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Subscribers will have limited site functionality this weekend [COMPLETE]

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Due to scheduled release activities for the authorization systems this weekend, MSDN, TechNet, and Expression Subscribers will not be able to use any of their online Subscription benefits, such as downloading files, or viewing or claiming keys. The Subscriber sites will be available for access, but functionality will be limited to that which a non-subscriber has. The release is scheduled to start Friday at 5PM and end Sunday at 5PM (USA Pacific times).

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  • Anonymous
    September 04, 2008
    PingBack from http://www.easycoded.com/subscribers-will-have-limited-site-functionality-this-weekend/

  • Anonymous
    September 07, 2008
    This release finished up mid day on Sunday ahead of schedule, restoring all Subscriber benefits access.

  • Anonymous
    September 08, 2008
    site is still down Monday 5:40 PM

  • Anonymous
    September 08, 2008
    Felix - the site is not down. I am accessing it right now and downloading files.

  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2008
    Site is still down as of Tuesday 9:30 AM. Been trying from both home and work since Sunday evening. Some Top Subscriber Downloads links seem to be working, but Downloads and Product Keys ... Manage My Subscription See all available downloads either return to the front page or go to a signin page that says "The Windows Live Network is unavailable from this site ..."

  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2008
    Paul: The site it not down. You have conflicting/corrupted Live ID cookies. Clear your cookies and cache, close ALL browsers, reopen a new browser session, try again.

  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2008
    The downloads are not available to me. Something is not right. I've tried on 2 different PCs.

  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2008
    John: Can you be more specific? What do you mean "not available"? Are they grayed out? Are you logged in? Is your subscription active? What is your subscription level? Have you checked the FAQ: http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/downloads/cc137104.aspx

  • Anonymous
    September 10, 2008
    Thanks for your response. I login (laptop or desktop, both running XP Pro SP2 and SP3) using IE 7, pop-up blocker off, no phishing. Also cleared caches and cookies. If I pick a category, Details is the only pick not grayed out. I have a MSDN account through Southern Company. This is how we get our VL bits.

  • Anonymous
    September 10, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    September 10, 2008
    The site still seems to be broken, appears to keep redirecting to a blank login page over and over again.

  • Anonymous
    September 21, 2008
    LIVE seems broken again. Not sure if things are still down or if the servers are up but I can't access things due to some funk on my local cookies. Either way LIVE is making MSDN look bad yet again. Frustrating to have things down for several days, rather than a smooth switch over...