Windows Feedback Program - Free Vista/Office 2007 - UPDATE!!!

how many people have gotten the actual "we've shipped your vista email?"

the only semi encouraging thing is that they said we should get it by the end of the month :\
 
I got an email the other day...

"Thank you for participating in the Windows Feedback Program!


On April 15, 2008, a new version of the Windows Feedback Panel (WFP) software and an updated Privacy Statement will be available on the Windows Feedback Panel program website. Please take a moment to review these updates, as the new version of the WFP software will automatically update the current version on your PC.


Two sections in our Privacy Statement - Collection of Your Information and Choice and Control - are being updated. Changes to these sections are underlined in the sections below:


Collection of Your Information
We will collect personal information if you choose to participate in the Program. The personal information we collect may include your name, gender, e-mail address, city, and ZIP code. In addition, we will collect and store your survey responses. If you choose to participate in the automated feedback program, information about your software and your computer will be recorded and sent back to Microsoft. This information includes, but is not limited to:

Windows usage behavior including installed and used applications.
Number and type of software errors encountered.
Performance of software and hardware products installed on your computer
File and folder structures on your computer, including number of types of files in folders, such as number of jpg files in the Pictures folder.
What transpired during a network problem, including data obtained from various network connections, components, and devices installed on your computer.
System-specific information, such as hardware, devices, drivers, and settings installed on your computer.
Registry values.
Event logs.
Office Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) data.
More information about this program is available in the applicable Office privacy statement. The Office 2007 privacy statement can be found here. To display the privacy statement for Office 2003, please search for "Privacy Statement" in Office 2003 online help. Please see below for more information.
Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) data.
More information about this program can be found in the Windows Vista privacy statement. Please see below for more information.
Both your survey responses and automated feedback will be associated with your personal information. Please note that this differs with the CEIP disclosures in the Office 2007, Office 2003, and Windows Vista privacy statements. If you choose to participate in the automated feedback program of the Windows Feedback Program, the CEIP data we collect while you are in the automated feedback program will be associated with the personal information we collect from you through the Windows Feedback Program.

Choice and Control
The Microsoft Windows Feedback Panel software occasionally checks online to ensure that you are running the most current version of the software and automatically installs an upgrade if a newer version is available.


We also wanted to let you know that you will be entered for a chance to win USD $5,000 cash each time you complete a survey from the survey feedback program between April 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008. If you participate in the automated feedback program, you will receive an additional sweepstakes entry if you remain an active member in the program through June 30, 2008.*

"

I don't think it has anything to do with shipping it to me but that's the latest one I got from them. I did get one in March about how they will be compiling the list of correct addresses and then they will ship it out April 7th roughly and I should receive it before May.
 
dr4gon said:
how many people have gotten the actual "we've shipped your vista email?"

the only semi encouraging thing is that they said we should get it by the end of the month :\
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I been wondering the same thing. I got the e-Mail saying any changes need to be made before April 2nd and we would receive it by May 1st. I been chomping at the bit for the last 2 weeks, wish it would hurry up and get here, but hey, its free so I dont have much to complain about.
 
Freebies are good. I'm just wondering when MS will have an offer to give away VS 2008.
 
still waiting for my copy of vista. got an email march 15 stating 4-6 weeks so i guess 2 more weeks :mad:
 
A single OEM CD in a mailing sleeve will most likely ship via USPS First Class. That would take, on average, 5 days to reach the recipient. Given that M$ stated the first week of May, I don't expect to see that final email 'till the last week of April. That's my 2 pennies.

That said... yeah, I'm anxious too. ;)
 
I got the same email MrHood22 got...which is the first email of any kind I've gotten from MS since I initially signed up for the WFP. I'm still seriously wondering if MS literally cut off everybody that signed up even a few minutes after their original registration end time (4pm EST on 12/14/07 or whatever) and we're now getting sucked into their new promotional thing...
 
Redshirt #24 said:
I got the same email MrHood22 got...which is the first email of any kind I've gotten from MS since I initially signed up for the WFP. I'm still seriously wondering if MS literally cut off everybody that signed up even a few minutes after their original registration end time (4pm EST on 12/14/07 or whatever) and we're now getting sucked into their new promotional thing...
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if u were able to select a product u wanted then u made it in
 
It's just as possible that the WFP team got mobbed by people seeking out free stuff, I suppose. :) Kind of a weird no-news-is-good-news thing, but hey...
 
pxc said:
Freebies are good. I'm just wondering when MS will have an offer to give away VS 2008.
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They did... the Heroes Happen Here events nationwide gave away free Visual Studio 2008 Standard, Server 2008, SQL Server (I think only a 180-day of that one though) and Vista Ultimate, full versions. I'm going to mine on Thursday, combine it with free Office from this promotion and I've got a full computer's worth of software for free :D.
 
GoldenTiger said:
They did... the Heroes Happen Here events nationwide gave away free Visual Studio 2008 Standard, Server 2008, SQL Server (I think only a 180-day of that one though) and Vista Ultimate, full versions. I'm going to mine on Thursday, combine it with free Office from this promotion and I've got a full computer's worth of software for free :D.
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Its true with the Heroes Happen here, We got full versions of Vista Ultimate, Visual Studio Standard, Windows Server Enterprise, and Windows Server Enterprise Virtual Key... The Vista ultimate was a welcomed suprise for me.. Now just waiting for my other 2 copies of Vista ultimate....
 
FrozenLiquidity said:
Well. I got to select my product and even confirmed it with them afterwards. Four months later now, not a single e-mail, and they won't respond to mine. :mad:
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what i got on 12 Mar 2008

Thank you for participating in the Windows Feedback Program!

This message is to notify you that your 3 months participation term has completed, and we are getting ready to ship your product. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. You will receive another email from us when shipments have gone out.

We have received many product selection changes and mailing address corrections from program participants and believe we have implemented all of those changes. Please verify that the below information is correct and notify us if you need us to make another change prior to shipping.

Your product selection:
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit DVD)

Your address:
removed


You may also continue to receive an occasional invitation to participate in a Windows product survey, though this is not guaranteed. Your participation in surveys is optional.
[FONT='Calibri', 'sans-serif']We would love to keep you in our program and offer new incentives. If you continue participating in the automated feedback program through March 30, 2008, you will receive a sweepstakes entry for a chance to win USD $5000 cash. For complete sweepstake rules, including alternative entry methods, visit [/font][FONT='Calibri', 'sans-serif']Official Rules, Windows Feedback Program Sweepstakes[/font][FONT='Calibri', 'sans-serif']. There is no purchase required to enter. The sweepstakes program is open only to legal residents of the United States who are at least 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Please check http://wfp.microsoft.com for new incentives before you uninstall the feedback tool.[/font]
If you would like to stop sending data as part of the automated feedback program now, you are free to uninstall our tool today using this utility: http://wfp.microsoft.com/App_Client/wfpclean.exe

Please do not remove yourself from the program by sending a “remove” request to [email protected] until your product selection has arrived, so that we can resend it to you in case you don’t receive it.

Thank you VERY MUCH for your participation.

The Windows Experience Team
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GoldenTiger said:
They did... the Heroes Happen Here events nationwide gave away free Visual Studio 2008 Standard, Server 2008, SQL Server (I think only a 180-day of that one though) and Vista Ultimate, full versions. I'm going to mine on Thursday, combine it with free Office from this promotion and I've got a full computer's worth of software for free :D.
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There were none locally. I just want to "watch" a couple of videos and get a free copy. ;)
 
may have shipped already. IIRC the same thing kind of happened with PowerTogether. copy of vista just showed up one day in the mail. but who knows.
 
I will have to see if I can find the email but I am pretty sure that it said something to the sort of "All items will ship with 6-12 weeks of the finish of the program." So really I am expecting to see mine somewhere in the middle of the summer (probably June or July).
 
gregnash said:
I will have to see if I can find the email but I am pretty sure that it said something to the sort of "All items will ship with 6-12 weeks of the finish of the program." So really I am expecting to see mine somewhere in the middle of the summer (probably June or July).
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I don't remember that part. I do remember the part in my latest email (end of march) saying that they're double checking on mailing addresses and it will ship out early april (April 7th sticks in my head for some reason) so therefore we should get it late april/early may.
 
gregnash said:
I will have to see if I can find the email but I am pretty sure that it said something to the sort of "All items will ship with 6-12 weeks of the finish of the program." So really I am expecting to see mine somewhere in the middle of the summer (probably June or July).
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if u read above in the email i posted it says 4-6 weeks which in 2 days will be 6 weeks
 
From the email:

This message is to notify you that we are ready to ship your product. Please allow until end of April for delivery. You will receive another email from us when shipments have gone out.
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They better be doing shipments this week, and we better get emails by friday. Otherwise they aren't going to make the end of april deadline.
 
sderden said:
Its true with the Heroes Happen here, We got full versions of Vista Ultimate, Visual Studio Standard, Windows Server Enterprise, and Windows Server Enterprise Virtual Key... The Vista ultimate was a welcomed suprise for me.. Now just waiting for my other 2 copies of Vista ultimate....
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The Windows Server 2008 key that was given out during the HHH event is only good for 1 year. :( and the Vista Ultimate was 32 bit. A 64 bit DVD image could probably be downloaded and the provided key used.
 
Fenris_Ulf said:
The Windows Server 2008 key that was given out during the HHH event is only good for 1 year. :( and the Vista Ultimate was 32 bit. A 64 bit DVD image could probably be downloaded and the provided key used.
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I already used my Ultimate key from the Heroes Happen Here event on a 64-bit SP1 Vista disc, worked/activated perfectly :D. The Visual Studio 2008 Standard is a full version as well. The Server 2008 supposedly doesn't expire, but I don't think it's licensed after the year technically, unfortunately :(.
 
Microsoft historically batch ships these things from a third part shipper and everything I have received from them is shipped USPS. Don't be too disappointed if it doesn't show up by Saturday. It's free and will be shipped on their terms and time schedule.
 
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