From: MIT MS Campus Agreement Subject: Windows Vista upgrade - student download Greetings, Thank-you for visiting Information Services and Technology's (IS&T) download site for Windows Vista Enterprise. This software upgrade service is provided via MIT's Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA). MIT has signed a three year Campus Agreement with Microsoft effective through June 2007 which allows IS&T to provide Windows Vista Enterprise software upgrades at no cost to MIT undergraduate and graduate students. MIT students are entitled to install this software on one personally owned machine to be used for educational purposes. Graduating students retain the continued right to run the last version of the software received while at MIT by completing the Campus Agreement Student License Confirmation. This agreement will be e-mailed to you during your last semester at MIT. Undergraduate or graduate students who withdraw, transfer, or otherwise leave MIT prior to graduation do not have the continued right to use this software and should delete it from your machines. Your right to use the software shall be governed by the most current license rights, which you may view at . The following website includes helpful information about Windows Vista Enterprise and topics to consider prior to upgrading one's machine Windows Vista Enterprise does not require a product key to install or use the software. Instead, Activation is used instead of a product key. If properly configured, your machine will automatically activate when on the MIT Network. If you have troubles activating your system or are using on a machine that is not on the MIT Network, such as a home machine, see the Activation instructions at IS&T wishes to remind colleagues and students of the importance of keeping one's computer current with operating system patches. IS&T recommends the use of vendor's automatic update services in tandem of our local implementations of... MIT Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) What is MIT Windows Automatic Update Service? The MIT Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) enables the MIT community to utilize Microsoft's "Automatic Update" feature with a more conservative selection of patches -- focused on critical security updates -- than those available directly from Microsoft. This service may be used by MIT faculty, staff, and students on MIT-owned and personal machines. Should you have any questions or concerns about the operating system upgrade, please contact the Computing Help Desk, Questions, comments or suggestions about the Campus Agreement may be directed to the Software Release Team, Cordially, Information Services and Technology