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post #21 of 118
12/11/07 at 4:52pm
does it email you the link for the download? I'd like to do it right now, but im at work and wont be able to install it until i get home
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post #22 of 118
12/11/07 at 4:57pm
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Originally Posted by DarqHelmet View Post
Have fun with that one guys. You're letting them in your computer for what 100 bucks worth of software? Not a bright idea if you ask me.
I joined this awhile ago (never pass up on an opportunity to get another Vista license) and suffice to say I did not have a pleasant experience. I don't know if I just had a bad install but it slowed the machine down to a crawl in less than 24 hours, broke the Windows installer and I had to System Restore to get rid of it and get the machine back to normal, and when that didn't work, I uninstalled it, so, I already have a Vista Ultimate license as well as 2 Vista Home Permium licenses, I DON'T want to go thur 3 months of THAT HELL just to get another Vista License

Your mileage may vary...and you may not have the same problems like I did so, GOOD LUCK
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post #23 of 118
12/11/07 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by The Anaconda View Post
does it email you the link for the download? I'd like to do it right now, but im at work and wont be able to install it until i get home
Yup. It links you to the survey, you have to do the survey first then you'll be able to download the software.. You have to check off both when you first start.

Okie dokie, I just clicked the link the email gave me and it went straight to the download page. So once you get the survey done, you can download it whenever. But hurry, supplies are limited...
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post #24 of 118
12/11/07 at 5:00pm
It gives you a link after you complete the survey, so you could always just copy the link location and email it to yourself. When you install the program on your PC, it asks for your sign up Email addy, so it can bind the time it logs on your system to the right account. But thats it... its installed and unobtrusive. They do say they will send out surveys on occasion to fill out though, so keep that in mind that they are a requirement for you to fulfill.
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post #25 of 118
12/11/07 at 5:11pm
So after the survey, and downloading and installing the software, your done except they send u an e-mail??

Cause their are no steps for after u download and install the software, not even a next button or anything.
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post #26 of 118
12/11/07 at 5:14pm
They now own your soul FF.
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post #27 of 118
12/11/07 at 5:16pm
Darq they already did, but thats ok, this comp is soon to be gone, I used a yahoo e-mail I never use, they have my first and last name, which they already had, I have a P.O. Box that they sent it to, Im not scared
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post #28 of 118
12/11/07 at 5:20pm
I like my privacy. As much as one can have, so letting MS in even more then they already are is a NONO in my book.
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post #29 of 118
12/11/07 at 5:26pm
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M$ can do anything they want. They update windows without you even knowing and even when you have automatic updates off.

Quit being a wussy and get a free copy.
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post #30 of 118
12/11/07 at 6:06pm
How about no. That and you can block MS quite easy if you know how to setup a firewall.
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post #31 of 118
12/11/07 at 6:43pm
I went ahead and signed up for it. Put it on my virtual machine. All they'll see me doing with it is reading webcomics and news sites, and I get a free upgrade from VB64 to VU64. I already have a copy of Office Enterprise 2007 from my school, which has everything in it that Ultimate does. I have VB32, VB64, VHP32. Don't have Ultimate. Don't care about Money, Student, Encarta, or Streets & Trips 2008 (as I already have a copy of 2007).

Not going to do anything that involves passwords & account names, banking, etc.

Maybe I'll look for porn or something every week or two just to make it interesting.
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post #32 of 118
12/11/07 at 9:29pm
Hells yes, I love this idea. Hmm to wipe my lappy and just put on Vista Ultimate.... hmmm

Although I must say, I wouldn't do this on a machine that I do financial business on.
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post #33 of 118
12/11/07 at 9:35pm
BTW do you get an actual copy of a Vista Ultimate DVD if you do this? or just a download?
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post #34 of 118
12/11/07 at 9:46pm
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Originally Posted by pdonket View Post
BTW do you get an actual copy of a Vista Ultimate DVD if you do this? or just a download?
Microsoft expects us to trust them so you'd think they'd return the favor and provide a link to a Vista Ultimate ISO and Product Key at the start of participation in this program.

also, I remember filling out a questionnaire at Microsoft a few years ago for a free 16MB (WOW!) thumb drive and after months of waiting, you received this: "Sorry, due to an unexpectedly huge response to this offer, supplies have run out. Thanks for participating and have a nice day!"

Hmmmmm. while supplies last huh. there could only be 10 copies slated for this program and microsoft gets all that data and hardly has to give anything back [wouldn't surprise me]
only way the smart people would go for this is if the software was sent FIRST!

so, I wouldn't count on getting anything form MS at the end of this program, if I were you, just something to consider NO WHERE does it say that you are Guaranteed ANYTHING form MS
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post #35 of 118
12/11/07 at 10:26pm
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I'll make a thread with pictures of my free Vista Ultimate
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post #36 of 118
12/11/07 at 10:31pm
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Originally Posted by GBrilliantQ View Post
I'll make a thread with pictures of my free Vista Ultimate
FOFLOL! yeah , if you even get one GOOD LUCK
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post #37 of 118
12/11/07 at 10:31pm
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Originally Posted by GBrilliantQ View Post
I'll make a thread with pictures of my free Vista Ultimate
How/when do you get it? I've done the survey and installed the software, currently I don't have any download invites or anything...is this bad?
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post #38 of 118
12/11/07 at 10:38pm
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Originally Posted by pdonket View Post
How/when do you get it? I've done the survey and installed the software, currently I don't have any download invites or anything...is this bad?
it comes after the 3 months are up
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post #39 of 118
12/11/07 at 10:39pm
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Originally Posted by The Anaconda View Post
it comes after the 3 months are up
ahh I see, and we didn't choose the software before the 3 months right? because i didn't get to do that either
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post #40 of 118
12/11/07 at 10:42pm
You guys are funny. Like denb pointed out the MS USB key was a pile of crap why is this going to be any different.
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