Despites Complaims Record Sales Are High

The Sales of Microsoft vista Sales pass 140 millions mark. But that wasn't enough to help Microsoft extend its string of lights-out quarterly financial performances.However , the results were skewed by Microsoft's booking of $1.7 billion in deferred revenue from its Express Upgrade to Window Vista and Microsoft Office Technology Guarantee programs as well as pre-shipments of Vista and Office 2007.

There profit dipped to $4.39 from 4.93 billon , shares from .50 cent to .47 cent per share. Thomason Financial analysts had been expecting profit of 44 cents per share.Microsoft's revenue during the quarter came in at $14.45 billon, up sightly from the $14.39 billon its racked up during the same period last year. Sales were particularly weak in Microsoft's Client division, which is responsible for windows, dropping 24 percent year-on year from $5;27 billon to $4.02 billon.