Windows 7 student

samz2010 · 21 Feb 2011 at 16:49

So I am ordering my components soon and I need windows 7, I do go to college and have my own .ac.uk email however I can't access it from home because I don't think you can; it uses outlook at college. Can somone tell me how much the student offer is because if it's not much less than the normal price I will just buy it instead of waiting for half term to pass.

Also is it an upgrade or a full installation can I put it on a new HDD?

robinbredin · 21 Feb 2011 at 16:56

Hi you can get from HERE, and you can do a clean install of it see HERE.

asim18 · 21 Feb 2011 at 17:01

If you're studying an IT/Computing based course you may be able to get a free copy of Win 7 Pro through MSDNAA.

samz2010 · 21 Feb 2011 at 18:15

Yes, i'm doing ict software development, how can i get a free copy though?

asim18 · 21 Feb 2011 at 23:01

You will need to speak to your course leader or tutor or whatever. They will know whether your college/universiry has an MSDNAA agreement.

samz2010 · 22 Feb 2011 at 16:14

ok thanks, so does anyone know how much it will cost from the microsoft store for home premium or proffesional once you're give access to it? as a student i don't mind paying £30 or whatever.

King Damager · 22 Feb 2011 at 16:20

Through MSDNA Windows 7 is free.

You can check if your school has it here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/dd861349

kd

samz2010 · 25 Feb 2011 at 21:01

Yeah my college is on there, so do i get the login info from my tutors or will they need to download it for me?

Burnsy2023 · 25 Feb 2011 at 22:14

samz2010 said:
Yeah my college is on there, so do i get the login info from my tutors or will they need to download it for me?

You should have your own account if you qualify.

King Damager · 26 Feb 2011 at 00:15

Burnsy2023 said:
You should have your own account if you qualify.

A lot of school's don't really make you aware... go talk to your IT guys... and not the "IT advise people" the actual techies... I found they helped the most. Alternatively, if you're at Uni, your 'head' of first year will have the info.

kd

asim18 · 26 Feb 2011 at 20:33

samz2010 said:
Yeah my college is on there, so do i get the login info from my tutors or will they need to download it for me?

You need to request a new account. They will give you your own username & password to login and download it yourself.

It's really easy for University of Greenwich, all you have to do is send an email to something like [email protected] and they send you the details.

"andy" · 26 Feb 2011 at 20:36

At my Uni you just go through the schools site to msdna then put your Uni login details in at some point

samz2010 · 26 Feb 2011 at 21:56

checked the website, there is nothing about it which is pretty lame, geuss i'll have to go in monday and ask them about it.

Semple · 26 Feb 2011 at 22:01

"andy" said:
At my Uni you just go through the schools site to msdna then put your Uni login details in at some point

same as mine

samz2010 · 28 Feb 2011 at 15:56

Spoke to a teacher and apparently I need to be studying an microsoft course? anyone explain?

Burnsy2023 · 28 Feb 2011 at 16:00

samz2010 said:
Spoke to a teacher and apparently I need to be studying an microsoft course? anyone explain?

What course are you studying?

asim18 · 28 Feb 2011 at 16:04

That's unlucky then. Not much to explain. Your college doesn't just give it to any computing related course then. Which is pretty sad though, you said you're doing "ict software development", there's so much software on MSDNAA that would benefit you (just judging by the course name).