Windows Vista, Service Pack 2! :ph34r:

[Tomorrow]

I can report that the ISO vlited perfectly with IE8 and drivers, and performed the unattended setup with one flaw due to unsigned drivers. It activated successfully.

You can use Vista-Tool to integrate unsigned drivers and they wont give the ugly popup during install.I used to have 40+ of these nasty buggers but now theyre gone and install is faster too

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you guys are late

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/06/04/do...pirate-says-ms/

Don't use those product keys - they've been blacklisted

[cluberti]

Correct - this was a pilot program for invite only, and someone leaked the URL and registration code. Unfortunately they didn't password protect the form itself (although you did need the program ID, which was in fact not public - that was also leaked) that the invited were to fill out, and the link was leaked by a participant. Did someone really think that a pilot program for IT support folks was open to the whole internet? I'm not surprised that it came down so quickly.

Bufsabre said 8:13PM on 6-04-2009

They should be forced to honor that since they had no system in place to catch the non invited. When it's just a link that gives you gold then its the providers fault that everyone can access it.

Or atleast offer a discount on a membership. When vista came out they offered it for 99$, they should offer that to the people who unwittingly signed up because we weren't informed enough about it and Microsoft made no effort to stop us.

I'd totally sign up for 99$.

mike3

mike said 8:19PM on 6-04-2009

I signed the EULA! a binding contract and MS breached that contract.

If i sold MS something for $0.00 and waited until after agreement was signed to say it was a mistake and take it back, no doubt MS would sue me. Now after the agreement beween MS and I, They are calling me and all others who signed on, a "dirty pirate" in public. Thats slander and insulting.

MS isnt setting a very good example here, regardless of its original purpose or intentions as all that is now nothing more than an excuse. MS did invite us since the link was accessable to the public. They allowed us to sign up and obtain access to member services without any notice on the link saying otherwise.

Mark5

Mark said 9:34PM on 6-04-2009

This was posted all over, on reputable sites like Ars Technica and Neowin. The users who signed up in good faith are in no way to blame, it's Microsoft's fault they didn't have a better system set up. However they have not called any one dirty pirates, I think that was just some creative writing by someone. In fact they have not officially made any announcements so we'll have to wait and see what they decide to do about the situation.

Like the complaints above at the linked site, I've also seen some complaints on the web that Microsoft somehow owes the folks who signed up and got (what are now invalid) keys and media - someone will have to explain to me what Microsoft owes anybody on a leaked promotion code that was not public in any way (well, until after the leak, of course). Somehow Microsoft should be forced to honor something because you *knew* that you were entering a named pilot program for customer service professionals (it was called "TechNet Plus Consumer Service Professional Pilot Full" for goodness' sakes) that you were not invited to, but you saw on some "reputable" internet site? And if you didn't know, how is that possible? Microsoft does not give away $300+ subscriptions regularly, and you didn't think it was odd that Microsoft themselves didn't do the marketing or PR for it, but Gizmodo, Ars Technica, etc were? You didn't find that the least bit odd???

The sense of entitlement of some folks in the last few generations is astonishing. It seems Microsoft made a mistake in trusting the public, and it's probably safe to say they won't do it again anytime soon.

[erpdude8]

Microsoft has released SP2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

@ner: this is only the 5 language standalone edition [Wave 0] of the SP2 x86 installer. The "all language" standalone downloads [Wave 1] of Vista SP2 are available only for MSDN/Technet subscribers at the Technet Subscription downloads page, posted May 22. The all language standalone versions of SP2 will soon be available later this June.

Edited June 5, 2009 by erpdude8