Because of piracy now Betas are useless and you are forced to upgrade and there may be so much issues you will just buy another product. Look at Microsoft AntiSpyware. I can't use the old ones because the ones expired. The reason I used the old opnes are not piracy (to m$$$) but because the new ones suck and my server could not use them. Microsoft has a funny way to stop piracy. Now just to use them on Windows 2000 I have to have GDI ??? I never had to use that with the old ones. Also I never was probably forced to use WGA just to use it (probably a way to force me to buy XP and not 2000). I feel like they are using me with Beta testing. I also don't like Vista Activation. Not because of pirrracy (sorry just mad), but because they could shut off support for activating the old Vista betas. Microsoft is just using people, to get people to test the betas, report bugs, give their reveiws, they may even force you to pay for the downloads, but then they just shut off your betas like your a freelancer, and a pirate. It's crazy those greedy corperations. Most places if you beta test you get it free but now Beta testing is nothing but a big fat scam for poor people, and middle class. Heck one company I beta tested a image interpolation program I get to keep my payware, and no activation, and without paying, and without being called a pirate. Heck I don't seem to like Microsoft Betas anymore. sorry for my rants it's just I used to like Microsoft Antispyware now don't want to touch the stuff. Even my grandma said my aunt didn't like the antispyware either. She even said it was like spying on her when she used it. It's like we don't deserve to keep our Betas but we have to pay for them or goto Jail. We don't have to test threm. Maybe we shouldn't until we get what we demand. To keep what we test.