Windows 7 Ultimate for $24?

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This seems too good to be true, is it?

Just seems sooo cheap!

Thanks...

Benji

 

Looks like someone is selling there msdn or technet keys....

 

That's exactly what it is. There are loads of those on ebay and they're legit based on their feedback. I may actually get one myself as I need another key.

 

Got myself one for my netbook and within a few hours got the key. Working great.

 

I bought one myself, waiting for the key via email.

 

Is it legal for the seller to do this? Isn't technet supposed to be licensed to the person who paid for the subscription? Is it transferable?

 

I think it's illegal as I had to agree to pleny of terms/policies before downloading my copy of Windows 7 Pro from MSDNAA. I doubt MS finds it worth it the resources/effort to investigate into those questionable practices.

 

If this is legal and legit I don't see why more people aren't using this method. I may have to buy a key for the desktop we have. I know it doesn't matter but are technet keys an upgrade keys or full license keys?

 

msft has been known to disable msdn, msdnaa, and technet keys that get leaked into the wild.

 

It would not surprise me if this guy's account was canceled on eBay pretty soon, legal or not. All his feedback appears to be from today.

 

Ebay will then lose a lot of money refunding everyone who bought a license.

 

I just bought this deal, hope it's legit. $24 - $5 cash back for adding a bank account to my e-bay account = $19. Even better than the $29 student deal I could have gotten for Professional

 

ebay doesn't care about whether or not you paid money for a bogus license. They are not liable, you and the seller are.

The most they will do is to cancel the sellers ebay and paypal account.

 

I just bought two, Hopefully this is legit as I will be changing to Windows ultimate shortly after getting the keys. I hope there's no issues in the coming future with this key (Though for $24 I'm not guaruntee'd anything)

 

Just got my key via email. I did a fresh install and it activates.

I had a small scare trying to activate prior to the desktop appearing for the first time. It took the key but when I went to check the activation status it showed 3 days left. I reentered the key, closed both eyes, then when I opened them it showed activated.

So far, looks legit.

p.s. i'm definitely remembering this for Windows 8, LOL.

 

Just bought one, can't wait to use it.

Edit: Legit, upgrade works fine. Now using W7 Ultimate! =D

 

Yeah, Just got both of mine and installed using both keys on different PC's and both activated perfectly and passed WGA.

 

How did one person get so many keys? He must be banking

at least 100+ transactions for about $25 each so far. Thats $2500.00+

I dont think this can be legit, as in legal. With only a few sales I would not worry about a track down too much but with so many I wonder if MS will find this guys account and track down all the keys issued to him and cause them to be invalid.

I got one myself lol, so not saying bad things to anybody that got one, but I only got it as a backup I have Home Premium installed on my Desktop already and now maybe I will put this Ultimate copy as a dual boot on my laptop.

So far I cant say I see any big or notable differences between Vista and Win 7 and since my laptop does not fully support Win 7 thats why its going to be more or less experimental dual boot.

 

Well, with all of you having success - I'm gonna buy a Windows 7 Pro Key. Even if it does turn out to be a scam $20 isn't too bad.

 

Assuming the keys are valid, if you already have home premium installed, can the key be used to just upgrade it to Ultimate?

 

It should work.

 

Hmm. I hope it's the same as the "Anytime Upgrade Key", before I order.

 

I don't know what type of keys he has, but so you guys know, they could be action pack keys.

And this is how action pack keys work:
One key is given with as many activations as you should have licenses. So my action pack came with one Windows 7 Professional key, which has 10 activations. I can put that license on 10 different computers. But regardless of how I use it, once I have used 10 activations - the key is no longer good.

Hopefully you guys are not in a situation where you were given keys like that.

 

There's too many red flags for me. New UK seller, listed as a U.S. seller. No history other than selling keys for the last 48 hours.

 

This is a quote from the description of the item up for bid:

"You are bidding on a Brand New, Never Used Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Product key. It will work on 32bit and 64bit operating systems. This is a unique key from Microsoft and the buyer will have the only copy of that key. It can be used on one computer, but can be used multiple times on that computer."

 

Well, looks like he/she is done selling, no more items listed for sale. I know some of the auctions were listed to go for another 3-4 days, so either the keys are all sold, or eBay pulled the listings. Seeing as how the original link still exists, I think the keys are just all gone, or he/she decided to quit while ahead.

 

Well, I guess we can see if any of ours are the same since many of us got the keys. I'll post the first 5 digits of my keys and you guys can do the same to see if any of ours match.

Win7 Ultimate:
7PFRR
84G99

 

Ebay tends to pull auctions like that.

It is definitely not legal to sell windows keys as that guy was doing.

Microsoft antipiracy also has a thing going with ebay to shut down those auctions.

 

My Win7 Ultimate first 5 are:
W2X82

 

I saw that but that does not mean it's true. There are plenty of eBay scams that are constantly being used, most notably those on flash storage devices. How can you know this isn't one too?
I saw the same red flags as other users.

 

Because the key-code works so at this point it's not a scam. If in the future these keys are shutdown by MS because they were stolen or sold illegally, then lesson learned. But as of right now it's a great deal.

 

Win 7 Pro

BGH6T

 

Win 7 Pro:

My first five: CM9TF

 

Cheapskates

 

Hah.. I have no use for Ultimate. All it really has over Pro is bitlocker, and I don't use it.

 

I'm not saying it's one way or another. All I am saying is that potential buyers be weary that this isn't a no-risk buy. If it's totally legit, it's a great deal and congrats to all who got it.

 

Then we are on the same page because that's exactly what i've been saying as well. For me there are no regrets at $24.

 

Is there some chances for that seller to have a Win 7 keygen which produces unique keys?
I see some possibilities there!

 

That crossed my mind but those keys would have to be acknowledged by Microsoft's authentication server or database. The only thing a keygen will get you is to allow you to install the OS, which Vista and 7 doesn't require during install.

And if these were keygen keys then why quit selling them until caught.

 

just because a key is ack'd by msft as legit today does NOT mean that they will not invalidate it in the future.

 

Agree 100%. However, from my research MS has never deactivated PC's based on that, it's just that the key no longer becomes usable for activation. So it would probably be a good idea to install 7 cleanly,activate, then image the drive for safe-keeping.

Of course that's what I'll be doing, as we have no idea as to the origin of the keys. For all we know this could be completely legit, but I'm not banking on it.

 

But you can see that the seller has sold almost 138 keys in a month so basically its not retail keys. So, from where are the keys coming?
Also, Im talking about a unique keygen rather than a repeatative and that might be the reason that MS is failing to find.

 

I don't think you're understanding activation. Windows 7 isn't verifying your key is authentic. MS generates keys, and stores them in a database. During activation, your key is being sent to MS over the internet and they are validating it on their end as well (making sure it's in their database of keys that they, themselves, generated). If a keygen was made to generate valid Windows 7 codes it still wouldn't authenticate, because the key isn't in the MS database, because it didn't come from MS.

I agree, it's unusual that someone would happen upon 138 keys, but you never know. They could've ripped off a pallet of Windows 7 boxes and rather than commit mail fraud and waste the time going to the post office, they just took all the codes out and sold those. Unlikely, but you never know. I guess only time will tell if the keys get killed.

 

Ultimate, first 5

4CMJX

I had to RMA my hard drive so won't be able to install Windows for a week. I hope MS doesn't invalidate these keys before then

 

Exactly, if the keys came from a generator it would not have been accepted by MS.

I recently bought a new copy of NBA 2K10 (XBOX360) for $38 from half.com. When I got the game it was shipped from Kentucky and sold by Gamestop which included an invoice for $59.99 plus tax and showed it was fully paid for. I called Gamestop corporate and they said it was a legit purchase and they didn't know how the seller could make money from the deal.

You never know with these type of transactions. Here's another one. A few years ago I purchased on ebay Peachtree Accounting for $25 dollars. The program was released and was shipped in the retail box without the UPC code. It installed with no problems.

Like I said if it turns out to be bogus then all i'm out is $24 and it's a lesson learned. Btw I decided to be everybody's guinea pig. I reformatted my drive and will try to activate on the same laptop. I'll report back with the results.

 

update: I did another install and it activated again with no problems.

Can someone suggest a free disc imaging program, just in case LOL ?

 

I think Nero's free edition can do it.

 

Hm, i think after a windows update it may stop working. What do you guys think?

 

A future update maybe, but I've verified all updates as of this writing work perfectly as well as WSE and it verifies that the OS passes WGA.

 

That's not usually the way Microsoft works. If it were some type of crack to bypass activation then yes. But a key that's recognized by Microsoft's authentication server, then the answer is a simple No.

The more logical scenario is the key won't work in the future if you try to use it to activate your OS.