Win7 Student copy expiration?

[cokeonice]

My colleagues and I were discussing various things regarding Win7. The topic somehow got onto how cheap a student at our local university here can purchase MS products. My son, who is a student there, bought Win7 Ultimate for $18.99 and MS Office 2007 for $18.99.

One of my colleagues stated that the software the students purchase use VLK's and that they are set to expire in four years. Does anyone know if that is true?

 

[Jonathan_King]

I haven't heard anything to that tune. Whether they use VLKs are not, I believe a key will never expire.

 

[richc46]

As Jon has just said, I have read in many posts, the discounts are to help students, financially. The keys are regular keys, based upon all the posts that I have read.

 

[DeaconFrost]

Those are typically standard retail keys, which are handled like all other retail licenses. I don't know the rules, in terms of what happens when the student graduates and is no longer affiliated with the school, but they license won't expire.

 

[pparks1]

I've also never heard of licenses like these expiring after X number of years.