Microsoft Buckeye Bundle - Office Enterprise 2007 and Windows 
Vista Enterprise 
         

These products will be available on Tuesday, Jan. 16 to 
faculty/staff holders of Buckeye Bundle 2 licenses for on-campus 
installation. You will obtain upgrade media at Uniprint, 2005 
Millikin Rd. (Tuttle Parking Garage). Please note that currently 
Vista is available only on DVD media. These upgrades are not 
available to students or for faculty/staff home installation 
(Work-at-Home rights) until April because Student Media is not 
yet available. 
 

Special Note on Vista and License Activation

You will not receive a Volume License Product Key to activate 
Vista as you did with Windows XP when you obtain your Select 
volume-licensed media. This is because Microsoft is implementing 
a new volume activation procedure for Windows Vista for use with 
volume-licensed media. Microsoft is concerned about Software 
Piracy and the new procedure is expected to close piracy 
loopholes. 

With the new activation procedure, there are two types of keys 
that are used:

Multiple Activation Key (MAK) - This type of key is resident on 
individual computers but is encrypted so users are not exposed to 
it. This type of key might be good for an isolated lab where 
security policy does not allow any traffic between computers in 
the lab and the rest of the OSU network. It is also use when 
client PCs do not connect to the OSU network for more than 210 
days. This might be the case of an extended absence from OSU, but 
while using an OSU-owned computer. Computers with a MAK key 
activation do not need to be connected to a network to maintain 
activation. 

Key Activation Service (KMS) - This key is installed only on a 
KMS host server and never on individual computers. Vista copies 
using this type of activation are expected to be on the vast 
majority of OSU campus computers. They are computers that would 
normally be connected to the campus network. Vista activation for 
a OSU network-connected PC will follow automatically after 
installation of Vista. This is why most users will not need an 
activation key. 

When Student Media becomes available for student installation or 
faculty/staff for at-home installation, that media will continue 
to be INDIVIDUALLY keyed and limited as to the number of 
installations. 

Please note that if you have an OSU machine using the volume-
licensed media which you feel might need a MAK license key, that
you will contact your departmental IT support staff or Department
Network Administrator to discuss your needs.

For further questions on Vista Activation, please contact your 
departmental IT support staff or your DNA, or the OIT Support 
Center at 688-help, 8help@osu.edu. 

Many thanks go to an ad hoc group which formed a test team for 
Vista activation implementation: Brian Keller, Brian Newcomb, Tim 
Timberman and Bruce Woltman, with OIT Help Desk support from 
Kevin Balogh.