Hi Everyone, nearly a month ago now i requested for the free vista upgrade, to start with i managed to authenticicate the copy of windows i have on my new laptop, but then after i had to prove of my laptop purchase to microsoft and this was a pain and took nearly 2 weeks but now that is too Validated, now i am just waiting to see when it will be dispatched, here are my order status details:


Order Number : *******
Order Status : POP/COA validated
Shipping Date :
Carrier : Standard
AWB# :

As you can see the shipping date and AWB are both blank, what does this exactly mean and what does AWB mean???

thanks - Liam

had it when i got a free upgrade to windows xp 64 pro, Takes a while it will only tell you its dispatched very l8 but dont worry it does arrive and arrived like a day i found it it was shipped a few days before.

By the way, TOP NAME!!

A lot of folks are having this problem, basically the company that is organising the distribution for M$ is swamped, and they dont have enough disks from what i gather.  

AWB# = Airway Bill Number. Its a delivery number thats all.

Should come through eventually, although you might not want to bother upgrading.

I have just read a review of a 1.6ghz mobile celery computer with 512mb ram trying to run Vista. This sort of specification rates 1 on the M$ running chart. Seems that it can run basic office apps, but forget any fancy video options. The thing couldnt even play a DVD without skipping frames. Add the loading required for HD video and there are going to be a lot of computers out there that will groan and collapse under the strain.

My computer dies with XP trying to play HD movies, and its a 2.2ghz (overclock) 1.5gb ram beastie.