Windows 7 Pro $19 for students

[Crypto]

Confirmed. TINSTAAFL.

A sad day for ACM student members, perhaps, but I would imagine that access still remains. Contact ACM PA for details - as advised by the MSDNAA web page.

Lesson learned: ZIITL - z3r010 is in the loop.

Thanks for the info Antman, Yup Its Gone.

To all of you who fit into this category a big **** you very much! Your greed and unethical behavior have ruined this opportunity for those that it was intended for...

With all due respect....

:mad2:

Yea Tews, +10​

:mad2d)(d):mad2:​

anyway, if you have access, Computing Students, Just check out their Other benefits. I have found some great books there and neat things. I think I'm going to renew this membership. ​

P.S : Can someone pls. tell me, I have Visual Studio installed on 7 using the MSDNAA key. Can i use the same key to install it in XP which i have installed in the same machine ? ​

 

[rtp20in]

Yes!! They removed Windows 7

 

[pparks1]

It's sad...but it's just more proof I guess that tons of people "are" willing to pay for Microsoft operating systems....they just don't want to pay retail pricing and don't like the restrictions of 1 and only 1 computer that are often associated with those retail licenses.

But, that's why MS offers so many different ways to obtain this software. They hope to catch some people through some of these offers. The more they sell, the more money they make.

 

[Audioboxer]

Well my downloads remain in my history and I still have access to redownloading/keys.

Looks like they're just removing access for any new signups/people who haven't already downloaded.

 

[jshimmy33]

Well this sucks...my keys I have now won't be blacklisted as far as anyone knows, right?

 

[moadip]

Well this sucks...my keys I have now won't be blacklisted as far as anyone knows, right?

The time will tell if they are blacklisted.

 

[Tews]

Well this sucks...my keys I have now won't be blacklisted as far as anyone knows, right?

If you obtained those keys under false pretenses then I certainly hope so... If you are a genuine student, then what are you worried about...

 

[brandocomando]

hhhmmm, i started my download this morning before school, I wonder if it will finish. guess i'll find out when i get home.

this really bites i was just telling my friends about this.

 

[jshimmy33]

I am a genuine student; I just don't know how they plan on determining who is legitimate and who isn't.

 

[Antman]

I am a genuine student; I just don't know how they plan on determining who is legitimate and who isn't.

ACM membership subscriptions are forwarded to each school's Program Administrator. The PA is responsible for validating eligibility and then forwarding the subscription data to the MSDNAA program co-ordinator. A simple smooth process with relatively low activity.

The recent surge of subscription activity was anomalous and taxed the ACM resource desk. It is just a young lady pushing paper. A high number of subscriptions were not routable, and of those that were, a high number were rejected at the school PA level.

Or something like that.

A friend at the Virginia Council of Private Education is married to an Education Council member at ACM.

And for the Orbital one -

Gordon Davies

Open University (retired)
ACM Author Profile in the Digital Library
Milton Keynes , United Kingdom

 

[snorbaard]

Hello everyone.

I am an engineering student, signed up on acm.org, made my web account, opted in for MSDN AA and then this morning (less than 2 days since I signed up on acm.org) I got approved and logged in to the MSDN AA website. I was so glad when I saw I could download Windows 7. However, when I logged in again this afternoon to start a download of Win7 I saw all the other software on the list EXCEPT Windows 7, seemed that they removed it. Then I saw this thread.

There is no way to describe my disappointment, as I really do NOT have $299 to buy Windows 7 Professional. Thanks to everyone who committed fraud.

 

[Tews]

Hello everyone.

I am an engineering student, signed up on acm.org, made my web account, opted in for MSDN AA and then this morning (less than 2 days since I signed up on acm.org) I got approved and logged in to the MSDN AA website. I was so glad when I saw I could download Windows 7. However, when I logged in again this afternoon to start a download of Win7 I saw all the other software on the list EXCEPT Windows 7, seemed that they removed it. Then I saw this thread.

There is no way to describe my disappointment, as I really do NOT have $299 to buy Windows 7 Professional. Thanks to everyone who committed fraud.

When I read posts like this, it makes me wish I could line up everyone who lied their way into the ACM program and pimp slap some moral conscience into them...

 

[Antman]

There is no way to describe my disappointment, as I really do NOT have $299 to buy Windows 7 Professional. Thanks to everyone who committed fraud.

Contact your school's ACM Program Coordinator.

 

[1Bowtie]

Well you can thank a few more while your at it, some got Win 7 in four languages and got 8 keys, my question is WHY??? one is all you need.

 

[Zen00]

1-up, that's why.

I have four keys already from various legal sources. I wouldn't mind finding more, if you know anyplace near Provo where I can get them, let me know!

 

[lawrywild]

Well you can thank a few more while your at it, some got Win 7 in four languages and got 8 keys, my question is WHY??? one is all you need.

How do you know if 1 key is all someone needs :sarc:

A LOT of us have more than 1 computer for ourselves, A LOT of us change motherboards often and A LOT of us will install Windows 7 on family members computers.

 

[Tews]

Well you can thank a few more while your at it, some got Win 7 in four languages and got 8 keys, my question is WHY??? one is all you need.

How do you know if 1 key is all someone needs :sarc:

A LOT of us have more than 1 computer for ourselves, A LOT of us change motherboards often and A LOT of us will install Windows 7 on family members computers.

A Lot of you are outta luck!!

 

[Antman]

A LOT of us have more than 1 computer for ourselves, A LOT of us change motherboards often and A LOT of us will install Windows 7 on family members computers.

This statement is completely out of line. It reveals either a flaw in reason or character - certainly a flaw in judgement.

 

[pparks1]

How do you know if 1 key is all someone needs :sarc:

A LOT of us have more than 1 computer for ourselves, A LOT of us change motherboards often and A LOT of us will install Windows 7 on family members computers.

And here in lies a massive part of the whole problem. Programs like this do NOT allow you to use this software, obtained through this program, to "install Windows 7 on family members computers". Think again about why this removal happened in the first place. It was because the program was being abused.

I mean seriously, I work in a shop where we have volume license copies of the software and MAK keys (multiple activation keys). But that does not in any way shape or form give me the right to install it on 1 of my own personal computers at my house let alone a family members computer. You gotta pay attention to the rules and do things as they are intended or it's taken away.

 

[Tews]

How do you know if 1 key is all someone needs :sarc:

A LOT of us have more than 1 computer for ourselves, A LOT of us change motherboards often and A LOT of us will install Windows 7 on family members computers.

And here in lies a massive part of the whole problem. Programs like this do NOT allow you to use this software, obtained through this program, to "install Windows 7 on family members computers". Think again about why this removal happened in the first place. It was because the program was being abused.

I mean seriously, I work in a shop where we have volume license copies of the software and MAK keys (multiple activation keys). But that does not in any way shape or form give me the right to install it on 1 of my own personal computers at my house let alone a family members computer. You gotta pay attention to the rules and do things as they are intended or it's taken away.

+1 Well said!! Too many people have too little, and or no, sense of what is ethical and right....