Free update PPC 2003 available of Microsoft (23 May-> owners) ...

Carlos · 06-27-03, 12:59 AM

Hi all

This Link of Microsoft it facilitated to us to obtain a free update of PocketPC 2003 independently of our country or brand (model) that we have... as long as it have installed PocketPC 2002 and have bought our pocketpc after of the 23 of May 2003...

http://www.ppcupgrade.com/

smellycamel · 06-27-03, 01:19 AM

Is this for real? It'd be really great to get a free update but the site doesn't seem to be a part of microsoft.com and, intuitively, I see no motive for Micosoft to give free updates to everyone when they could be making money off of it.

If someone has actually gotten the free update to work, perhaps you could post more info. :)

jeepfaned · 06-27-03, 01:59 AM

im betting its a fake...i dont see why they would put up a site for a free update.....and its not even www.microsoft
but when u click on a link...funny,,it switches to microsoft........hmmm
i dont know...but i smell fish!!

Raptor_dss · 06-27-03, 02:03 AM

Well they are still going to ship it to you, its not for download (why?). This is a way of avoiding having to call dell and just do it onlnie though i think.

Raptor_dss · 06-27-03, 02:05 AM

Oh i see what you mean now. Ah god i may have just given my name, address and number to a total stranger. Im not filling the rest of it out till we know.

slease · 06-27-03, 02:15 AM

Looks pretty sketchy to me. Too bad Microsoft makes it so hard to email a real person on their website or I would have informed them just now.

PrMedic · 06-27-03, 02:28 AM

Maybe I am totally wrong - But I thought the OS for a pocketpc is built specific for the brand and model.

In other words - There is no such thing as a generic 2003 that will work on any computer.

06-27-03, 03:21 AM

Don't know if this site(www.ppcupgrade.com) has anything to do with Microsoft.

:exc: (NSLOOKUP on www.ppcupgrade.com)
Official name: www.ppcupgrade.com
IP address: 216.168.58.123

:exc: (Whois on IP address: 216.168.58.123)
OrgName: digital.forest, Inc.
OrgID: DIGF
Address: 19515 North Creek
Address: Parkway, Suite 208
City: Bothell
StateProv: WA
PostalCode: 98011
Country: US

NetRange: 216.168.32.0 - 216.168.63.255
CIDR: 216.168.32.0/19
NetName: DIGITAL-FOREST-BLK-1
NetHandle: NET-216-168-32-0-1
Parent: NET-216-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: OAK.FOREST.NET
NameServer: WILLOW.FOREST.NET
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 1998-12-29
Updated: 2001-09-26

TechHandle: IZ30-ARIN
TechName: digital.forest,Inc.
TechPhone: +1-425-483-0483
TechEmail: support@forest.net

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-06-26 21:05
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**complete**

Raptor_dss · 06-27-03, 06:06 AM

Why would someone do that?

God if i start getting spam in the email i gave them.....

grrrrr...

bernie_rubber · 06-27-03, 06:18 AM

You gotta be soooo careful what you give people!

Raptor_dss · 06-27-03, 06:34 AM

phew, i went back and updated my user info and got rid of anything real. Chances they are trying to harm anybody with the info is like .1%, but must be sure =P

btw, i thought of one possible explanation. Maybey they are just testing the site on this server till its ready to go live on theirs. Whered the link come from?

silentknight · 06-27-03, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jeepfaned
im betting its a fake...i dont see why they would put up a site for a free update.....and its not even www.microsoft
but when u click on a link...funny,,it switches to microsoft........hmmm
i dont know...but i smell fish!!

Thats how phony sites work, they put
real links on the page, just to fool the people
that dont even look at the address bar...
these sites are not intended for geeks...

I get links like this all the time asking
for personal information, some look
more real then others..

bernie_rubber · 06-27-03, 06:59 AM

If you compare the source code of the linked page & a microsoft page they are entirely different...

And if you scroll down on the page you get a button with a link to e-storefront which unsurprisingly doesn't list microsoft as one of their customers!!!

Raptor_dss · 06-27-03, 07:10 AM

Yeah i didnt even look at the top bar, since it was a link from here and not somehting i had to copy past, and it certainly looked like their site to me. God am i glad i stopped before the credit card page.

deftech · 06-27-03, 09:55 AM

On the 23rd, the ACTUAL Microsoft website (Click Here for Page) linked to http://www.ppcupgrade.com for the Toshiba PPCs. However, it now says "(link coming soon)" next to the Toshibas.....but this might just be because Toshiba has pulled the upgrade. Since it was linked to on the MS site, I don't see a problem with it.....but don't take this as a DEFINITE answer.