Color blind...? (MSDN April 2003 shipment)

[Robert Schlabbach]

Hi,

I just received my April 2003 OS-level MSDN shipment. The accompanying
letter says: "All DVDs in this shipment are red. You may archive all
previous red DVDs."

However, all the DVDs _I_ received are clearly GREEN. And no, I am NOT
red/green color blind :)

What gives...?

Regards,«
--
Robert Schlabbach
e-mail: robe...@gmx.net
Berlin, Germany

[Andy Boyd [MS]]

This looks like a typo on our end - sorry for the confusion. As is always
the case with the DVDs, you replace all of an existing color with the new
color you were shipped. So, go ahead and toss the old Red DVDs, and replace
them with the new ones.

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Andy Boyd
Program Manager
MSDN Subscriber Downloads
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"Robert Schlabbach" <robe...@gmx.net> wrote in message
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[Steve]

Or do you mean the green ones .......?

"Andy Boyd [MS]" <and...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Andy Boyd [MS]]

Shoot, meant Green. That's what I get for trying to answer newsgroup posts
while on the phone.

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Andy Boyd
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"Steve" <ste...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Homer J. Simpson]

Is this how the initial mistake was made? :-p

"Andy Boyd [MS]" <and...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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[John]

I'm a little late to this one but here is my story. I have always had CD
Universal subscriptions. I just purchased a DVD subscription. MS sent me a
whole new case with a bunch of black, green, blue, gray, yellow and maybe
another color or two DVDs.

How do I know if I have everything (a complete set) and what to archive? Do
I go ahead and archive all red DVDs and replace with the green April DVDs?
What about all those other colors?

I tried to check the shipment index but it is pretty confusing. Thanks for
any guidance you can give me on this.

"Andy Boyd [MS]" <and...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Bryan Wall]

You won't know. The whole system makes no sense.

"John" <j...@nowhere101.com> wrote in message
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[Phil]

Andy,

It hasn't been clear to me how to handle the disks I receive every month.
But from what you're saying, the current set of any color should all have
the same month/year stamp .. correct?

And, I should only keep the most recent month/year release as the current
set in my binder??

So, at this point, of the following disks:
Blue #1219 Jan/02 "Developer Tools"
Blue #1745 Aug/02 "Platforms, Servers, Applications"
Blue #1969 Feb/03 "unlabeled, but appears to contain much of 1745"

... I should only keep #1969 .. right??

Is there a reference somewhere that could tell me what my binder should
contain, as of April/03 shipment, for my English Universal subscription, to
represent a current software suite for the developer?

Phil

"Andy Boyd [MS]" <and...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[MSNews]

I sincerely hope that the person who typed that letter does not have a
driver's license, or at the very least does not drive in an area where
traffic lights are common.

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[Lawrence Groves]

"John" <j...@nowhere101.com> wrote in message

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> Still confused here. Is it true that there is no way for me to get a list
> of what discs I should have in my DVD set at this point in time?
>
> I've had the subscription for about a month. The reason I worry is that
the
> first shipment they tried to send to me for the new subscription seemed to
> get lost. Only part of it showed up. The zipper case and 2 DVDs. I
called
> and they sent out a new package. I "think" I got everything, new zipper
> case and a bunch of DVDs. Then a couple days later a large CD style
plastic
> case showed up with some more DVDs. This looked like my first shipment,
> although it had been about 3 weeks since it was shipped. So I don't
really
> know what I have.

Go to:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/packinglist/default.asp

and select 'all current disks' for your subscription level.

HTH, Loz.

[Ed]

Each month, we receive a Subscriptions Index CD. Does the new one replace
all of the previous ones? i.e. can I archive the March 2003 and previous
CD's because I have the April 2003 cd?

"Lawrence Groves" <lgr...@ducost.com> wrote in message
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[John]

Thanks. Looks like I am only missing one DVD. Feb 2003, 1786, MS Project
2002 Volume License Version...

[Lawrence Groves]

"Ed" <us...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Each month, we receive a Subscriptions Index CD. Does the new one replace
> all of the previous ones? i.e. can I archive the March 2003 and previous
> CD's because I have the April 2003 cd?

Yes.

HTH, Loz.