Windows 7 Student Offer help

music4mybumhole · 6 Oct 2009 at 18:50

Don't know if anyone here will have had much access or knowledge on this one, but if anyone can help it'd be great.

Before I go ahead and order, Microsoft keep banging on about having an official version of Windows already. I had a dodgy copy of XP, then did a clean install of 7 RC.

So if I order will I still be able to do a clean install of 7 pro, or will it ask me for my original serial for the OS it assumes I already have.

Also, is there much point in ordering a disk, or can I just d/l and copy on a dvd.

They are offering Home Premium and Pro, which would be best to get to do a clean install, someone said Home premium was only an upgrade so it would have to be Pro.

Once again thanks in advance for any help.

ichigotowar · 6 Oct 2009 at 18:59

both of them are bootable i think, all you'll have to do is do a fresh install from the cd. I use pro anyways.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Oct 2009 at 19:46

I wondered this, are they upgrade versions as in do I need a legit key for vista to take up this offer??

meths · 6 Oct 2009 at 23:02

Tom|Nbk said:
I wondered this, are they upgrade versions as in do I need a legit key for vista to take up this offer??

Admittedly I'm just guessing but from reading between the lines I think to be fully licensed then yes you already need a legit key.

You can however install from scratch but whether the installation will ask for a valid Vista or XP key is not know by anyone at the moment.

If it doesn't then you will be able to install the OS and activate it but you won't necessarily be licensed to use it if you don't already own an official copy of Vista or XP.

jak731 · 9 Oct 2009 at 14:58

Also is student offer for retail or oem?

ArtificialFoxx · 9 Oct 2009 at 16:14

Upgrade editions are always retail.

It comes as a download, you can pay £3 extra so that you can re-download it for 2 years or you can pay £9 extra and they'll send you a disk.

alex24 · 9 Oct 2009 at 16:20

If anyone has a way to make a bootable Windows7 ISO from the downloads they send out I'd be grateful if you could share it. I've done it already with Vista, just wondered about windows 7. They'll probably be similar, depends on how they want to do it this time I guess.

Thunderbolt · 10 Oct 2009 at 13:27

Downloading Win 7 from MSDNAA, how long will the license last? Or is it just worth getting the student offer while its still available as I assume I can use that forever.

Daegan · 10 Oct 2009 at 13:47

AdamDaniels88 said:
Downloading Win 7 from MSDNAA, how long will the license last?

It's a perpetual license, you can use it indefinitely. The major limitation is that you're not allowed to use it for commercial purposes.

Thunderbolt · 10 Oct 2009 at 14:18

Daegan said:
It's a perpetual license, you can use it indefinitely. The major limitation is that you're not allowed to use it for commercial purposes.

Brilliant! Hard to know how you might use it commercially though.