Lembit Soobik
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Wed May 9 13:58:50 CDT 2007
John, paste it into WordPad and set the font to CourierNew or some such, then you can distinguish between O, 0, I, 1, l... Lembit ----- Original Message ----- From: "JWColby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Redeem your voucher > Yea, I typed it in too. No help. That also brings up the issues of is it > 0 > or O, 1 or I or l etc. At any rate, no luck so far. I did get a response > of "we'll get back to ya" from MS. > > In the meantime I don't need it anyway. I was just trying to get > something > free from the big MS. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hale, Jim > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 2:14 PM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Redeem your voucher > > I'm guessing this implies the voucher number as input isn't valid so they > just keep asking by recyling the same screen. Anything crazy like leading > or > trailing spaces, caps, etc in the number? Also, I've been on some sites > where cutting and pasting the number doesn't work, it has to be typed. > Why, > I don't know. Good Luck. > Jim Hale > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:59 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Redeem your voucher > > > It turns out that they don't even get to where they ask me for anything > other than the voucher number. I enter just that one piece of info, and > it > brings me right back to the same screen. I think it is a psych 101 test > where they are just trying to see how long the poor fool will continue to > enter the voucher number before giving up. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hale, Jim > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:38 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Redeem your voucher > > Also, make sure on the voucher l (L) is not supposed to be 1 (one) or vice > versa. MS get lots of laughs over this one. Jim Hale > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 5:20 PM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Redeem your voucher > > > Hi John: > > Possible problems: > 1. You are not using an approved browser like Microsoft's Internet > Explorer... Come the think of it, it is the only approved browser. 2. Are > you accepting cookie? The answer to this question is yes. 3. Are you > entering the correct username and password? Remember that both username > and > password are case sensitive. 4. If you have screwed up 5 times the system > will go off into space for a few hours before you are allowed to try > again. > > If you have done everything right and it still doesn't let you in, > complain > to MS through one of the page emails and you will be sent special > instructions/password and be able to retrieve your copy. > > Been there done it a number of times. > > HTH > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 1:48 PM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; > dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com; dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: [AccessD] Redeem your voucher > > Well, I watched the two videos, filled out the required feedback report > and > now I have received my highly coveted voucher for my free* copy of Visual > Studio 2005 Standard Edition. > > *Other than having to pay shipping and handling (which is fine) I also > have > to get the web page to ACCEPT my voucher (which ain't happening). The old > endless loop, comes right back to the same page and asks for the voucher > again. I even tried using MS POS Explorer to no avail. > > I wonder if anyone at MS has noticed that no one is redeeming their > vouchers. I wonder if anyone at MS is ASSIGNED to notice such things. > > Sigh. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > *********************************************************************** > The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or > entity > to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. 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