From: "Robert Comer" 

> This is the same company that excluded Vista Home users ( excepting MSDN
> users ) from running Virtualization in their EULA.

Make that running Vista Home (basic and premium?) in a virtual Machine and
you'd be right.  They also prohibit DRM in a VM too.  It's just a minor
annoyance compared to WGA and its ilk anyway...

--
Bob Comer


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:457702de$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> This is the same company that excluded Vista Home users ( excepting MSDN
> users ) from running Virtualization in their EULA.
>
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:4576c7ed$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>I go to MSDN today to download Vista, download is no problem. Then I go to
>> get a key and here is what it says:
>>
>> Windows Vista Business Product Keys Temporarily Unavailable
>>
>> You may install Vista Business without a product key by choosing to
>> install
>> Windows Vista without a product key on the product key input screen
>> during
>> setup. On the following setup screen please specify which edition to
>> install
>> (all Vista editions will be listed). Setup will then continue, and once
>> complete you can use Windows Vista for 15 days before activation is
>> required. When keys become available, you can then activate your
>> installation. Using this process, Windows Vista can only be activated
>> with a
>> product key that matches the version specified during setup.
>>
>> WTF, they expect me to swallow this shit? This is one really FU'd company
>> if
>> they think this sort of professional attitude is going to score points
>> with
>> anyone. The reason I am downloading Vista and requesting a key is so I
>> can
>> make a decision on whether or not we are ever going to move to a new
>> version
>> of Windows (we run W2K) or move to another platform like Linux.
>>
>> I think I just got my answer without even having installed it yet.
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>>
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