Hi Ron,
I'm not aware that Microsoft has anything to do with Mindshare. You should
try contacting them directly.
http://www.mindshareworld.com/

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> having trouble signing up to the mindshare program?i set my username and
> password but microsoft said they would send me an email on how to activate
> it?but i did not get how long does it take?thanks ron