Free one year subscription to Microsoft technet

[philjohn]

haha. I just read that apparently, there is some UK law which states that once you have been invoiced for a product, that product cannot be revoked regardless of what you paid for it.

So, I just logged back in and my sub is active again but with an actual expiry date now.

TechNet Direct (Retail)
SubscriptionNumber: ********** SubscriptionType: Retail
Subscription Status: Active
Expiration Date: 6/2/2010

Not sure about the law part (I'm sure someone more versed in those things, or some keyboard solicitor can chime in on that) but my sub is also now working again.

To be fair, I would be more than willing to fill in any surverys microsoft would like me to to keep the subscription live.

 

[Tripnologist]

Yeah, I'd suggest anyone who signed up wait to find out if it's just another mistake before using any keys they got.

 

[philjohn]

Yeah, I'd suggest anyone who signed up wait to find out if it's just another mistake before using any keys they got.

Indeed, and if it isn't a mistake, for heavens sake don't abuse the system and get 300 keys you'll never use (or worse still, leak). Use it for the intended purpose - evaluating Microsoft Solutions.

 

[Lethal`]

My account isn't working again yet

Just read about it on Neowin, and it looks like quite a few people from the UK and AUS have got their accounts back.

 

[malachi]

Just checked my account and everything is still greyed out. Will check again later, my XP and Office 2007 keys are still active and no nag screen has appeared yet.

 

[Bry]

Just out of curiosity if your account is not working did you signup with a legitimate UK address?

 

[apatia77]

Seems to be working fine again, download links work fine, but new keys don't as there is some sort of maintenance going on.

 

[Lethal`]

Just out of curiosity if your account is not working did you signup with a legitimate UK address?

Yep

 

[malachi]

Just out of curiosity if your account is not working did you signup with a legitimate UK address?

Mine is,as i used my windows live account which is also linked to my xbox live and hotmail

 

[a1ex2001]

My account is back alive and I can request and recieve new keys, interesting.

 

[Deluxe1]

Its still giving me access to requesting keys.

 

[apatia77]

My account is back alive and I can request and recieve new keys, interesting.

Mine is fully functional again, but few min ago I wasnt able to generate new keys.

 

[Black Hat]

MY account wont let me download anything or request keys, says i am not authorised.

 

[monkeygremlin]

My account is also now working again, but with a expiration date of 6/2/2010.

 

[philjohn]

MY account wont let me download anything or request keys, says i am not authorised.

wait a while, I read about the situation and checked mine at 6 a.m. and wasn't allowed to, but then at 8 I was.

 

[CaptainCrash]

I think Microsoft's legal team must be having kittens about this, particularly given all the different legislation in different countries.

At the time, no-one had any reason to believe that the offer was anything other than genuine - Microsoft facilitated (whether intentionally or not) the creation of free Technet subscriptions, with the promise that they would last for a certain length of time. As a condition of those subscriptions, those who signed up agreed to divulge certain personal information.

What happens to that information now? Having now summarily revoked many subscriptions, did Microsoft obtain it legally in the first place, at least according to UK data protection laws?

I can imagine the Data Protection Registrar's phone lines are going into meltdown right now...

 

[a1ex2001]

I think Microsoft's legal team must be having kittens about this, particularly given all the different legislation in different countries.

I would imagine someone is going to get fired, serious eye of the ball moment how can they have possibly thought this wouldn't hit the web?

 

[Rainmaker]

lol microsoft Mine's working again fully now, which is fine. If they decide to break the binding contract between us by revoking my service, I'll be seeking legal advice (serially). It'll be interesting.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

How odd, mine is back too. Retail subscription now.

 

[Tripnologist]

If they decide to break the binding contract between us by revoking my service, I'll be seeking legal advice (serially). It'll be interesting.

I don't think it would be that interesting at all.
I'm sure they would have had a clause in the EULA we agreed to which would allow them to cancel service at any time and issue a refund for time remaining.. which considering it was free, would amount to a big zero.