| 1 | From: MIT MS Campus Agreement <ms-campus-agreement@MIT.EDU> |
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| 2 | Subject: Windows Vista upgrade - student download |
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| 4 | Greetings, |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | Thank-you for visiting Information Services and Technology's (IS&T) download |
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| 7 | site for Windows Vista Enterprise. This software upgrade service is |
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| 8 | provided via MIT's Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA). |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | MIT has signed a three year Campus Agreement with Microsoft effective |
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| 11 | through June 2007 which allows IS&T to provide Windows Vista Enterprise |
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| 12 | software upgrades at no cost to MIT undergraduate and graduate students. |
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| 13 | MIT students are entitled to install this software on one personally owned |
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| 14 | machine to be used for educational purposes. Graduating students retain the |
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| 15 | continued right to run the last version of the software received while at |
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| 16 | MIT by completing the Campus Agreement Student License Confirmation. This |
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| 17 | agreement will be e-mailed to you during your last semester at MIT. |
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| 18 | |
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| 19 | Undergraduate or graduate students who withdraw, transfer, or otherwise |
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| 20 | leave MIT prior to graduation do not have the continued right to use this |
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| 21 | software and should delete it from your machines. |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | Your right to use the software shall be governed by the most current license |
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| 24 | rights, which you may view at |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | <http://www.microsoft.com/education/license/terms.asp>. |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | The following website includes helpful information about Windows Vista |
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| 29 | Enterprise and topics to consider prior to upgrading one's machine |
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| 31 | <http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=735> |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | Windows Vista Enterprise does not require a product key to install or use |
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| 34 | the software. Instead, Activation is used instead of a product key. If |
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| 35 | properly configured, your machine will automatically activate when on the |
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| 36 | MIT Network. If you have troubles activating your system or are using on a |
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| 37 | machine that is not on the MIT Network, such as a home machine, see the |
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| 38 | Activation instructions at |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | <http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8299> |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | IS&T wishes to remind colleagues and students of the importance of keeping |
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| 43 | one's computer current with operating system patches. IS&T recommends the |
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| 44 | use of vendor's automatic update services in tandem of our local |
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| 45 | implementations of... |
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| 47 | MIT Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) |
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| 48 | <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/> |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | What is MIT Windows Automatic Update Service? |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | The MIT Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) enables the MIT community to |
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| 53 | utilize Microsoft's "Automatic Update" feature with a more conservative |
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| 54 | selection of patches -- focused on critical security updates -- than those |
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| 55 | available directly from Microsoft. This service may be used by MIT faculty, |
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| 56 | staff, and students on MIT-owned and personal machines. |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | Should you have any questions or concerns about the operating system |
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| 59 | upgrade, please contact the Computing Help Desk, <computing-help@mit.edu> |
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| 60 | Questions, comments or suggestions about the Campus Agreement may be |
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| 61 | directed to the Software Release Team, <swrt@mit.edu> |
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| 62 | |
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| 63 | Cordially, |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | Information Services and Technology |
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