xp pro student edition?
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i have a student upgrade version to XP pro. cost about £35 years ago. you just need a windows 98se (others work too) to shove in before you install. If you already have windows installed you can boot of it and it will install without having to shove in an old disk.
AFAIK there is not a plain student version of XP, just the upgrade.
AFAIK there is not a plain student version of XP, just the upgrade.
I know a few web sites that provide student discounts for software but they all seem to only offer the upgrade to XP Pro for students, rather than a full Install disc, and even having a look on the Micosoft Web site suggests that this is by design and a licence limitation imposed by MS themselves, rather than the retailer.
Do you have an existing copy of Windows (anything from 98 up would do) to upgrade from? The alternative would be to purchase an OEM copy of Home or Pro directly from a store that supplies it.
Do you have an existing copy of Windows (anything from 98 up would do) to upgrade from? The alternative would be to purchase an OEM copy of Home or Pro directly from a store that supplies it.
Hamish said:With my uni there is a site where I can just login and download any microsoft product apart from Office for free, XP / server 2003 anything really, maybe you have that but dont know about it.
This sounds like the Microsoft Academic Alliance and is usualy only available to Computer Science/Computing/Informatics departments.
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JustinW said:
Depending on the Uni's compus agreements, it's likely that everyone has a license for XP and Office.
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FrankJH said:
As i've said, the Uni most probably has a Compus agreement which covers everyone enrolled student for the life of their course.
Its paid on a subscription basis and is different then educational discounts on a open license agreement or other volume license agreement.
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This isnt the case for all Universities however. At the University I work at, our Campus Agreement covers one copy of Office and XP Pro for all full-time staff. Students are only covered IF their computers were bought by the University or from a research grant on behalf of the University (this pretty much rules out the majority of undergraduates).
As you can see here , Microsoft Campus is based upon numbers of Full-Time Employees, so this makes sense.
Students here are covered by the Student Select Scheme, which entitles them to discounted prices on specific Microsoft products (including Office and XP Pro upgrade).
Of course it is possible that certain Universities/ departments within Universities could have purchased these products on behalf of their students. The only way to find out for sure is to ask your institution. However I felt that I should point out that the Campus agreement is not a licence to burn copies of Windows willy-nilly
As you can see here , Microsoft Campus is based upon numbers of Full-Time Employees, so this makes sense.
Students here are covered by the Student Select Scheme, which entitles them to discounted prices on specific Microsoft products (including Office and XP Pro upgrade).
Of course it is possible that certain Universities/ departments within Universities could have purchased these products on behalf of their students. The only way to find out for sure is to ask your institution. However I felt that I should point out that the Campus agreement is not a licence to burn copies of Windows willy-nilly
There is a distinct difference between the Select, Campus Licence and the Academic Alliance. I won't go into the differences here but suffice to say the only one that allows students free use of any MS product on their home PC is the Academic Alliance and the Academic Alliance covers individual departments within an institution rather than the entire institution.
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