Need Vista SP1 help? Call Redmond toll-free

This information is provided "as is", if you dont like my posts, TOUGH,
Go on to another post but dont whine.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1290

Microsoft is providing free phone support for Windows Vista Service Pack
(SP) 1 users — whether they get their SP1 from Microsoft or via a PC
maker or other retailer — through March 2009.

There’s got to be a catch, right?

Surprisingly, the caveats are relatively minor. The help is specifically
for SP1 installation and compatibility issues. And the offer stands
through March 18, 2009.

According to M3 Sweatt, the Chief of Staff for Windows Core Operating
System Division (COSD), the offer of free SP1 help is not unprecedented.
Microsoft has provided free support for previous Windows service pack
installations.



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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1290

"On the Bridge!" <""on\"@the,bridge"> wrote in message
news:...
> This information is provided "as is", if you dont like my posts, TOUGH,
> Go on to another post but dont whine.
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1290
>
> Microsoft is providing free phone support for Windows Vista Service Pack
> (SP) 1 users — whether they get their SP1 from Microsoft or via a PC maker
> or other retailer — through March 2009.
>
> There’s got to be a catch, right?
>
> Surprisingly, the caveats are relatively minor. The help is specifically
> for SP1 installation and compatibility issues. And the offer stands
> through March 18, 2009.
>
> According to M3 Sweatt, the Chief of Staff for Windows Core Operating
> System Division (COSD), the offer of free SP1 help is not unprecedented.
> Microsoft has provided free support for previous Windows service pack
> installations.
>
>
>
> READ THE REST HERE
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1290

See - Now this type of post is so much better than the others. Good job.

thanks--your post answered a question I had been musing over, namely,
would MS support OEM installs. Thanks again.

Oh, and since I installed SP1 (but I don't know if SP1 is the reason
this now works.,.), Indexing actually works now!!! I had to turn off
indexing right after I purchased my Toshiba and Gateway laptops last
spring, as Explorer couldn't find files (even in indexed folders). I
crossed my fingers after installing SP1 and reenabled Indexing, and lo
and behold, it frickin WORKS now! Gee a feature that now works as
advertised! What's next?

Dave

"On the Bridge!" <""on\"@the,bridge"> wrote in message
news:...
> This information is provided "as is", if you dont like my posts, TOUGH,
> Go on to another post but dont whine.
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1290
>
> Microsoft is providing free phone support for Windows Vista Service Pack
> (SP) 1 users — whether they get their SP1 from Microsoft or via a PC maker
> or other retailer — through March 2009.
>
> There’s got to be a catch, right?
>
> Surprisingly, the caveats are relatively minor. The help is specifically
> for SP1 installation and compatibility issues. And the offer stands
> through March 18, 2009.
>
> According to M3 Sweatt, the Chief of Staff for Windows Core Operating
> System Division (COSD), the offer of free SP1 help is not unprecedented.
> Microsoft has provided free support for previous Windows service pack
> installations.
>
>
>
> READ THE REST HERE
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1290

If I call them, will they give me XP in the same bits as I bought a machine
with Vista?

"David" <> wrote in message
news:. ..
> thanks--your post answered a question I had been musing over, namely,
> would MS support OEM installs. Thanks again.
>
> Oh, and since I installed SP1 (but I don't know if SP1 is the reason this
> now works.,.), Indexing actually works now!!! I had to turn off indexing
> right after I purchased my Toshiba and Gateway laptops last spring, as
> Explorer couldn't find files (even in indexed folders). I crossed my
> fingers after installing SP1 and reenabled Indexing, and lo and behold, it
> frickin WORKS now! Gee a feature that now works as advertised! What's
> next?
>
> Dave

Wait another 14 months, SP2.

Canuck57 wrote:
>
> "David" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>> thanks--your post answered a question I had been musing over, namely,
>> would MS support OEM installs. Thanks again.
>>
>> Oh, and since I installed SP1 (but I don't know if SP1 is the reason
>> this now works.,.), Indexing actually works now!!! I had to turn
>> off indexing right after I purchased my Toshiba and Gateway laptops
>> last spring, as Explorer couldn't find files (even in indexed
>> folders). I crossed my fingers after installing SP1 and reenabled
>> Indexing, and lo and behold, it frickin WORKS now! Gee a feature
>> that now works as advertised! What's next?
>>
>> Dave
>
> Wait another 14 months, SP2.
hehe. I delayed installing SP2 for XP, as I had read so many horror
stories. I finally backed up and went for it--and had NO problems. all
that sweating for nothing! I should have gone for it months earlier!

Dave

Canuck57 wrote:
>
> "David" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>> thanks--your post answered a question I had been musing over, namely,
>> would MS support OEM installs. Thanks again.
>>
>> Oh, and since I installed SP1 (but I don't know if SP1 is the reason
>> this now works.,.), Indexing actually works now!!! I had to turn
>> off indexing right after I purchased my Toshiba and Gateway laptops
>> last spring, as Explorer couldn't find files (even in indexed
>> folders). I crossed my fingers after installing SP1 and reenabled
>> Indexing, and lo and behold, it frickin WORKS now! Gee a feature
>> that now works as advertised! What's next?
>>
>> Dave
>
> Wait another 14 months, SP2.
hehe. I delayed installing SP2 for XP, as I had read so many horror
stories. I finally backed up and went for it--and had NO problems. all
that sweating for nothing! I should have gone for it months earlier!

EDIT: looks like I inadvertently wiped out the subject line earlier...

Dave

Canuck57 wrote:


> If I call them, will they give me XP in the same bits as I bought a
> machine with Vista?


Tell me something canadian bacon, why are you here?
Frank