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Win Vista Ultimate


CLICK :handintest:

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Funny how these contests never seem to ask a question that requires more than basic Google-fu...

Not to mention it appears to be a UK only contest <_<

To be in with a chance of winning a copy, simply answer the following question and email your answer to windowsvistamagazine@futurenet.co.uk, with the subject header I want Vista Ultimate.

Good luck!

In which city is Microsoft headquarters based:

  1. New York
  2. Seattle
  3. San Francisco


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I though Microsoft was based in Redmond?

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manadren wrote: I though Microsoft was based in Redmond?
Well, they were close... Redmond's only 13 miles away from Seattle

Seeing as they only have 25ish copies to give away, must be a trick question meant to prey on some Brits jumping the gun

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sintekk wrote: Funny how these contests never seem to ask a question that requires more than basic Google-fu...

Not to mention it appears to be a UK only contest <_<


CRAP!!

I never read the detailed rules--but you're right

The Company reserves the right to implement age requirements or other eligibility criteria in its absolute discretion.

Unless otherwise stated, Competitions are not open to: (a) persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom;:pissed off:

the employees, agents or subcontractors of the Company; © any Competition sponsor or its employees, agents or subcontractors; (d) the immediate families of such employees or sponsors. :banghead:

And I signed up so, with my luck, I'll probably win & then be disqualified! :handintest:

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Someone was telling me in the EULA of vista it states MS has every right to do whatever they want to any file on your system. keep that thing away from my system kthx.



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At 352 Pounds, it might be worth buying a cheap coach class ticket to Britain just to resell the damn thing.

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lol dumb contest... Everyone knows Microsoft owns the world and their HQ is located on the moon.

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Red Squirrel wrote: Someone was telling me in the EULA of vista it states MS has every right to do whatever they want to any file on your system. keep that thing away from my system kthx.


Product activiation in the Vista license

Suppose you buy a new computer after January 2007, or purchase an early upgrade for one of the various flavors of Vista. The first problem is, you may think you bought a copy of the operating system. Actually, the OS is still owned by Microsoft.

You may own a physical DVD, but what you have “bought” is the right to use the software subject to any of the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement (EULA), which you may or may not have access to at the time you buy the computer or disk.

Typically, the EULA will be contained in micro-print on the outside of a DVD, or may be on a splash screen that prompts you to unequivocally declare, “I agree..” as a condition precedent to installing or booting the software. Courts have pretty much established that this manner of acquiescence is okay, provided that there is some way for you to get your money back if you don’t agree to the EULA.

The Vista EULA informs the licensee that Vista will automatically send information about the version, language and product key of the software, the user's Internet protocol address of the device, and information derived from the hardware configuration of the device.


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