Microsoftsale.org legit???

Eldelshell

Does anyone have any experience with these people? I'm looking to build a gaming rig and found this place where they sell Windows 10 Home for US$35 and Windows 8.1 Pro for US$30

http://microsoftsale.org/Windows10Home

Is this place legit? They state they are but I'm not used to getting things for free or for such a discount.

Tsaukpaetra

Nope.
Based on the HTML comment:
 someone did a real quick copy-paste of template and replaced the text and pictures.

Not to mention everything is "out of stock" when you go to their "buy" page.

Not legit at all.

Fox

Looks like someone should set up an appointment for an unexpected virus scaaaaan~

Maciejasjmj

@Eldelshell said:

Is this place legit? They state they are

Well, who are you to argue with them? Speaking of it, I'm actually an absolutely legitimate Nigerian prince and boy, do I have an offer for you...

Wukl

I've bought a Windows 8.1 license at /r/microsoftsoftwareswap for $30. I don't know how legal it is, but it activated fine on a Microsoft ISO and upgraded to Windows 10 without problems.

Weng

Short answer: No.
Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooo.

accalia

@Eldelshell said:

Is this place legit?

$> whois microsoftsale.org
Domain Name: MICROSOFTSALE.ORG
Domain ID: D176170731-LROR
WHOIS Server:
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Updated Date: 2015-07-04T03:45:49Z
Creation Date: 2015-05-04T14:51:29Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2016-05-04T14:51:29Z
Sponsoring Registrar: eNom, Inc.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 48
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registrant ID: 537e559e0ebc27ea
Registrant Name: WhoisGuard Protected
Registrant Organization: WhoisGuard, Inc.
Registrant Street: P.O. Box 0823-03411
Registrant City: Panama
Registrant State/Province: Panama
Registrant Postal Code: 00000
Registrant Country: PA
Registrant Phone: +507.8365503
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +51.17057182
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: legal@whoisguard.com
Admin ID: 537e559e0ebc27ea
Admin Name: WhoisGuard Protected
Admin Organization: WhoisGuard, Inc.
Admin Street: P.O. Box 0823-03411
Admin City: Panama
Admin State/Province: Panama
Admin Postal Code: 00000
Admin Country: PA
Admin Phone: +507.8365503
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +51.17057182
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: legal@whoisguard.com
Tech ID: 537e559e0ebc27ea
Tech Name: WhoisGuard Protected
Tech Organization: WhoisGuard, Inc.
Tech Street: P.O. Box 0823-03411
Tech City: Panama
Tech State/Province: Panama
Tech Postal Code: 00000
Tech Country: PA
Tech Phone: +507.8365503
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +51.17057182
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: legal@whoisguard.com
Name Server: SID.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Name Server: NELLY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2015-12-16T19:02:28Z <<<

hmm.... privacy enabled domaincreated this year. yeah. nope.

blakeyrat

I have never seen anything that looks less legit than that.

Talk to your employer, if they have any MSDN subscriptions at all, they probably have at least a few extra Windows 10 keys to hand out. If not, they might have signed up for that MS program that gives Microsoft-employee like discounts to non-Microsoft companies.

Eldelshell

Well, let's hope this bumps up on searches so people don't fall on this trap.

Weng

If you have to ask if anything is legit, it's not.

AlexMedia

They have a Support page where they mention an address:

250 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco, CA
94102, USA

A quick search on Google brings me to El Castillito Taqueria's Yelp page, a Mexican taco shop which is listed on that address. Street View seems to confirm this:

So, totally legit. Absolutely. No doubt possible.

blakeyrat

I want a taco.

Fox

Hey, the building makes no mention of what sort of businesses (if any) operate on the second and third floors. And I would not be surprised to learn that microsoftsale.org operates out of one of those rooms.

AlexMedia

To me it looks like the two floors above the taco shop are home(s). I wouldn't be surprised if the guy who runs the taco shop lives there... his commute must be awesome.

Fox

cheong

@blakeyrat said:

they probably have at least a few extra Windows 10 keys to hand out

That's not legal at all as using MSDN keys (except MSOffice) for anything except development/test/demo purpose violates the EULA. If you plan to use it this way you may just find some MSDN key on the web instead, because it's same level illegal but at least it won't create trouble for your company.

Not to mention that most company (except realy small ones) buy Enterprise version of Windows license, that they won't be able to "simply give you key to activate" unless you have VPN access (i.e.: can connect to their KMS)

powerlord

@cheong said:

@blakeyrat said:
they probably have at least a few extra Windows 10 keys to hand out

That's not legal at all as using MSDN keys (except MSOffice) for anything except development/test/demo purpose violates the EULA. If you plan to use it this way you may just find some MSDN key on the web instead, because it's same level illegal but at least it won't create trouble for your company.

Not to mention that most company (except realy small ones) buy Enterprise version of Windows license, that they won't be able to "simply give you key to activate" unless you have VPN access (i.e.: can connect to their KMS)

What if your company has a volume license and each developer also has an ~~Ultimate~~Enterprise MSDN license?

cheong

It's the purpose which invalidates the EULA that matters, not the number of keys.

If you only use your machine for development, that could be kind of okay. (Afterall MSDN licence itself follows the developer, not the machine. So as long as you keep being employed by that company, it should be okay)

Btw, since currently Windows allow you to setup in way that you login through your LiveID, I hope that they can also make it possible that, if you have MSDN subscription binded to that LiveID and has access to that OS's key (or alias created on Outlook.com just in case you need to create some testing account), it'll no longer request you to enter key to activate.

blakeyrat

Meh. Well. Either way the advice holds: talk to your company's IT guys, they're probably swimming in keys.

flabdablet

@cheong said:

If you plan to use it this way you may just find some MSDN key on the web instead, because it's same level illegal but at least it won't create trouble for your company.

If you're happy with that level of illegal, just using the default KMS VL key and running any of the third-party KMS servers somewhere on your LAN works just fine and causes no trouble for anybody.

cheong

That's fine. People setup up unprotected KMS deserves have their activation count stolen.

[spoiler]Of course that's only if you don't mind being sued for theft.[/spoiler]

cartman82

Twenty posts in and not one mention of piratebay, nor making fun of Blakey for suggesting a pirating solution?

Disappoint.

cheong

@cartman82 said:

piratebay

Maybe we need a poll on how many people here still dare to download software over there.

First, you'll need MD5/SHA checksum of target..... if you don't, you're trying your luck.

flabdablet

Finding the checksum from a reputable source and then using that as your Google search term works well.