An organization for which my stepmother does volunteer work recently ordered a copy of Access 2003 from This Site - Westgate Media. The CD looks to me to be a bit.... off kilter in terms of looks in relation to what the Office 2003 CD looks like. It is supposedly "OEM" and includes a product key... but the key is printed on a red label rather than the traditional MS yellow.

I am concerned that this could be prirated software and I told her not to install it or even open the litte package it came it (which looks very poorly shrinkwrapped)... any opinions about the site would be appreciated.

Sorry... I don't have a scanner with which to import a picture... sorry

The best way to tell for sure is to go to http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/default.mspx, and check with MS directly. I would, in this case, as I think your right: this looks kind of fishy.

I think it isn't, look at this:



Correct me if i am wrong, but i thought Nero 6 was from ahead

could have been a genuine mistake; you see those all the time.

It's more than likely pirated. I'd report the place if I were you.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtote...884af30876.mspx

Product Type: OEM CD w/product key


<--- Even if the product is legit. This is still illegal.

OEM Software must be shiped with the required hardware.

So yea this is bad news from the start ..

sorry

Luke

If I remember correctly MS will change the product for a legit version if you show where you got the bad one from.