[TW]Fox;14207236 said:From reading around the net it now seems like this was an epic mistake on Microsofts part. You are only supposed to get access if you are an invited member of a special program they are running and not a member of the great unwashed like ourselves. Apparently new signups have been stopped and those who have accounts should expect them to stop working in 24 hours time.
read. you wont be using the account any longer.
and they are fixing the problem now. the site is down
https://om2.one.microsoft.com/offer/technet_emea.aspx
the accounts that were made before the error..will most likely get cancelled and the keys de-associated
Next best thing, they'll arrange software audits at all the addresses they gatheredAnd after that they plan to line us all up against a wall and shoot us!
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Next best thing, they'll arrange software audits at all the addresses they gathered![]()
Found some news that Microsoft know exactly what they're doing.
My source is http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=1763
Also an article about it on neowin
http://www.neowin.net/news/software...ering-free-one-year-technet-plus-subscription
This has been offered to the 'great unwashed' as long as said unwashed has a valid shipping address, don't have to be an IT professional, don't have to be executives in big software companies, you just need a roof over your head and a door with a postbox![]()
managed to grab win 7 rc off it though, does beta key work with rc version or do you have to get a new key?
Hello, does anyone know how to re-install this 'Microsoft File Transfer Manager' thing as whenever I try to download something it won't actually download and just have the status as stuck 'Suspended'.
Is that basically saying the servers are getting hammered or something else is wrong?
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Anyone with any idea on this? I'm trying through Vista, yet it works absolutely fine on XP on my laptop. It's really bugging me!