I couldn't stop laughing. . . "Microsoft pulled the free software offer from its Web site Tuesday, which made free copies of Vista and Office among other applications available in exchange for feedback." It gets better. . . "Users will be required to install a piece of software on their computers for three months in order to receive the software for free. However at the same time the offer may have been tantalizing for some, for others it may have raised privacy concerns. For example, some of the information collected included Windows settings and usage, details on your hardware, file and folder structure, programs the user runs, and application crash data." Microsoft: Please stop! I'm not as young as I used to be. My heart can't take the unintended humor! For those wanting even more knee-slapping details, click on the source

I wouldn't mind Vista for free if MS had an occasional poke around my PC. As long as they didn't use anything personal against me (which, they wouldn't be able to anyway as it is illegal) I'd not mind. And I have nothing incriminating on my computer so... it sounds like a joke though. I POAST THRAD!!!!!!!!111!1!1!!

M$ offering free software then yanking it is nothing new. Read my explanation HERE why it's deja vu. i_Xp/VistaUser