Re: Where do I download XPe SP2 from???

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From: Gene_W (GeneW_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:13:02 -0800

"KM" wrote:

,
>
> I think Gene is trying to tell that he does not have access to the site.
> I always thought that being OEM you have to purchase runtime licenses and sign OEM Customer Licensing Agreement (CLA). Only then you
> get the access to the website.
>
> Anyway, it may be worth to register: http://www.windowsembeddedkit.com/LandingPage.aspx?source=1016
>
> --

OK Thanks KM I think somebody here is starting to understand what I am saying.

Yes you are correct, we are not an OEM at this point. We have recieved
documents (NDA's) from our distributer which have not been signed off yet,
but I was under the impression that was only to enable us to purchase run
time licenses from the authorized vendor that we do business with.

We were mailed the SP1 disks in the past after we first bought this as it
was at RTM gold status, so I assumed that was going to happen here.
Appparantly there will be some additional hoops to jump through since nobody
I've contacted at Microsoft has a clue what I am talking about in regards to
obtaining this service pack for XPe.

They either advise me (incorrectly) to download SP2 from the main MS
download center or tell me to call MSDN who tell me to call the order desk,
who in turn tell me to cough up $295.00 and talk to a support engineer about
my "issue".

It's been very frustrating to get any straight answers.

I did not know that there was some whole other level of access that is NOT
available to those who have PAID A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY for an IDE
which apparantly won't be updated until some more hoops are jumped through.I
tried registering before, but they require a signed NDA by an OFFICER OF MY
COMPANY which is rather hard to do in a multi-million dollar corporation.

Well I guess I will need to find out who sold this to us and see if they can
help.

I guess I didn't realize that something as simple as a service pack would be
such a chore to obtain. I would have liked to start my project with a fully
patched version of the product, but I don't see this happening anytime soon,
so it's SP1 with a buttload of patches instead of SP2.

Thanks anyway KM.

Gene

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