Vista RC1 CD Key

[tatteredpotato]

Just wondering if its still possible to sign up for one, ive been lookin around MS's site and didnt see anything.

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: BlameCanada
Just wondering if its still possible to sign up for one, ive been lookin around MS's site and didnt see anything.

They are all out of cd keys

 

[tatteredpotato]

Kinda figured that, Thanks anyways

 

[SoulAssassin]

can they be shared? If so, can someone post one?

/honest question

 

[MightyJD]

Did you signup for the CPP for Beta 2???
You should have... Beta 2 keys work!

 

[garikfox]

Originally posted by: MightyJD
Did you signup for the CPP for Beta 2???
You should have... Beta 2 keys work!

Ditto !

 

[spyordie007]

Microsoft will be reopening the CPP registration for RC1 in the next couple of weeks so those of you who dont have a key will be able to sign up for one than.

can they be shared? If so, can someone post one?

/honest question

Because they want the beta testers to be able to install on multiple platforms the keys are good for something like 5 (unique hardware) activations; so a key could be used on several machines but after that you wouldnt be able to activate.

Also I'm pretty sure that they are going to frown upon posting the key somewhere public.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
can they be shared? If so, can someone post one?

/honest question

Sounds like a good way to get your key blacklisted.

/honest answer

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
can they be shared? If so, can someone post one?

/honest question

Sounds like a good way to get your key blacklisted.

/honest answer

Yeah, after googling a bit I realized how it works. After being an official tester for Me, 2K and XP and pulling down more builds and installing more times than I care to remember I've been intentionally ignoring all the Vista stuff sans a quick look at the WinHEC leak a while back. Found a friend w an unused key so now I have RC1 running in a VM session.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
Yeah, after googling a bit I realized how it works. After being an official tester for Me, 2K and XP and pulling down more builds and installing more times than I care to remember I've been intentionally ignoring all the Vista stuff sans a quick look at the WinHEC leak a while back. Found a friend w an unused key so now I have RC1 running in a VM session.

What are you using to host the VMWare server and how's it running? I've got Ubuntu hosting my RC-1 build and it doesn't shut down properly (BSOD). This didn't happen under 5536. Also, I can't get my Vista VM to see my USB memory stick. It fails the 'USB Mass Storage Controller' driver. This happens in both 5536 and RC-1. :-/

 

[Nocturnal]

If you signed up for the beta 2 preview you can use that same CD-Key.

 

[garikfox]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
If you signed up for the beta 2 preview you can use that same CD-Key.

Yes your supposed to use the Beta2 key with RC1.