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duragezic

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A couple weeks ago I got an email saying our school is registered with this program so here's your login info. I logged in.. the only thing I see is the Software Center. I'm in CS and EE classes, so some of their developer tools might be useful.

It says I can download stuff for free? Like XP Pro SP2 is a direct download link for free.

Usage guidelines say as long as I'm enrolled in a course and it's for my own personal computer.

So I can get any of the MS software on there for free?? I knew University's often had excellent academic pricing, but mine never has until this. All of the software in the bookstore is still pretty much retail price.

The only drawback I see from the FAQ is I can only install it once. Not exactly good for a enthusiast like myself who formats about once a year or when I do a major upgrade. So if I downloaded something and installed it, then got a new hard drive and wanted to reinstall windows and all applications to the new drive, I would no longer be able to use the thing I downloaded? It's a one-time install and download deal ? And it doesn't seem like getting CD media would be worth it if it's one-time install (even my POS connection can get a couple GBs in a day, that's if i don't get disconnected, but looks like they have a resume feature). But on their page it says once I get it, it's my property, and if I quit school I could still use the software (but not log on and get anything else).

edit: Bah, Office isn't on there. Ya know I'd buy some of this stuff if I could good academic pricing like you guys get ($15 for Office 2003, hell yeah!). But a couple of things on there might be useful. I need to do some C# stuff for my enterprise group, so I'd want the Visual Studio .NET deal. Then again, MS offers Visual Studio Express to anyone for free, don't they?
 
As far as I know, everything you said there is correct. I've downloaded (but not used yet - I'm waiting until I upgrade) both XP Pro and XP Pro x64, and burned them, and I hope to get Vista through them as well when that's released 🙂. It kinda sucks that they don't give out Office for free, though.
 
Yep, it's free to download, or you can pay for the media which is ~$11. I now have two legit licenses for XP Pro for my desktop and notebook, among other MS software.

Academic Alliance FTW
 
But if you format or buy new hardware, you can no longer use it? But can you simply re-download/request a new license? There's no activation or any sort as long as you have a valid key from the start?

Sounds pretty cool, though yeah they should really hook up the Office! I'll be a student for another 3 semesters, so that'd be awesome if they release Vista on there.
 
Originally posted by: duragezic
But if you format or buy new hardware, you can no longer use it? But can you simply re-download/request a new license? There's no activation or any sort as long as you have a valid key from the start?

Sounds pretty cool, though yeah they should really hook up the Office! I'll be a student for another 3 semesters, so that'd be awesome if they release Vista on there.
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I had to activate once after adding in a new video card. I had to call MS to reactivate.
 
So does anyone know if say I downloaded XP Pro 64bit, installed it, then got a new hard drive. I'd want to format and reinstall XP64 to that new hard drive. Would I

1) call MS and re-activate?
2) or does the installer detect I've already installed it completely once, thus the ISO/CD is no good? If so, can I just re-download from MSDN AA, or does it log your downloads and only let you do each product once?
4) Any other options? Like requesting a new key from the admin or whatever?

Considering it does say you can use the software on two of your own computers (like a desktop and laptop), I'm not sure if its the ISO/installer that only lets you do it once or if its the license/activation code, which if the latter could be handled by calling MS from what I understand.
 
Just call MS and reactivate. I've put one of my AA XP Pro licenses on like 3 different notebooks as I cycle through them and I've never had a problem reactivating.
 
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