Re: WHere do i purchase a key, windws stops in 8 days :(

You need to buy more than an upgrade key, you need to buy the real,
final operating system.


tdawg wrote:
> oh, this is cool. Nevermind, someone send me a patch that resets it to 30
> days. Yay, so now i can just use that till it gets relased and then buy an
> upgrade key.

$900 for an OS? I throw a hissy too. I'm not sure about ring-tailed hissy.
I save those for over $1500.


"Gary G. Little" <> wrote in message
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> Well ... you can purchase an MSDN subscription that includes all of the OS
> images. But you're carping about $100, so I can imagiine the ring-tailed
> hissy you will throw for $900. Your first place to start is to go back to
> the seller. That's where the scam started, and where your solution is ...
> either the key or your money back or legal action started.
>
> --
> The personal opinion of
> Gary G. Little
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Basically, you got scammed.
>>
>> You bought something you thought was good and the guy didn't have a valid
>> operating system on the computer. He installed a either a beta, RC or RTM
>> version of Vista without a key. The operating system is N/G without a
>> key.
>>
>> It is between you and the seller.
>>
>> You other recourse is to buy the operating system on January 30th.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>> "tdawg" <> wrote in message
>> news:B0683E16-AB22-4171-9276-...
>>> well, i cant believe they released soemthing to the pubic that is only
>>> good
>>> for 30 days and thene have to erase and put in new windows. Thats just
>>> mean
>>> to do. So whats that mean, everyone on here needs to erase thier windows
>>> and
>>> do a new one in a few days as well? why would anyone want to order this
>>> then
>>>
>>> "Tom Lake" wrote:
>>>
>>>> "tdawg" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:8A4849E4-F70D-4B5C-BDF7-...
>>>> > So i bought this computer off someone on criegs list cause it said it
>>>> > had
>>>> > windows vista and my brothers computer crap the bed. So i figured
>>>> > this would
>>>> > ahve been a ncie system for him to have.
>>>> >
>>>> > Problem is, the windows vista says in 8 days it will stop working
>>>> > without
>>>> > activation. Ive been all over microsoft but cannot find anywhere to
>>>> > get a
>>>> > key. And im not spending $100 to call thier customer serivce.
>>>> >
>>>> > now im not that computer literate. I pretty much use this thing for
>>>> > email
>>>> > and stipid stuff. But i like the windows and so doesnt my brother. So
>>>> > what do
>>>> > i do, i dont ahve any restore disk caus this computer looks like a
>>>> > hommade
>>>> > one. So where do i go to get a key to stop this from not workign in 8
>>>> > days
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You're out of luck. Vista won't be generally available until January
>>>> and
>>>> will cost well over $100.00. You could try eBay and get Win 98 or XP
>>>> cheaper.
>>>>
>>>> Tom Lake
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>

tdawg wrote:

> well, i heard about this guy running his own server or something that
> u just change your windows to connect to his server to activate it.
> ANyone know about it?
>
It's a chinese site and it only works with Vista Business Edition



--
Chris

"Roscoe" <> wrote in message
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> $900 for an OS? I throw a hissy too. I'm not sure about ring-tailed
> hissy. I save those for over $1500.
>
No, that's $900 for a one year MSDN OS-Level subscription that gives you all
supported OS's and other products.

Barry Watzman wrote:
> You need to buy more than an upgrade key, you need to buy the real,
> final operating system.
>
Plus it'll cost more than $100 and you'll have to wipe what you have
probably - upgrading from unreleased betas (especially pirated ones) is
unlikely to be supported.

Go back to the seller and either call the authorities as they're selling
pirate goods or get them to buy you a legitimate copy of XP at their
expense. Your choice.

Tony

nah. i figure i already got the windows on here. SO ill just have like 6
friends chip in 50.00 each, and then install vista ultimate on all their
systems since it can be used up to 10 differnet systems. This way, we all get
it dirt cheap, tee hee

"Tony Hoyle" wrote:

> Barry Watzman wrote:
> > You need to buy more than an upgrade key, you need to buy the real,
> > final operating system.
> >
> Plus it'll cost more than $100 and you'll have to wipe what you have
> probably - upgrading from unreleased betas (especially pirated ones) is
> unlikely to be supported.
>
> Go back to the seller and either call the authorities as they're selling
> pirate goods or get them to buy you a legitimate copy of XP at their
> expense. Your choice.
>
> Tony
>

Only the Free Beta or RC releases could be installed 10 times and they all
have expiration dates. The real RTM versions can only be installed once.
"tdawg" <> wrote in message
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> nah. i figure i already got the windows on here. SO ill just have like 6
> friends chip in 50.00 each, and then install vista ultimate on all their
> systems since it can be used up to 10 differnet systems. This way, we all
> get
> it dirt cheap, tee hee
>
> "Tony Hoyle" wrote:
>
>> Barry Watzman wrote:
>> > You need to buy more than an upgrade key, you need to buy the real,
>> > final operating system.
>> >
>> Plus it'll cost more than $100 and you'll have to wipe what you have
>> probably - upgrading from unreleased betas (especially pirated ones) is
>> unlikely to be supported.
>>
>> Go back to the seller and either call the authorities as they're selling
>> pirate goods or get them to buy you a legitimate copy of XP at their
>> expense. Your choice.
>>
>> Tony
>>

Only the Beta and RC version may be loaded up to 10 times.

Final release (RTM) is just like other versions of MS
software - 1 license per installation!


tdawg wrote:
> nah. i figure i already got the windows on here. SO ill just have like 6
> friends chip in 50.00 each, and then install vista ultimate on all their
> systems since it can be used up to 10 differnet systems. This way, we all get
> it dirt cheap, tee hee
>
> "Tony Hoyle" wrote:
>
>> Barry Watzman wrote:
>>> You need to buy more than an upgrade key, you need to buy the real,
>>> final operating system.
>>>
>> Plus it'll cost more than $100 and you'll have to wipe what you have
>> probably - upgrading from unreleased betas (especially pirated ones) is
>> unlikely to be supported.
>>
>> Go back to the seller and either call the authorities as they're selling
>> pirate goods or get them to buy you a legitimate copy of XP at their
>> expense. Your choice.
>>
>> Tony
>>

Theo wrote:
> Only the Beta and RC version may be loaded up to 10 times.
>
> Final release (RTM) is just like other versions of MS software - 1
> license per installation!

I think we caught a troll

Rgds
M

Martin Cleaver wrote:
> Theo wrote:
>> Only the Beta and RC version may be loaded up to 10 times.
>>
>> Final release (RTM) is just like other versions of MS software - 1
>> license per installation!
>
> I think we caught a troll
>
> Rgds
> M

What are you going to do with the Troll?