Free Windows Vista Business & Office Professional 2007 ?

[crydee]

Will I be able to install those copies of office and Vista on my computer more then once when I reformat?

 

[James Bond]

All 3 of mine are pending.
How long until I get surveys?

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: Tizyler
All 3 of mine are pending.
How long until I get surveys?

Of the three I did, I was only emailed a survey for one of them. However, the link in the email is the same one as the link displayed at the end of the webcast, I just used those.

 

[jlbenedict]

You do not have to complete the surveys. They are only for Microsoft's feedback on the webcasts. They are not a requirment for receiving the free software.

My status changed from "Pending" to "Complete" without having to do the surveys. It was approximately 24 hours later.

 

[JoshTX84]

I know this is a stupid question... I work at Best Buy and although we obviously sell MS products, would I be considered working for a partner? I'm thinking so but would appreciate it if someone could tell me I'm wrong and why. Thanks.

 

[FireChicken]

On average, How long are the webcasts? and what does it mean "if you are eligible" Anybody know what the eligibility requirements are??

 

[InSuboRdiNaTioN]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
You do not have to complete the surveys. They are only for Microsoft's feedback on the webcasts. They are not a requirment for receiving the free software.

Are you sure of this? The survey's even have a question asking if you would like the free gift.

 

[NatePo717]

All three completed. waiting on confirmation email for my free version

 

[Morrie20]

completed all 3 vids, status pending last I checked, but vsd.powertogether.com is down today so I'm a bit scared that this was a dangled carrot

We'll have to see...

 

[BrokenArrow]

So is Vista Business just the home edition without Media Center and some backup stuff?

 

[imported_EmreNU]

Originally posted by: BrokenArrow
So is Vista Business just the home edition without Media Center and some backup stuff?

Yes and no. It seems Business lacks the WMC functionality of Home Premium and the drive encryption functionality of Ultimate, while offering networking and backup functionality not found in Home Premium.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx

 

[pdawg1717]

All 3 say completed for me...I never got any email for a survey...how long to get the confirmation email on getting the Vista "gift" after all 3 say "Completed"?

 

[FireChicken]

Originally posted by: FireChicken
On average, How long are the webcasts? and what does it mean "if you are eligible" Anybody know what the eligibility requirements are??

Anybody?? Pls

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: FireChicken

Originally posted by: FireChicken
On average, How long are the webcasts? and what does it mean "if you are eligible" Anybody know what the eligibility requirements are??

Anybody?? Pls

One Hour each and eligible is owning or working in business although I doubt they will verify because that would take to long.

 

[imported_EmreNU]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

Originally posted by: FireChicken

Originally posted by: FireChicken
On average, How long are the webcasts? and what does it mean "if you are eligible" Anybody know what the eligibility requirements are??

Anybody?? Pls

One Hour each and eligible is owning or working in business although I doubt they will verify because that would take to long.

More specifically, eligibility is you must be employed in a company that is not a Microsoft Partner or in MSDN. Age restrictions apply, etc: http://www.powertogether.com/OfferingDetails.aspx

Webcasts can be downloaded instead of viewed. The ones I DLed were avg 15MB. The site says "In-Progress" for about an hour before you can move on to the next webcast.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Is the Vista link dead? Because I've been trying for the past hour and a half, and after I click the link on the main page firefox says the connection was interrupted. The weird part is that the office 2007 link works just fine. I hope they didn't stop the Vista offer!

 

[SantiClaws]

Originally posted by: FireChicken

Originally posted by: FireChicken
On average, How long are the webcasts? and what does it mean "if you are eligible" Anybody know what the eligibility requirements are??

Anybody?? Pls

While obviously intended for IT pros, it was not and is not one of the requirements. There are still only four requirements listed anywhere on the site:

1. Over 18
2. Resident of the US
3. Not employed by a MS partner or part of MSDN
4. Watch three videos

That's it. Even if they wanted to, I can't imagine how much money they would have to spend to verify credentials of 30,000 people. It'll be a lot cheaper to simply give away another 100,000 copies.

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: Zaitsev
Is the Vista link dead? Because I've been trying for the past hour and a half, and after I click the link on the main page firefox says the connection was interrupted. The weird part is that the office 2007 link works just fine. I hope they didn't stop the Vista offer!

Vista link doesn't work for me either, Office link works fine.

 

[Slikkster]

VISTA Is Sold Out for new registrants. Already registered can continue to qualify by watching the webcasts.

Quote:

We?re sorry; there are no more gifts available. While you are here, learn how you can leverage 2007 Microsoft Office system to deliver powerful applications of your own. Register and watch the Webcasts and/or vLabs below, you?ll actually gain skills you can put to use! Also, why not check out the Community section to see some of the cool things others are doing.
Already Registered? If you have already registered for the Vista Campaign, selected a gift and are eligible to receive the free gift, please continue to watch your webcasts to complete the requirements for your free Windows Vista Business.

Unquote

 

[Darthvoy]

Originally posted by: Slikkster
VISTA Is Sold Out for new registrants. Already registered can continue to qualify by watching the webcasts.

Quote:

We?re sorry; there are no more gifts available. While you are here, learn how you can leverage 2007 Microsoft Office system to deliver powerful applications of your own. Register and watch the Webcasts and/or vLabs below, you?ll actually gain skills you can put to use! Also, why not check out the Community section to see some of the cool things others are doing.
Already Registered? If you have already registered for the Vista Campaign, selected a gift and are eligible to receive the free gift, please continue to watch your webcasts to complete the requirements for your free Windows Vista Business.

Unquote

phew!...glad I was able to get on last night.

 

[mzkhadir]

Office is not sold out yet.

 

[Morrie20]

yeah, the vista server is still down as of now, hopefully they don't tell people that have watched the webcasts that they messed up and that basically the carrot was dangled a little longer than the dangler could afford.

 

[cparker]

Vista server is up again. Just no new signups, although if you signed up and selected the three sessions you still should be OK. Office is still available for registration. Probably won't be available for long, so anyone interested should register and select three sessions real soon.

 

[Morrie20]

Originally posted by: cparker
Vista server is up again. Just no new signups, although if you signed up and selected the three sessions you still should be OK. Office is still available for registration. Probably won't be available for long, so anyone interested should register and select three sessions real soon.

I should be mroe specific... vsd.powertogether.com is still down. I've been talking to Mark Brown over at c9 who seems to be one of Microsoft's main fellas handling this and it looks like they are going to make good on anyone who has gotten in and has watched everything.

He said that it will take a while for their e-mail servers to catch up with the load so just sit tight.

 

[commOdog]

vista still down for me