Windows Vista Product Keys Leaked
What is the first thing you should do after buying Windows Vista? Take high resolution pictures of the newly acquired product and post it on the Internet so that anyone could see. Right? Wrong!
Or at least if you are going to take pictures of the Windows Vista box and what it contains make sure that you choose a neutral side.
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9.2.2007 Tons of Genuine Windows Product Keys Published and Available Online
There is an entire library of Windows product keys available online, only a Google search away. And we all can agree that that's by no means very far.
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18.4.2007 Windows 7 RC Build 7100 Activation Product Keys
Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 is now available for public download straight from Microsoft. In parallel, users can also access Windows Server 2008 R2 RC, which went live concomitantly with the client flavor of Windows 7.
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5.5.2009 Microsoft runs out of Vista product keys
A small hitch has cropped up in Microsoft’s beta-testing program for Vista: the software giant has temporarily run out of product keys for testers.
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7.9.2006 Microsoft Is Still Delivering Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Product Keys
Four months after the availability of Vista RC1 Microsoft is still delivering product keys for Windows Vista Release Candidate 1.
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1.1.2007 Windows 7 Build 7068 download
Now there has been another leak for Windows 7. This time its build 7068, there has been a lot of speculation of this build being a fake but now its confirmed. WINDOWS 7 BUILD 7068 IS NOT A FAKE.
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27.3.2009 Windows 7 Build 7068 Dogfooded Leaked
Forget Build 7057, the Release Candidate branch of Windows 7 has evolved all the way to Build 7068.
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27.3.2009 Leaked Windows 7 Build 7068 Sold on eBay
The wide availability of Windows 7, be it from official Microsoft channels (the Beta Build 7000), or through various illegal third-parties (the pre-Release Candidate builds), has managed to encourage schemes to turn over a profit from the bits offered for free by the Redmond company.
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9.4.2009 Windows 7 Build 7068 SKUs 100 Screenshots Gallery
The lineup of Windows 7 Stock Keeping Units undoubtedly reflects Microsoft's efforts to move away from the strategy involving the editions of Windows Vista. No longer is Windows a resource hog ready to swallow multicore and manycore CPUs and gigs of RAM.
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5.4.2009 Windows 7 Activation Keys
It really looks as if the only topic left to discuss on this blog is Windows 7 LOL! Again, I’m here with another Windows 7-related post, which I think will be loved by all who have been trying to get their hands on a Windows 7 activation key.
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1.11.2009 Retrieve CD Key/Product Key From Windows Registry with Product Key Finder
You must keep CD Key/Product key of any software or application at handy place since you may not know when you will need that key again.
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9.7.2009 Do you need more keys?
Perform a Windows Vista Suicide by Pressing Just 2 Keys
Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys. All you need to crush Microsoft's latest operating system and put the much-applauded Wow at an end is two fingers. Thanks to odeeee for this news.
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14.7.2007 2 Year Old Pirated Keys Defeats WGA
On July 18, Microsoft's WGA team promised to send me a disk with a product key from their blocked list. It was supposed to arrive via overnight service, but it was never sent.
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9.8.2006 Windows 7 Product Key Checker to Verify Windows 7 Product Key
Windows 7 official release is set on October 23 and soon you will be able buy your own copy of Windows 7.
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9.9.2009 MS: Valid Vista Family Discount Keys Coming
Microsoft said Friday afternoon that it was in the process of issuing new keys to those who may have received invalid ones through the Vista Family Discount program.
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4.2.2007 Windows Live to get Product Search
After posting about Windows Live Academic Search last week, yet another new search product has entered our radar. This time it's Windows Live Product Search, and like its cousins Image Search and Feed Search, it too will be integrated into the standard Windows Live Search service.
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11.4.2006 Windows 7 Product Editions: A Comparison
Back in February, I wrote an article, Windows 7 Product Editions, in which I discussed the various SKUs (stock keeping units, or product editions) that Microsoft would provide with its next operating system.
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30.3.2009 Windows Vista product editions revealed
If you've been wondering why Windows Vista has taken a long time to reach Beta 1, we can now tell you why: there are seven separate editions of Vista headed your way. OK, that's not the reason for the delay, but how else do you introduce that many OS versions, without invoking Snow White & friends? Join me now as I romp through the various editions, many of which you'll see are just barely differentiated.
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How to skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?
A new system in Windows XP, intended to curb software piracy, requires every Windows XP user to call Microsoft (or connect via the web) to obtain a long product activation key for each installation. As though the 25-character CD key on the back of the CD package in previous versions of Windows wasn't enough, now users are expected to make a phone call to ask Microsoft's permission to use Windows XP.
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7.1.2006 Windows Vista Product Guide Preview Now Available!
The Windows Vista Product Guide provides a comprehensive overview of the innovative features and functions that make Microsoft Windows Vista the next-generation Windows client operating system and successor to Windows XP.
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11.4.2006 Microsoft Windows Vista Product Guide Preview Now Available!
The Windows Vista Product Guide provides a comprehensive overview of the innovative features and functions that make Microsoft Windows Vista the next-generation Windows client operating system and successor to Windows XP. This guide also provides information the benefits Windows Vista offers diverse users as well as information about the different editions (SKUs) available. It's about 300 pages, and contains a lot of really great information about Windows Vista.
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11.4.2006 Windows 7 RTM in October 2009 via Product Roadmap
According to a blog post on the Microsoft Sweden partner blog, Windows 7 should be ready by Q3 2009, with an RC coming in three months.
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2.2.2009 Official: Microsoft Unveils Windows Vista Product Lineup
REDMOND, Wash. - Feb. 26, 2006 - Microsoft Corp. today announced the product lineup of its upcoming Windows Vista operating system. Scheduled for release later this year, the Microsoft Windows Vista product lineup will bring clarity to customers digital world by helping them easily accomplish everyday tasks, instantly find what they want, enjoy the latest in entertainment, improve the safety of their personal information, stay connected at home or on the go, and help ensure PCs are up-to-date, more secure and running smoothly.
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27.2.2006 Get Genuine Kit and Windows Product Key Update Tool
The best and most cost-effective way for customers to acquire Windows software is preinstalled on a new PC.
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15.8.2006 Free Windows 7 with Product Key By Attending New Efficiency Launch Events
Looking for free copy of Windows 7? Now is your chance to take home a copy of genuine Windows 7 Professional edition, complete with genuine valid product key to activate the operating system permanently with crack or hack.
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15.8.2009 Microsoft PIDX Product Key Checker for Windows 7 Free Download
Most commercial software products from Microsoft, such as popular Windows operating system i.e. Windows 7, Windows Vista and more, requires a product key to install and activate. Without a product key, Windows will run as evaluation software, and once trial period expires, the operating system will become not genuine and illegitimate to use any longer. Product key, which is a series of 25 characters serial key code string, is used by Windows operating system for several purposes.
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2.9.2009 The Product Key Is Not Valid Or 0xC004F061 Activation Error On Windows 7 Upgrade
When installing and upgrading to Windows 7 from previous version of operating system such as Windows XP and Windows Vista with an upgrade license, media (either Windows 7 ISO image or DVD disc) and product key, the following error message may be displayed when entering the serial key during setup.
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3.11.2009 Windows 7 Beta ISO Download and Product Key Available for MSDN and Technet Subsribers
Although the public beta for Windows 7 beta will only available on January 9, 2009, the MSDN and Technet subscribers can now start downloading the DVD ISO media together with a genuine working product key to activate the Windows 7 installed.
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8.1.2009 April deadlines loom for Windows XP, Office 2003 product support
Next month marks the deadlines for support — in some cases, free support, in other cases, paid — for a handful of older Microsoft Windows and Office products.
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4.4.2009Windows 7 reaches build 7068
A Microsoft Employee, in his blog post explaining about the new Windows 7 Gadgets platform, ended up posting the initial Windows 7 build 7068
screenshot. The screenshot is just the Windows 7 Desktop but the build string is clearly visible - 7068.winmain.090321-1322 - which means that this
build 7068 was compiled on March 21, 2009. It was also rumored earlier that Windows 7 build 7068 is released on Microsoft Connect to a select group
of testers. WinFuture reports that this build might have been released to the Windows 7 TAP Customers, who get involved closely with Microsoft in beta
testing their products.
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27.03.2009Microsoft runs out of Windows
Vista Keys
Apparently, Microsoft today
ran out of product keys for
Release Candidate 1 version of
its upcoming Windows Vista
operating system.
The following message was
posted on Windows Vista's
Connect website:
"9-5-06 - We are
currently out of additional
keys for package 5342 and Up
Ultimate. We will have more
keys available for download
within 72 hours. Please do NOT
send mail to MCHelp or LHBeta
regarding this issue."
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08.09.2006Viewing Your MSDN Product Keys Off-Line
Richard Macdonald: If you have an MSDN subscription, then you'll know that the subscription includes a set of product keys for use with the versions
of Office, Windows, etc that your subscription gives you access to. The keys can be viewed on-line at the MSDN subscriber site, but this isn't great
if you don't have any network access, and even then it's not all that convenient to have to log on each time to get a key.
Now,
there is an option to export your keys to an XML file, which means you can have them available off-line. However, XML isn't the most user-friendly
format...
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10.03.2008Windows 7 PCs available early
Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, is set to officially launch and become generally available to the public on October 22. Some custom
computer builders, however, have now been given permission to start selling PCs with Windows 7 pre-installed a week or more before the launch date.
Some smaller system builders have been told by Microsoft that they can start selling PCs pre-loaded with Windows 7 as soon as they receive the product
keys, TechFlash reports. The product keys - used to activate the operating system - are expected to be distributed to these system builders as soon as
October 13, over a week before the official release of Windows 7.
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25.09.2009Microsoft to Remedy ‘Family Discount' Tragedy
It looks like Microsoft is
ready to settle the score with
customers who took advantage
of the Vista Family Discount
offer earlier this week. As
reported on Wednesday, anyone
who purchased Windows Vista
Home Premium using the keys
provided by Microsoft's Vista
Family Discount was unable to
use the keys. Windows Vista
reported them as invalid.
Microsoft still will
not tell me what the keys are
for, however as promised I did
get a call back today. I was
told by Microsoft, "We do not
know how these false keys
where issued, but we do know
the solution." What is
Microsoft's solution?
Anyone who took
advantage of the Windows Vista
Family Discount should be on
the lookout. Microsoft will be
emailing those customers new
product keys for Windows Vista
Home Premium within the next
3-5 days. The new product keys
should work without a hitch.
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02.02.2007No more digital product keys for Windows Anytime Upgrade users
Microsoft is making a tweak to the way it will enable Windows Vista users to upgrade to higher-end versions of Windows via its
“Windows Anytime Upgrade”
program.
Windows Anytime Upgrade is a program was a Vista marketing program via which Microsoft has allowed customers to move
from lower-cost, less feature-rich
versions of Vista to higher-end versions.
Starting February 20, Microsoft is planning to end distribution of digital product
keys, company officials said on February 7. Instead, customers will need to obtain a Windows Anytime Upgrade kit, consisting of a Windows DVD and
product keys, either directly from Microsoft, via snail-mail, or in person via a Microsoft retailer. Anytime Upgraders still can order the upgrade kit
online, but the key will be sent by snail-mail.)
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07.02.2008MSDN Subscriber Downloads is changing
MSDN Subscriptions WebLog: In February we will launch the biggest update to the MSDN Subscriber Downloads experience yet. Were making it a lot easier
and faster to find your downloads and access your Product Keys, and were adding new features to help with exploring available content.
Better organized - Easily find the exact download youre looking for, with all product versions organized by family
Logical layout - Access your Product Keys directly alongside your software downloads
See the
MSDN Subscriber Downloads and Product Keys walkthrough for a
preview of whats coming, and to find out how to give us feedback.
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21.01.2008TechNet Plus Subscriber Downloads is changing
Kathy Dixon: I just wanted to share with you that in the next few weeks we will implement a change to the TechNet Plus Subscriber Downloads
experience. It is about to get easier to the get to the product downloads and access the related product keys with a better organization and
layout.
Take a peek at
TechNet Plus
Subscriber Downloads and Product Keys walkthrough for a preview of the changes.
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08.02.2008Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2c Release
Windows XP Professional with
Service Pack 2c has released
to manufacturing and will be
available to system builders
in September 2007.
Critical Action Item:
System builders who use
imaging must create new
Windows XP Professional images
with Service Pack 2c when
shipping Service Pack 2c
product keys; otherwise end
users will not be able to
complete installation.
SP2c to Resolve
Shortage of Windows XP Product
Keys
Due to the
longevity of Windows XP
Professional, it has become
necessary to produce more
product keys for system
builders in order to support
the continued availability of
Windows XP Professional
through the scheduled system
builder channel end-of-life
(EOL) date of January 31,
2009.
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10.08.2007System Builders: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2c RTM
Windows XP Professional with
Service Pack 2c has released
to manufacturing and will be
available to system builders
in September 2007.
Due to the longevity
of Windows XP Professional, it
has become necessary to
produce more product keys for
system builders in order to
support the continued
availability of Windows XP
Professional through the
scheduled system builder
channel end-of-life (EOL) date
of January 31, 2009.
There are no other
features or fixes included in
this service pack; it will
only allow for the inclusion
of additional product keys.
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09.08.2007Microsoft denies handing law enforcement 'backdoor' keys
Some bloggers this week are suggesting that Microsoft is handing out "backdoor keys" to Windows security to police officers. Although
Microsoft is denying the bulk of the rumors, a full explanation still seems a bit elusive...
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01.05.2008Vista Beta 2: Biggest download
in history
In an instant message chat,
Microsoft has told the Windows
Featured Communities that the
demand for Windows Vista Beta
2 has been overwhelming. It
is, in fact, the largest
downloaded software in
history. Currently, they are
serving product keys out ten
times faster then the
downloads can be served. In
fact, they are pumping out
bits as fast as they can - any
faster and there would be a
measurable impact on the
internet. In fact, I quote a
Microsoft representive:
"So, we are
literally saying that if we
increased our bandwidth any
further there's a possibilty
of taking down the Internet -
people might have problems
with World Cup viewing,
etc"
People
who have recieved Vista Beta 2
product keys, but are unable
to download, may need to wait
a few days, up to one week.
Microsoft encoruages users who
want to try out Windows Vista
Beta 2 to order the DVD. When
they recieve the DVD in 1-4
weeks, install it, and
activate it, they will be
automattically guaranteed an
RC1 upgrade.
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10.06.2006Windows Anytime Upgrade: Digital Distribution To End
Microsoft had this to say on its website: "In an effort to streamline the Windows Anytime Upgrade experience for our customers and open the program
to additional markets worldwide, Microsoft and its partners have decided to end digital product key distribution on February 20, 2008."
With Windows Anytime Upgrade, customers could upgrade to another version of Vista by purchasing a digital product key. Microsoft has now decided to
stop distributing product keys online. Those who now want to upgrade, will have to buy a Windows Anytime Upgrade Kit from a local retailer or from
Microsoft.
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11.02.2008Vista 'Family Discount' Bites Back
In the past, early adopters of
new Windows versions have had
some small hurdles to
overcome. Such hurdles may be
software incompatibility, or
lack of driver support. These
sorts of things are almost
expected with each new Windows
launch. But what would you do
if you bought Windows Vista
and your product key didn't
work? What if Microsoft had
no solution and was unwilling
to issue you a new key?
Many (if not all)
users who took advantage of
Microsoft's Vista Family
Discount have been issued
invalid installation keys and
cannot install Windows Vista
Home Premium. Microsoft
confirms that the keys are
indeed valid, but not for
Windows Vista. The CSR I spoke
with was unable to tell what
the key was for, but it did
appear to be a valid key, for
something.
Microsoft says, "This is a
known issue and has been
escalated to the program
manager." When asked what
could be done I was told, "I
can take your name and number
and call you back when there
is a solution. If that is not
acceptable, I can cancel your
order and issue you a
refund." I was also told,
"There is no expected time
period for a fix at this
time."
If
Microsoft does not have this
issue fixed very soon, they
are going to have a lot of
unhappy customers. In the past
Microsoft has just issued new
keys when this happened. Why
is Microsoft being so tight
gripped about handing out new
keys? If I purchased a valid
key, what is it for? How long
is this going to take to fix?
So many questions, so little
answers.
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31.01.2007Windows Mobile 6.5 brings improved Soft Keys
We earlier saw some leaked screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.5 build 21159 which showed some changes in the user interface. One such improvement was
that of the Windows Media Player This seems to be an improvement of the soft key menus in the Windows Mobile interface. It is best understood when
we compare the old and the new interface That looks like a good improvement as it looks more "touch-friendly" One more thing to note is how the
highlighted items now have a glassy look to them.
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11.02.2009MS: Valid Vista Family Discount Keys Coming
Microsoft said Friday
afternoon that it was in the
process of issuing new keys to
those who may have received
invalid ones through the Vista
Family Discount program...
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03.02.2007Windows Home Server Connect Site Update
With the closing of the
Code2Fame Challenge for Windows Home Server, the Connect site has been updated so that beta participants can no longer download
the Release Candidate (RC) version of the software. Beta testers will be able to continue to use the beta product keys they downloaded from the
Connect site, but we will not be issuing any more product keys for the RC software.
The System Builder version of Windows Home
Server is already available in some countries, with additional countries expected to come online in the coming weeks. Additionally, a 120-day
Evaluation Edition will be orderable from the
Windows Home Server product
pages for a cost recovery basis to cover shipping and handling in the next 4-6 weeks.
In the future, the Windows Home Server
team will continue to use the Connect site for interacting with the Windows Home Server community by releasing additional items that we want people
to get an early look at. All of the suggestions submitted by the community will continue to exist, as we are busy digging through all of the great
ideas as we start planning the next release of Windows Home Server.
Please check back at the
Windows Home Server Connect site from time to time to see if there is
additional stuff to download and test.
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28.08.2007Windows 7 reaches Build 7070
Two days back, we had a Microsoft Employee leak screenshots of build 7068. Today, we have screenshots of build 7070 leak! The leak is yet again from
someone working at Microsoft and the story goes like this: "I just came back from Microsoft, since my Dad works there. He works for in the SQL
server division and here are some screenshots I took about the new build 7070.I don't know if there is anything new to this build, but they
installed it yesterday, so it probably will be leaked soon. They said it was a major update; maybe not to the user interface but more to the Kernel.
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30.03.2009Microsoft's Vista 'Family Discount' Troubles
In the past, early adopters of
new Windows versions have had
some small hurdles to
overcome. Such hurdles may be
software incompatibility, or
lack of driver support. These
sorts of things are almost
expected with each new Windows
launch. But what would you do
if you bought Windows Vista
and your product key didn't
work. What if Microsoft had no
solution and was unwilling to
issue you a new key?
Many (if not all)
users who took advantage of
Microsoft's Vista Family
Discount have been issued
invalid installation keys and
cannot install Windows Vista
Home Premium. Microsoft
confirms that the keys are
indeed valid, but not for
Windows Vista. The CSR I spoke
with was unable to tell what
the key was for, but it did
appear to be a valid key, for
something.
Microsoft says, This is a
known issue and has been
escalated to the program
manager. When asked what could
be done I was told, I can take
your name and number and call
you back when there is a
solution. If that is not
acceptable, I can cancel your
order and issue you a refund.
I was also told, There is no
expected time period for a fix
at this time.
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01.02.2007Sony finally metes out keys to Home for PS3
Sony's PlayStation3 metaverse Home that was unveiled over a year ago is finally approaching the beta phase, and subscribers to Sony's online
magazine Qore are receiving the first keys outside of private beta to test the service...
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