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Curious about Vista Upgrade Registration and Windows Live Signup
Hello all,
On Feb 28, 2007, I received two emails to my personal account regarding a Windows Live registration, thanking me for signing up. Well, I didn't, so I clicked the link to cancel the registration.
I *rarely* give out my personal email account, except to family and close friends, and to entities that I trust. On Feb 15, 2007, I finally managed to get my Vista upgrade registration processed and provided my personal email address to the third party vendor handling this upgrade.
Has anyone else registering for this Vista upgraded received unsolicited Windows Live Signup registrations?
On Feb 28, 2007, I received two emails to my personal account regarding a Windows Live registration, thanking me for signing up. Well, I didn't, so I clicked the link to cancel the registration.
I *rarely* give out my personal email account, except to family and close friends, and to entities that I trust. On Feb 15, 2007, I finally managed to get my Vista upgrade registration processed and provided my personal email address to the third party vendor handling this upgrade.
Has anyone else registering for this Vista upgraded received unsolicited Windows Live Signup registrations?
penguinspenguin
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 14:00
I have a hotmail account and I get the Windows Live spam all the time, and I havn't put in for any upgrades.ae38cb5bb8b0410
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 16:00
Same here, I have a hotmail account, I just ignore them for now. I know hotmail will be changing though. I don't know what flavor it will be.ae38cb5bb8b0410
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 17:00
Could be. Windows Mail, Outlook Express,MSN, Hotmail, Live Mail, who knows anymore?- I have a few hotmail and yahoo accounts which I consider 'throwaway' accounts. But this was addressed to my ISP provided email account, which I only provide to family, a few friends, and a handful of trusted entities, such as Dell. Everything else is done using these throwaway accounts.
I was just curious if this Vista upgrade somehow submitted my email address for a Windows Live account, as this is the only time in many months that I've submitted my ISP provided email address for anything. ae38cb5bb8b0410
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 23:00
I've had hotmail for 2-3 years. You need a passport if you use Microsoft support for anything. They keep offering it to me but I just ignore it.
@ErnieZ wrote:
I have a few hotmail and yahoo accounts which I consider 'throwaway' accounts. But this was addressed to my ISP provided email account, which I only provide to family, a few friends, and a handful of trusted entities, such as Dell. Everything else is done using these throwaway accounts.
I was just curious if this Vista upgrade somehow submitted my email address for a Windows Live account, as this is the only time in many months that I've submitted my ISP provided email address for anything.
probably a phishing site- It's probably just me being paranoid.
I have a few hotmail and yahoo accounts I use for general shopping, forum signup, etc. But I provided my RoadRunner account when registering for the Vista upgrade and I rarely give out my RoadRunner account, only to family, a few friends, and a handful of trusted vendors, including Dell. But, I didn't realize they contracted out this upgrade to a third party.
I just thought I was 'coincidence' that I got a Windows Live registration message to my RoadRunner account shortly after registering for Vista. Also, all the headers and URLs in the received messages are authentic, all refer back to valid MS addresses.
Anyway, thanks for the responses. - The only thing else I can think of is that since Microsoft is one of thier partners then maybe you unknowingly allowed then to share your info with them... I vaguely remember keeping that box unchecked...I do know most companies will do that if you don't opt out.. don't know if that will cause you any problems I signed up for Windows live nothing bad sofar
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Posted March 3rd, 2007 13:00