Some extra questions to clear up
So is there any support coupled with this giveaway?
Sorry to tell…there is none, but let me explain.
Foremost, please be aware that this is not an official Microsoft giveaway.
The licenses sent from here are promotion type, whose main purpose is for you to evaluate the OS to take the time to make the decision to buy it in future. It’s a tradition of Microsoft and most other corporations that they rarely provide support to promotion kits.
If you want the support from Microsoft, I’m afraid you’ll need to purchase retail copies at local software store to get that.
The bottom line is, you got the good for free, so you’d have to take care of it on your own.
Are there download links for Windows 7 disc?
Microsoft had never publicly provided any download links for Windows 7 disc, although leaks existed.
This site is not about download links to software, so you’d have to find those links yourselves or turn to other ways, for which I truly cannot help. Please understand me.
What does promotion license mean?
The license sent from here are promotion type, whose main purpose is for you to evaluate the OS to take the time to make the decision to buy it in future, although how much time you’ll need for evaluation depends on your specific planning.
Will these promotion licenses expire someday?
Unless you abuse it, it will not expire. Also, there is no time-bomb or anything of that kind coupled.
You can use it until you decide to replace it with a retail license, which is the original purpose of promotion license.
Words to some people
Well, it’d been good all the way down the giveaway, but at the end of it, hundreds of applicants rushed here. We all knew what had happened.
To be frank, I started this giveaway to thank my readers, not to attract more readers.
You should be aware that I didn’t toss any ad on Web. If all I want is visitor, I’d simply make this giveaway a routine one with one or two licenses to gift each time and heavily advertise it to get ever more visitors interested in that.
Also there is a fact that I don’t like professional freebie diggers. These people always try to sweep every free goodie there ever exists. That being said, I know among the winners of this giveaway, lots are this kind.
Even so, I still kept my words, purely in hopes of spreading some joy during holidays no matter who they are or how they got notified about this info.
Nevertheless, in my anticipation, there are certain basic rules for website free giveaways everyone knows well, like “don’t expect extra service” etc. Maybe sound harsh? But think about the fact the owner managed to get these licenses ready and users just came leaving their comments so some of them became winners. Were I a winner here, I won’t expect any more. A product key is enough. I believe many people would agree with me.
If there exists any ambiguity around this giveaway, my apologies here. I should have put them down in rules although I believe everyone familiar with my giveaways should know it already.
Large scale giveaways are always welcome while costly. I’m happy to see lots of people happy with their winning, but it’s hard to keep it up, especially considering problems caused by freebie diggers. So far from my next giveaway, I’d take some leisure time to think up a better idea under which I can truly touch hearts of true readers of this tiny blog.
Last but not the least, for people living in this world every day, there might always be something coming up not in your way, provoking your certain anger or dismay, but those things could never abrupt our happiness along the way.
I’m so happy here that I can help all those in need of certain helps. I’m also happy most people that won or not all express ultimate understanding and gorgeous greetings to all of us.
Thank you guys! Have a nice day!
This post has 20 comments
January 6th, 2010
I for agree with you. I also appreciate the give-away you provided. Thank you for the Win7 key. To me the key enough. As you ask and as I said in other post I will give my feedback on the Win7 from intall to first impresstions to actual running it. I almost got it set up and soon will do the feed back. Good luck on your blog. I appreciate you efforts and an a fan of you blog. Thank you.
January 6th, 2010
you are right
Any way I wish you a good luck for next time.
thank you
January 7th, 2010
well, whenever there is a freebie around, this kind of rush do happen and more rush if it leaks into some bigger forum. I too run a blog and i am a winner of Win7 key too here. I know how costly and tiresome giveaways like this big one can be. Kudos to UneIT for that. Also doing all this without any revenue from the blog directly is a very difficult propossition.
I wont comment on people who expect too much from everyone for FREE. Supporting promotional giveaways can sometimes be too much of work.
Anyway, Glad to find this place even though thorugh the alleged forum leak.
January 7th, 2010
You are right, but not everything you wrote…
Because I disagree that your blog is tiny, since I started following you, is being very useful for me…
Everything we do with care becomes great…
No matter the number of readers for which you write your blog, but the quality of them …
Because who really likes their news and tips are always following you…
And can be sure that I’m always following your blog!!!
sorry for my English it’s really poor!.
Regards,,,
Rafael,,,
January 7th, 2010
YES,,,of course….i agree with you…don’t get dishearten yourself..u did a great job,& great give away…we extremely appreciate..,most of us are thankful to you a myriad of times….i really enjoy windows 7 because of you… i pay my utmost gratidue forever…thanks a lot…
January 7th, 2010
i agree with you friend.i am very happy for the windows 7 key you provided me.As my broadband is very slow it is taking me ages to download it but soon it will be completed.Everyone was very happy as you announced that you are giving away windows 7 at such a large scale.I was also one of them.i am really happy to be a member of uneit blog.
January 7th, 2010
Hi,
Ok, it seems that I’ve triggered this post, so I think it’s only fitting for me to clear things up in regard to my request.
I never meant to sound ungreatful, quite the opposite in fact, your giveaway is most generous and much appreciated. Nor was my intention to upset you in any way. So, please accept my apologies.
Still, I think a simple question about any time related limitations to the validy of the keys is not an unreasonable request. And I’ll explain myself.
Since you’re the original receiver & owner of the promotion keys from MS, I assume that if any such limitations apply, you’ve been informed about them from MS right from the start. Passing on this kind of info – sorry, I have to insist on this – hardly falls under “support” or “additional services”. On the contrary, it’s somthing one should be aware of and I think it would be much appreciated as well.
Now, if you did imply it with the wording you used in your email and I failed to get the message in the first place, my apologies again. Though it would be helpful to know how long the evaluation period lasts, since I already stated that I don’t have a system ready to test Win7.
If I’m wrong in your eyes, no need to get upset, strike that request and let’s move on.
Thank you again for a great gift and looking forward to interesting readings here.
January 7th, 2010
Nice, i like it…
January 7th, 2010
@Terra Nullius
Sigh here.
I started this topic in hopes to address some ambiguities from the comments and mails I got these days.
I noticed you came here around the final day of my giveaway, when all the detail about this giveaway was clearly put in the blog entry I composed prior to the beginning of this activity. It said, “Licenses rolled out in Windows 7 giveaway are perpetual“. You can also find this claim in my congratulation letters.
The fact that so many people wouldn’t read what I wrote there at all made me decide to replace all the words with my latest notice to better communicate with all the people rushing here.
Clearly you missed what was written there, although that was replaced later by simple notices, but I only replaced it on the day this giveaway was ended. Judging from the fact that you were on the winner list, you must had the opportunity to read that before it’s replaced. Even if you missed the claim there, you still had good chance to read it in your congratulation letter I sent later.
However, apparently you didn’t read that, so I can only think you didn’t care about it even though you had time and chance to read it, but you did care enough to take some time to complain here…
Perpetual license means license that has no expiration, right?
And imagine, if the licenses I gave away here are trial ones that have time-bomb or expiration date, will I pretend that I don’t know about it? Will I say nothing about it? Will I still give away licenses of that kind? Who do you think I am?
I do feel insulted by some of your questions with your attitude.
As for me, common sense is there to eliminate all those possibilities you were worried about. If I decide to give away something, it must be something good, worthy to be called a “gift”. If it’s not that high profiled, I won’t gift it.
After all, I believe misunderstanding to a certain degree caused your misconception about me. I hope this can finally clear things up.
Have a nice day!
January 7th, 2010
Hi,
So very sorry Silver, this is certainly a misunderstanding on my behalf. I did read your posts and your email but failed to understand the meaning of the word “perpetual”, which I only realized right now reading your post. The only excuse I have is that I’m not a native English speaking person and my vocabulary is not that rich.
I never meant to insult you or doubt your intentions about the great gift you gave us all.
Since it seems that the more I talk the whorse I make things, I’ll be silent from now on.
January 7th, 2010
You did a good job, We extremely appreciate your Giveaways, I very thankful to giving as a chance to evaluate the OS by winning your license key.I like my new OS now windows7 and thanks to you
Thanks Silver
Best Regards,
January 7th, 2010
I appreciate the Giveaway you provided.
I realize you did a wonderful thing, not only with this ,,gift,, but with the entire blog. Good luck and from now on!
Best regards !
January 7th, 2010
@Terra Nullius
Well, just as I said, it’s the somewhat big misunderstanding between us that caused the trouble.
Now that we got it solved, I don’t see any reason you’ll be unwelcome here.
I’ll think about you definitely if I hold any giveaway next time :p
January 7th, 2010
I really appreciate good will and patient to answer not only in your blog but also private email. I won your gift and will appreciate as diamond.
Thank you again silver.
Best regards!
January 7th, 2010
I agree, you gave us an amazing gift and we should be satisfied, no questions asked. I know I am extremely happy that I won.
I am from the south and I was taught at an early age “you don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” you take what is given and you appreciate it. I appreciate it more than if I had bought it myself. I know that Silver cared enough to give a gift that some of us (myself included) wouldn’t of had a chance to have otherwise.
Yes, I am one of those that learned about the giveaway at another forum, but I am not sorry. I am very happy, not just because I won, but because I found this blog. I like it here and I intend on staying, I would have done so even if I hadn’t won.
Silver, you may not have been looking for more readers, but you definitely have one more. Thanks again for the amazing giveaway, if it hadn’t been for it I might not have found UneIT.
@Silver
Thank you for the well wishes for my granddaughters recovery concerning her lung transplant. She has had some complications, but we are hoping the worst is behind her. As I said before when things have settled down and I know my granddaughter is going to be alright I will install Win 7 and leave feedback.
January 8th, 2010
@ LittleM
I sincerely hope you can install Windows 7 as soon as possible. My best wishes for your granddaughter.
January 8th, 2010
surely all questions were cleared after this great text.
January 8th, 2010
I installed Windows 7 here and am enjoying it a lot, hope to remain so the windows 7 is perfect… And congratulations for your patience in answering all questions.
ps, I wish all success in the world for you!
Kinds Regards
January 8th, 2010
I appreciate for giveaway you provided.
all thing good
thanks Best regards !
January 12th, 2010
Thanks for the giveaway.I will install Windows7 and use the key next week.
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