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  • M Maurizio Pisano

    This could be legitimate or it could just be a bug that's gonna get someone over at MS fired in the morning, but apparently if you reside in the US, Canada or the UK, you can get yourself a free 3 month subscription to TechNet Plus.

    modified on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:07 AM

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    _Damian S_
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    Maurizio Pisano wrote:

    the US, Canada or the UK

    Dammit! Us Aussies miss out again!!

    Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010

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      Maurizio Pisano wrote:

      the US, Canada or the UK

      Dammit! Us Aussies miss out again!!

      Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010

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      Maurizio Pisano
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      As Paul Keating once said, we're the 'a*** end' of the world :|

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      • M Maurizio Pisano

        This could be legitimate or it could just be a bug that's gonna get someone over at MS fired in the morning, but apparently if you reside in the US, Canada or the UK, you can get yourself a free 3 month subscription to TechNet Plus.

        modified on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:07 AM

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        R Giskard Reventlov
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        Brilliant: logged on and done.

        me, me, me

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        • M Maurizio Pisano

          This could be legitimate or it could just be a bug that's gonna get someone over at MS fired in the morning, but apparently if you reside in the US, Canada or the UK, you can get yourself a free 3 month subscription to TechNet Plus.

          modified on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:07 AM

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          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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          The end of the article reads that expiration date is '1/1/1900'. And this is the NULL value in SQLServer. http://www.eggheadcafe.com/conversation.aspx?messageid=30160420&threadid=30160177[^] No doubt that the product quality from Redmond has come down now steeply, considering the hallmark one, bloated pig ("Vista"). :mad:

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          The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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          • M Maurizio Pisano

            This could be legitimate or it could just be a bug that's gonna get someone over at MS fired in the morning, but apparently if you reside in the US, Canada or the UK, you can get yourself a free 3 month subscription to TechNet Plus.

            modified on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:07 AM

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            NormDroid
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            Done. Cheers.

            Software Kinetics (requires SL3 beta) - Moving software

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            • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

              The end of the article reads that expiration date is '1/1/1900'. And this is the NULL value in SQLServer. http://www.eggheadcafe.com/conversation.aspx?messageid=30160420&threadid=30160177[^] No doubt that the product quality from Redmond has come down now steeply, considering the hallmark one, bloated pig ("Vista"). :mad:

              Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
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              The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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              S Senthil Kumar
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              Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:

              one, bloated pig ("Vista")

              I'm curious - it's the second time you've used the same words to describe it. Why do you think it is bloated? Why do you think it is a pig?

              Regards Senthil [MVP - Visual C#] _____________________________ My Home Page |My Blog | My Articles | My Flickr | WinMacro

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              • M Maurizio Pisano

                This could be legitimate or it could just be a bug that's gonna get someone over at MS fired in the morning, but apparently if you reside in the US, Canada or the UK, you can get yourself a free 3 month subscription to TechNet Plus.

                modified on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:07 AM

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                Michael Bookatz
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                Done Thanks! :-D :-D

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                • S S Senthil Kumar

                  Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:

                  one, bloated pig ("Vista")

                  I'm curious - it's the second time you've used the same words to describe it. Why do you think it is bloated? Why do you think it is a pig?

                  Regards Senthil [MVP - Visual C#] _____________________________ My Home Page |My Blog | My Articles | My Flickr | WinMacro

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                  I have a better question for you - why do you think it's NOT a bloated pig?

                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                  "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                  • M Maurizio Pisano

                    This could be legitimate or it could just be a bug that's gonna get someone over at MS fired in the morning, but apparently if you reside in the US, Canada or the UK, you can get yourself a free 3 month subscription to TechNet Plus.

                    modified on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:07 AM

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                    realJSOP
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                    Too bad it expires before Weven comes out...

                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                      Too bad it expires before Weven comes out...

                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                      Gavin Taylor
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                      Unless theres a massive slippage (which I can't see happening) Weven is due to RTM the second half of July so it falls well within the subscription period. Once products RTM their available pretty much instantly on MSDN and TechNet. I've got an MSDN account anyways so I'm not fussed but same rules apply :)

                      Gavin Taylor

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                      • R realJSOP

                        I have a better question for you - why do you think it's NOT a bloated pig?

                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                        "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                        S Senthil Kumar
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                        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                        why do you think it's NOT a bloated pig?

                        How did you infer that I said it's not one? :) Seriously, apart from a couple of annoyances with Windows Explorer, I haven't had any problems with it. It runs fast enough on my laptop (dual core/2 GB RAM), and has been running reliably ever since I installed it.

                        Regards Senthil [MVP - Visual C#] _____________________________ My Home Page |My Blog | My Articles | My Flickr | WinMacro

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                        • S S Senthil Kumar

                          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                          why do you think it's NOT a bloated pig?

                          How did you infer that I said it's not one? :) Seriously, apart from a couple of annoyances with Windows Explorer, I haven't had any problems with it. It runs fast enough on my laptop (dual core/2 GB RAM), and has been running reliably ever since I installed it.

                          Regards Senthil [MVP - Visual C#] _____________________________ My Home Page |My Blog | My Articles | My Flickr | WinMacro

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                          S. Senthil Kumar wrote:

                          It runs fast enough on my laptop

                          Windows always runs "fast enough" when it's freshly installed (and nothing of any import is installed).

                          S. Senthil Kumar wrote:

                          and has been running reliably ever since I installed it.

                          It's easy to run reliably if you don't turn your laptop on to begin with. All kidding aside - at work, all the devs use Vista64, and all of us started experiencing the mysterious dropped network connectivity problem. It required a registry hack to fix - you'd have thunk that MS would have come put the fix into SP1 (it's been a known issue since the original Vista release date).

                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                          -----
                          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                          • M Maurizio Pisano

                            This could be legitimate or it could just be a bug that's gonna get someone over at MS fired in the morning, but apparently if you reside in the US, Canada or the UK, you can get yourself a free 3 month subscription to TechNet Plus.

                            modified on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:07 AM

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                            Dan Neely
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                            Maurizio Pisano wrote:

                            free 3 month subscription to TechNet Plus.

                            Does this mean you can only DL loot for 3 months, or that after 3mo all your loot shuts down?

                            It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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                              S. Senthil Kumar wrote:

                              It runs fast enough on my laptop

                              Windows always runs "fast enough" when it's freshly installed (and nothing of any import is installed).

                              S. Senthil Kumar wrote:

                              and has been running reliably ever since I installed it.

                              It's easy to run reliably if you don't turn your laptop on to begin with. All kidding aside - at work, all the devs use Vista64, and all of us started experiencing the mysterious dropped network connectivity problem. It required a registry hack to fix - you'd have thunk that MS would have come put the fix into SP1 (it's been a known issue since the original Vista release date).

                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                              -----
                              "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                              Dan Neely
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                              John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                              All kidding aside - at work, all the devs use Vista64, and all of us started experiencing the mysterious dropped network connectivity problem. It required a registry hack to fix - you'd have thunk that MS would have come put the fix into SP1 (it's been a known issue since the original Vista release date).

                              Do you have any info on this? Just curious since I've not seen any problems at home with V64 ult.

                              It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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                              • M Maurizio Pisano

                                This could be legitimate or it could just be a bug that's gonna get someone over at MS fired in the morning, but apparently if you reside in the US, Canada or the UK, you can get yourself a free 3 month subscription to TechNet Plus.

                                modified on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:07 AM

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                                DaveyM69
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                                There's some debate as to whether this is legitimate or not - regardless, MS have pulled the plug now. I downloaded a few bits and saved the keys, but I'm gonna wait to see how this plays out legally before I install anything.

                                Dave
                                BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
                                Visual Basic is not used by normal people so we're not covering it here. (Uncyclopedia)
                                Why are you using VB6? Do you hate yourself? (Christian Graus)

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