I've been getting timeout messages in FF13.01 on the website since this afternoon.
"The connection has timed out
The server at www.zdnet.com is taking too long to respond.
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web."
Well that's good to know. All this time, I've always been super cautious with my MSDN keys figuring Microsoft keeps a tight eye on activations and whatnot. Stuff like not activating a machine because I might reinstall it within the grace period. Good to know I don't have to worry.
Ouch; they've really taken something fun and made it a pain in the neck to use.
Getting a Technet or MSDN subscription used to be enjoyable since you just got freedom to test what you wanted when you wanted and on what machines (or VMs) you wanted.
Now every time you activate you will have to think "Is this installation worth an activation?" Because what the article fails to mention is that each key has an activation limit (so 3 * 10 = 30 total activations per product).
Even on my retail copy of Windows 7 Pro I constantly hit the activation limit and need to call them. Which you would know is damn annoying as you have to type in and type back like sixty digit strings of nonsense.
I thought activation was originally meant to stop pirates not harass paying customers? Where did Microsoft lose it's way?
I agree 100%. The MSDN kits used to be like candy, but were super useful for configuration testing (test your product install on a new install, now on a new install with Office, now on a new install with ...).
This really seems at odds with "Developers, developers, developers."
Suddenly I'm happy that I did a big technet download spree a while back for a bunch of older software. This also reminds me to request the rest of my keys and download the XML dump of them.
Just to let you know, you'll have to request your keys over a number of days as there appears to be a limit to the number of keys you can claim within a 24 hour period.
"Welcome to ZDNet!" covering the article. Goodbye ZDNet. Why do companies insist on things like this? Many times I see "Would you like to take our survey?" I haven't even seen your damn page yet!
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Clicking "Text Only" was required, for me.
I've been getting timeout messages in FF13.01 on the website since this afternoon.
"The connection has timed out
The server at www.zdnet.com is taking too long to respond.
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web."
Getting a Technet or MSDN subscription used to be enjoyable since you just got freedom to test what you wanted when you wanted and on what machines (or VMs) you wanted.
Now every time you activate you will have to think "Is this installation worth an activation?" Because what the article fails to mention is that each key has an activation limit (so 3 * 10 = 30 total activations per product).
Even on my retail copy of Windows 7 Pro I constantly hit the activation limit and need to call them. Which you would know is damn annoying as you have to type in and type back like sixty digit strings of nonsense.
I thought activation was originally meant to stop pirates not harass paying customers? Where did Microsoft lose it's way?
Same goes for a VM, just make a copy of the fresh installed VM.
This really seems at odds with "Developers, developers, developers."