Re: [GD-Windows] Getting Windows logo for Web page

[Mitch H. <mi...@de...>]

I just recently (this morning) looked into this.  Is it really the case that
trying to get a Windows logo for a product requires a $400 VeriSign login
account? [?!]  Did I miss something?  I also need a Windows logo for a
product, but...

At www.microsoft.com/winlogo/ all that seems available is "Designed for XP"
or "Works on XP" logos.  No regular ole Win32 logos.


on 2/5/02 11:54 PM, Jon Watte at hp...@mi... wrote:

> 
> I found a "product graphics" section at
> http://www.microsoft.com/partner/businessresources/salesresources/
> However, it contains shots of the Windows retail box, rather than
> the Windows logo. Most companies are rather protective about their
> logo and how you use it, so it might not be OK to just swipe one
> and use it.
> 
> I'm assuming you already read
> http://www.microsoft.com/trademarks/
> It seems from that that you really can't use their Windows logo
> without going through certification. I believe that may be their
> intent. Now, whether they're gonna send copyright nazis to your
> house in the middle of the night or not, I have no idea.
> 
> 
> As for curbing the "buy the wrong thing" problem:
> 
> You could have your web page look at the user agent, which most
> of the time has the operating system in it. So sub-string for the
> OS installed, and warn the user if the UA doesn't seem to match
> the package they're buying.
> 
> You could also put a cookie in the window that allows them to
> download the other platform within the next 7 days or something,
> assuming you have a studly database back-end that can properly
> validate/expire these kinds of one-time-use tickets.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> / h+
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gam...@li...
>> [mailto:gam...@li...]On Behalf Of
>> Brian Hook
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 6:44 PM
>> To: gam...@li...
>> Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] Getting Windows logo for Web page
>> 
>> 
>>> I don't think there's anything stopping you placing a Windows
>>> logo on a page, providing you have the standard "Microsoft
>>> Windows and blah blah, are trademarks of" and so on at the
>>> bottom somewhere. An awful lot of companies have this type of
>>> thing on their download pages.
>> 
>> Right, but where do I get the regular Windows logo in a form that's
>> resizable, etc. for placement on a Web page?  I had hoped Microsoft
>> would have this in some "marketing package" or something like that in
>> EPS form, etc.
>> 
>>> Having the "Designed For Microsoft Windows" logo though is a
>>> different matter which requires you to meet all kind of
>>> certification requirements, I guess this is what you saw on ms.com
>> 
>> Right.  The above is overkill, we just need the logo so that someone
>> doesn't click the wrong "Buy Now!" button.  That's a big concern for us,
>> because basically they're going to see:
>> 
>> Click here to purchase Candy Cruncher for Windows
>> Click here to purchase Candy Cruncher for OS X
>> 
>> And I just KNOW we're going to get people clicking on the wrong ones, so
>> hopefully pretty pictures will avoid some of the confusion.
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
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