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From: MIT MS Campus Agreement <ms-campus-agreement@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Windows Vista upgrade - student download

Greetings,

Thank-you for visiting Information Services and Technology's (IS&T) download 
site for Windows Vista Enterprise.  This software upgrade service is 
provided via MIT's Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA).

MIT has signed a three year Campus Agreement with Microsoft effective 
through June 2007 which allows IS&T to provide Windows Vista Enterprise 
software upgrades at no cost to MIT undergraduate and graduate students. 
MIT students are entitled to install this software on one personally owned 
machine to be used for educational purposes.  Graduating students retain the 
continued right to run the last version of the software received while at 
MIT by completing the Campus Agreement Student License Confirmation.  This 
agreement will be e-mailed to you during your last semester at MIT.

Undergraduate or graduate students who withdraw, transfer, or otherwise 
leave MIT prior to graduation do not have the continued right to use this 
software and should delete it from your machines.

Your right to use the software shall be governed by the most current license 
rights, which you may view at

     <http://www.microsoft.com/education/license/terms.asp>.

The following website includes helpful information about Windows Vista 
Enterprise and topics to consider prior to upgrading one's machine

     <http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=735>

Windows Vista Enterprise does not require a product key to install or use 
the software.  Instead, Activation is used instead of a product key.  If 
properly configured, your machine will automatically activate when on the 
MIT Network.  If you have troubles activating your system or are using on a 
machine that is not on the MIT Network, such as a home machine, see the 
Activation instructions at

        <http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8299>

IS&T wishes to remind colleagues and students of the importance of keeping 
one's computer current with operating system patches.  IS&T recommends the 
use of vendor's automatic update services in tandem of our local 
implementations of...

     MIT Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) 
     <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/>

What is MIT Windows Automatic Update Service?

The MIT Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) enables the MIT community to 
utilize Microsoft's "Automatic Update" feature with a more conservative 
selection of patches -- focused on critical security updates -- than those 
available directly from Microsoft. This service may be used by MIT faculty, 
staff, and students on MIT-owned and personal machines.

Should you have any questions or concerns about the operating system 
upgrade, please contact the Computing Help Desk, <computing-help@mit.edu> 
Questions, comments or suggestions about the Campus Agreement may be 
directed to the Software Release Team, <swrt@mit.edu>

Cordially,

Information Services and Technology