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According to: http://www.trolltech.com/developer/notes/compilers/vcpp I need to download a hotfix from Microsoft to get Visual Studio 2005 SP1 to work with Qt on Vista. According to: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930198 I have to email Microsoft to beg for the patch for the bug in their compiler, and they can charge me £67 for the email. Surely that can't be right!?! Why can't I just download it? Can anyone else confirm the above? Is there some other way I can (legally) get the patch. best regards Andy Brice http://www.perfecttableplan.com -- [ signature omitted ]
Andy Brice schrieb: > [...] According to: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930198 > I have to email Microsoft to beg for the patch for the bug in their > compiler, and they can charge me £67 for the email. Surely that can't > be right!?! Why can't I just download it? > [...] I can confirm that for Germany, you have to call Microsoft support and give your contact information before they send you an e-mail containing a link to the download. Well, that is Microsoft policy. They are free to choose the conditions under which they deploy patches. Not that I am happy with this procedure ... Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rainer Wiesenfarth -- [ signature omitted ]
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Rainer Wiesenfarth wrote: > I can confirm that for Germany, you have to call Microsoft support and > give your contact information before they send you an e-mail containing > a link to the download. > > Well, that is Microsoft policy. They are free to choose the conditions > under which they deploy patches. Not that I am happy with this procedure ... Rainer, Did they charge you a fee to get the patch? best regards Andy Brice http://www.perfecttableplan.com -- [ signature omitted ]
Andy Brice schrieb: > [...] > Did they charge you a fee to get the patch? > [...] AFAIK, no. A colleague made the phone call and got the patch. He complained about the procedure, but did not mention any fee. Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rainer Wiesenfarth -- [ signature omitted ]
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This sucks to high heaven IMHO. On 27/02/07, Rainer Wiesenfarth <Rainer.Wiesenfarth@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Andy Brice schrieb: > > [...] > > Did they charge you a fee to get the patch? > > [...] > > AFAIK, no. A colleague made the phone call and got the patch. He > complained about the procedure, but did not mention any fee. > > Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen > Rainer Wiesenfarth > > -- > INPHO GmbH * Smaragdweg 1 * 70174 Stuttgart * Germany > phone: +49 711 2288 10 * fax: +49 711 2288 111 * web: www.inpho.de > place of business: Stuttgart * managing director: Johannes Saile > commercial register: Stuttgart, HRB 9586 > Leader in Photogrammetry and Digital Surface Modelling > Please visit www.inpho.de > >