Activation Cut-Off

[Guest]

I read that all users who own a copy of Vista should activate their copies
NOW, as the download links are gone, and the activation cut-off will be very
soon (perhaps uly 14th). A Microsoft blogger was noted to say, that users
who activate, may receive future downloads or benefits.

I have a key licensed for 10 machines (From Vista Beta 2 DVD), and have
installed and activated on two machines.

I intend to purchase a new machine and install Vista in the next couple of
weeks. Will I still be able to activate this new install because I have
activated an install with this key previously, or will ALL activations cease
to work from approx July 14th?

I would appreciate your help, this may mean I have to rush to purchase the
parts and build the machine sooner than I thought.

 

[Guest]

I do not know a statement that any key or activation will stop after July 14th.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx

The customers that has been given a key must download the copy before July
14th.

The limit of the keys are not mentioned and I assume they are valid to
around the actual release of the final version. At least the next
beta/release candidate.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

No, they should download now. 7/14 is the drop dead date for downloading
for those who have already received their Product Keys. Activation doesn't
have any thing to do with it.