victim of software counterfietcy

martinthebandit

Hammyman wrote: »

I've just tried BETA 2 of 11.04. It will leave you in tears. Its a good lesson in how to screw up something that was very good.

Hmmmm your not the first person I have heard that from unfortunately, I will wait and see though before jumping ship

OneADay wrote: »

Ubuntu is ok for beginners - once you get past that, its Debian all the way http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=60419

er I am definitely only a beginner, I just want an operating system that does what its supposed too and at a reasonable speed

bigpound

If you prove to Microsoft you were scammed, and forward them all the scammers details/photos of disks, don't they give you a free legit copy?

OneADay

bigpound wrote: »

If you prove to Microsoft you were scammed, and forward them all the scammers details/photos of disks, don't they give you a free legit copy?

Eherm this is Microsoft we are talking about....:cool:.

Anyway its not Microsoft's problem - buyer be conned etc...personally I think one takes a risk when using certain sites to buy software like this (and I have done so myself, fortunately only to get a copy of XP on the cheap a few years back). Responsibility should be the sites who allow their services to be used to sell software.

bigpound

It is Microsoft's problem, because that's a lost sale. Looks like they are still offering replacements.
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/licensing/homeuser/notifications.mspx

.If you have unwittingly bought counterfeit software, you may qualify for a complimentary replacement under our genuine offer. (We offer a free replacement when you have high quality counterfeit, not a CD-R with Windows scrawled on it! And you'll need to give us a receipt.) If you don't qualify for a replacement, you can buy a genuine copy from us at a special online price.

longwalks1

update people

emailed MS a few times and keep getting an automatic email reply, basically saying i need to buy a legit version, any idea how to get a replacement version if they are still offering it?

cit_k

britishboy wrote: »

update people

emailed MS a few times and keep getting an automatic email reply, basically saying i need to buy a legit version, any idea how to get a replacement version if they are still offering it?

try ringing 0844 800 2400 and select option 0 (zero).

stilltheone

britishboy wrote: »

update people

emailed MS a few times and keep getting an automatic email reply, basically saying i need to buy a legit version, any idea how to get a replacement version if they are still offering it?

Have looked at this problem for you and have found a way of solving it, albeit a relatively technical solution.

If you get nowhere with Microsoft or eBay, you can look at it.

Will send you a PM with the details.

longwalks1

cheers stilltheone, got your pm

was hoping to get microsoft to give me a proper copy as someone else said in this post, does anyone know if they do do this? or is it wishful thinking?

Horlock

As far as I know they stopped it. It definately used to exist though, I got a full retail box of windows XP pro this way some years back, I'll have a look to see if I can find any details of it. A word of caution though - and not meant to deter you, but it took a long time for Microsoft to process (ie long enough that I had already bought the software!)

Personally, I'm wondering if you got an original disk, but the person kept the key - but not confinced.

The other way to go is with student license stuff, if you are a student - seems like you are using student office, or you have a family member who is you can get the software very cheaply. Websites to try are https://www.pugh.co.uk https://www.rm.com/thebasement or possibly the best is to go direct to microsoft here http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/software/windows/default.aspx where it appears to only cost about £20.

longwalks1

Thanks Horlock

the cheap versions of Win 7 on those sites are all upgrades, does that mena I'd Win 7 that isnt genuine)
I got my Office 2010 from a site for about £42 I think, was for students but I'm not a student