Is this a legitamant full retail MS Office product or counterfeit?

[Julien321]

Ordered full retail Office Standard from Softwaremedia.com and received a
flat pack with a so called "free upgrade" to full retail Office Professional.
The pack says Launch 2007 Resource Kit and it has instructions to go to
www.launchtour2007.com/download to download the program. They said it was a
promotion that MS was running and it is a 100% full retail (I could change
computers and upgrade in the future), has a key, MS supported, can be burned
to a DVD, and used just like any other full retail version. It sure smells
like a fish so before I open it I want to be sure.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Multiposted and answered.

 

[Peter2]

Peter, I have a similar concern. Bought from a different vendor. I wonder
if MS has an address where you can type the product key in before you install
to see if the key is valid.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

AFAIK, the launch packs are full legit retail (given out to attendees free
of charge) - if you got it at a launch event. Buying it from a vendor
doesn't necessarily void the license but it does "smell" somewhat. You
should report them to (e-mail address removed)