who has it ? Will Vista and Office be available there?

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11/7/2006 5:27:43 PM

I'll take a wild guess and say Office won't be. That's the one piece of software I've never seen given away for free in almost any form or fashion (the betas don't count). Vista will most likely be available if your department already has XP on there.

XP Pro download was nice. Downloaded XP, XP SP1, and XP SP2 while I was at NC State ... three different / legal product keys.

11/8/2006 9:29:42 AM

well it was announced today, it should be on MSDN, someone check.

11/8/2006 3:36:53 PM

well, even when you get the VLK for Vista, you're still faced with a small problem ... this time around, all VLKs will have much different requirements, ie, the old method of no activation just joined the Dodo. granted, there are ways to get the MAK to work, but unless it's your personal (or you're in control of the) MSDN account, good luck being authorized. it'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/resources/vol/default.mspx

Quote :

"Volume Activation 2.0 (VA 2.0) Beginning with Windows Vista, there will be two types of Volume License Keys: Multiple Activation Keys and Key Management Service. Multiple Activation Key The Multiple Activation Key (MAK) activates either individual computers or a group of computers by connecting directly to Microsoft servers over the Internet or by telephone. The keys can be used a limited number of times. This activation limit can be increased by calling your Microsoft Activation Center. There are two ways to activate a computer using a MAK: 1. Proxy Activation: With Proxy Activation, multiple computers are activated at the same time by using a single connection to Microsoft. Proxy Activation is the most similar to the Volume Activation 1.0 that customers have been using up to now. 2. Independent Activation: Each computer connects to Microsoft servers and is activated individually. Key Management Service Your organization can host the Key Management Service (KMS) internally to automatically activate computers running Windows Vista. To use the KMS, you must have a minimum of 25 computers running Windows Vista that are connected together. Computers that have been activated through KMS will be required to reactivate by connecting to your organization's network at least every six months. Currently the KMS software runs on a local computer running Windows Vista or the Microsoft Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" operating system. In the future, it will run on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system. "

11/8/2006 4:23:35 PM

Any more info on whether Vista will be available for download on MSDN? If it is to become available, will it be up for download on January 30 when Vista is released or will it take a while?

11/29/2006 8:50:19 AM

Don't know if MS wised up and fixed this bug, but I found that if you select the download option and the ISO option they actually used to give you two unique product IDs that you could use with the CD. So yay... got two copies of everything.

11/29/2006 1:56:44 PM

I got new XP keys each semester

11/29/2006 2:09:53 PM