Re: Trial Expiration

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I'm sorry, Doug, but your response does not "get it" for me.

I am a Microsoft System Builder and Intel Channel Partner, intent on
building, selling and servicing Vista in the Small Office and Home
Office marketplace in 2007. It is critical to my reseller business
this happens sooner, rather than later, especially after the hype and
opportunity teased and eluded us in 2006. The last four months here
have been filled formal and informal product sales & technical training
(free and fee-based) and untold hours of trials and errors installing,
reinstalling, discovering and resolving a variety of Vista
compatibility issues with real-world product. I am not complaining;
this is simply how R&D transpires in my world.

To suddenly and unexpectedly deny my business access to crucial
components of our test platforms and confound the development of our
much-anticipated 2007 product line is unthinkable. Here we sit, in the
last 30 to 60 days before being able to "go to market" with a reliable
and tested product line. This is NOT in keeping with the partnership
I've strived to build with Microsoft, having forsaken all others. Yes,
now I am complaining.

There can be no legitimate reason why an extension to the trial period
cannot be issued by Microsoft to us early adopters, beta testers and
technology providers which will IMMEDIATELY restore normal beta
operation to the Media Center components and bring parity to the stated
and accepted time-bombed limits of the overall Vista Beta and RC
evaluation and testing program.

If you know of an interim solution or a better vehicle for delivering
our pleas to someone at Microsoft who cares about partnerships and can
make a difference, please share it with all of us.

Thank you. Danne Peterson - Metro Computer - Poway, CA

Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] wrote:
When will people learn? The first thing that MS tells you when you
downloaded RC1 or RC2 is DO NOT run it in a production environment.

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"Coraan" <Coraan.2jr2zh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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same issue.
- got vista RC1 (paid to have it shipped to me) after my hard drive
with media center 2004 died.
- had the nice suprice of the codec not working.. dropped $30? on the
nvidia codec to get it going again.
- now this new dec 31st suprise. no solution as of yet (rolling back
dte not an option as then media wont be recorded)
- lets add one other issue, which is a big factor in my possibility of
buying this product... I would welcome your feedback on this, as I am
HOPING it is only a beta issue... many times when a movie is on regular
TV, like Scarface was on A&E the other day I believe... I get a
'restricted content' pop up after a few seconds..... I have read that
people have this happen on their HBO movies that they pay for. WIll
this be an issue for retail vista ultimate?

I am very frustrated. I bought a 2k media center PC back in the day,
just to run my TV. Gateway Computers (like many others) would not
update it to 2005, and then the hard drive died. Now vista RC1 solution
wont work... wife getting angry and just wants a simple TV!

dont make me give up on my media center dream!


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