> > that machine).
> >
> > Purchasing the Ulitame is not the issue, the question relates to the
> > site where you claim the free upgrade, you have to enter the Product Id
> > (not serial number). It appears to be a Technet site, but easy enough to
> > fake. Again is this legitimate or a phishing activity to obtain Product
> > ID?
>
> Microsoft, nor any of their affiliate partners, has ever made such an
> offer, not will they send unsolicited emails claiming otherwise. The
> message if likely a phishing scam in order to find news ways of
> bypassing the activation system.
>
> You best chances of avoiding any additional trouble would be to report
> the site provided in the mail as a phishing site, and then to add the
> mail sender to your blocked senders and/or spam lists.
>
> And just to be sure, I also participated in the BETA phases of Vista
> from BETA 1 through RC2, and I have never received any kind of offers of
> this nature from Microsoft.
>
>
> --
> dzomlija
>
> ____________________________________
> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? -And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn-...
>
> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
> - 4GB DDR400
> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600 PCI-Express
> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Watercooled Chassis
> - 1207GB Total Formatted Storage
> - Vista Ultimate x64
> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
> http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/
>
> My Weblog:
> 'http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/' (http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/)
>

I went to the site, signed in, and was re-directed to this site - never got
there. Who knows???


https://login.live.com/ppsecure/post...&bk=1198360341





"HighNoon" <> wrote in message
news:EF1347E7-FADF-4552-B0E8-...
Thanks for your response

While they are not solicating the purchase of anything from them, can be any
retailer or download, the business about providing the Product ID sounds
somewhat suspect.

"dzomlija" wrote:

>
> HighNoon;551599 Wrote:
> > Received email about the one year anniversy of Vista and as a
> > participant in the beta/rc1 program, that if I purchased a retail copy
> > of Vista ultimate, either from a retailer or by download, and activated
> > it within a set time period, I would be entitled to a free upgrade key
> > for another Vista Ultimate (must already have XP or Vista installed on
> > that machine).
> >
> > Purchasing the Ulitame is not the issue, the question relates to the
> > site where you claim the free upgrade, you have to enter the Product Id
> > (not serial number). It appears to be a Technet site, but easy enough to
> > fake. Again is this legitimate or a phishing activity to obtain Product
> > ID?
>
> Microsoft, nor any of their affiliate partners, has ever made such an
> offer, not will they send unsolicited emails claiming otherwise. The
> message if likely a phishing scam in order to find news ways of
> bypassing the activation system.
>
> You best chances of avoiding any additional trouble would be to report
> the site provided in the mail as a phishing site, and then to add the
> mail sender to your blocked senders and/or spam lists.
>
> And just to be sure, I also participated in the BETA phases of Vista
> from BETA 1 through RC2, and I have never received any kind of offers of
> this nature from Microsoft.
>
>
> --
> dzomlija
>
> ____________________________________
> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? -And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn-...
>
> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
> - 4GB DDR400
> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600 PCI-Express
> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Watercooled Chassis
> - 1207GB Total Formatted Storage
> - Vista Ultimate x64
> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
> http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/
>
> My Weblog:
> 'http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/' (http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/)
>

This is a legitimate offer. See:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...7776&SiteID=17


--
- JB
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

"HighNoon" <> wrote in message
news:45F4D04B-B40F-4C47-AE84-...
> Received email about the one year anniversy of Vista and as a participant
> in
> the beta/rc1 program, that if I purchased a retail copy of Vista ultimate,
> either from a retailer or by download, and activated it within a set time
> period, I would be entitled to a free upgrade key for another Vista
> Ultimate
> (must already have XP or Vista installed on that machine).
>
> Purchasing the Ulitame is not the issue, the question relates to the site
> where you claim the free upgrade, you have to enter the Product Id (not
> serial number). It appears to be a Technet site, but easy enough to fake.
> Again is this legitimate or a phishing activity to obtain Product ID?

Thanks greatly for your time. It has been a great help. Your link has just
about convinced me that it is legitimate offer.

I was interested because I am planning on build new machine after first of
year - shooting for 5.9 rating(:>) Currently have Vista Business on this
machine. Thought if legitimate offer, it would be a good way to end up with
Ultimate on both machines, new Ultimate on new machine and upgrade this
machine to Ultimate. Since I can get full Ultimate from one of the better
known online retailers for $319 plus free shipping, the prorated cost per
machine would be $160 which is less than the OEM price with its restrictions.

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> This is a legitimate offer. See:
>
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...7776&SiteID=17
>
>
> --
> - JB
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> "HighNoon" <> wrote in message
> news:45F4D04B-B40F-4C47-AE84-...
> > Received email about the one year anniversy of Vista and as a participant
> > in
> > the beta/rc1 program, that if I purchased a retail copy of Vista ultimate,
> > either from a retailer or by download, and activated it within a set time
> > period, I would be entitled to a free upgrade key for another Vista
> > Ultimate
> > (must already have XP or Vista installed on that machine).
> >
> > Purchasing the Ulitame is not the issue, the question relates to the site
> > where you claim the free upgrade, you have to enter the Product Id (not
> > serial number). It appears to be a Technet site, but easy enough to fake.
> > Again is this legitimate or a phishing activity to obtain Product ID?
>

Good Luck with the offer AND the new machine.
:-)

BChat

"HighNoon" <> wrote in message
news:00D89090-4C95-4103-B4AF-...
Thanks greatly for your time. It has been a great help. Your link has just
about convinced me that it is legitimate offer.

I was interested because I am planning on build new machine after first of
year - shooting for 5.9 rating(:>) Currently have Vista Business on this
machine. Thought if legitimate offer, it would be a good way to end up with
Ultimate on both machines, new Ultimate on new machine and upgrade this
machine to Ultimate. Since I can get full Ultimate from one of the better
known online retailers for $319 plus free shipping, the prorated cost per
machine would be $160 which is less than the OEM price with its
restrictions.

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> This is a legitimate offer. See:
>
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...7776&SiteID=17
>
>
> --
> - JB
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> "HighNoon" <> wrote in message
> news:45F4D04B-B40F-4C47-AE84-...
> > Received email about the one year anniversy of Vista and as a
> > participant
> > in
> > the beta/rc1 program, that if I purchased a retail copy of Vista
> > ultimate,
> > either from a retailer or by download, and activated it within a set
> > time
> > period, I would be entitled to a free upgrade key for another Vista
> > Ultimate
> > (must already have XP or Vista installed on that machine).
> >
> > Purchasing the Ulitame is not the issue, the question relates to the
> > site
> > where you claim the free upgrade, you have to enter the Product Id (not
> > serial number). It appears to be a Technet site, but easy enough to
> > fake.
> > Again is this legitimate or a phishing activity to obtain Product ID?
>

I stand corrected. It looks fine

Just I've never heard of Microsoft doing anything like this, and I'v
not received this offer myself, despite having opted in for specia
offers during the beta program

--
dzomlij

___________________________________
Peter Alexander Dzomlij
Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? -And a
you die, so shall I be Reborn-..

- ASUS A8N32-SLI-Delux
- AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800
- 4GB DDR40
- 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600 PCI-Expres
- Thermaltake Tai-Chi Watercooled Chassi
- 1207GB Total Formatted Storag
- Vista Ultimate x6
- CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at
http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/Dzomlija/Venus

My Weblog
'http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/' (http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/)