S
Scot Lemieux
I own a small business and we we considering switching to
XP pro as some software we are starting to use is
exclusive to XP pro.
About two years ago I attended a .NET and c# conference in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada hosted by Microsoft. They gave
each participant many trial software copies of Microsoft
products.
Now that my business is considering switching to XP Pro we
decided to try it out. Using the product Key that came
with the trial version we installed it. Then we tried to
activate the 180 day trial version and low and behold XP
says it is an invalid Product Key. So I call thier
automated 1-888 number and I get the automated response
that the Key is invalid. Then I try thier free online
support and enter the window PID that XP Pro generated and
again I was refused.
We are considering getting a 25 seat licesnes, but not if
we can't evaluate the software before making a purchasing
decision.
I am irritated that Microsoft invited me to a conference,
a Microsoft employee gave me a 180 trial version XP Pro
with product key, and Microsoft refused to honour a trial
version it had given to me.
What do I do now as I only have 13 days left before I wipe
to OS off the computer?
XP pro as some software we are starting to use is
exclusive to XP pro.
About two years ago I attended a .NET and c# conference in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada hosted by Microsoft. They gave
each participant many trial software copies of Microsoft
products.
Now that my business is considering switching to XP Pro we
decided to try it out. Using the product Key that came
with the trial version we installed it. Then we tried to
activate the 180 day trial version and low and behold XP
says it is an invalid Product Key. So I call thier
automated 1-888 number and I get the automated response
that the Key is invalid. Then I try thier free online
support and enter the window PID that XP Pro generated and
again I was refused.
We are considering getting a 25 seat licesnes, but not if
we can't evaluate the software before making a purchasing
decision.
I am irritated that Microsoft invited me to a conference,
a Microsoft employee gave me a 180 trial version XP Pro
with product key, and Microsoft refused to honour a trial
version it had given to me.
What do I do now as I only have 13 days left before I wipe
to OS off the computer?