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Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »I'd say the whole thing has been pulled now, since it no longer seems possible to sign up. Apparently, from what I've read on some forums, it isn't a screw up by Microsoft. However, at some time or other, Microsoft were offering this subscription for doing a survey, however someone posted the links after they completed the survey, meaning it was available to everyone!
Very interesting. If it's not a screw up, it could potentially mean that they'll honour the registrations made today.0 -
The most they could realistically do is to make all the keys invalid, so at some point in the future, they might just stop working.
It seems to have been very busy though, as Technet now seems to have collapsed (Well, the key generator has anyway!)Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j0 -
Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »It seems to have been very busy though, as Technet now seems to have collapsed (Well, the key generator has anyway!)
MSDN has too :mad:0 -
Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »The most they could realistically do is to make all the keys invalid, so at some point in the future, they might just stop working.
I honestly think this is what will happen.0 -
I'd agree with that too. They way the do when they discover a license key used to activate lots of warez copies.Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »The most they could realistically do is to make all the keys invalid, so at some point in the future, they might just stop working.
Information will probably be on the register or something in a few days0 -
mr_fishbulb wrote: »I'd agree with that too. They way the do when they discover a license key used to activate lots of warez copies.
Information will probably be on the register or something in a few days
As some of the TechNet codes are static (i.e. fixed, not requiring activation / or volume licence codes) the above suggestion would only fix issues with retail codes which need to be activated...0 -
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The key generation has been failing on me, but then it sprung to life for a Vista Ultimate key (well, three of them), and a Small Business Server one.0
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keys are working for me as well - picked up one for XP Professional0
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