Free Windows 7 through University?

[ThirtyThr33]

Hello again MR,

I saw a member post a link to some weird microsoft branch website in which you could see if your university/college was eligible to give students free microsoft office, windows 7, etc...

I discovered the link in a thread sometime in July but never saved it (stupid me) Does anyone know which website it was? Kudos to whoever finds it as this is a ridiculous post I know, but I appreciate it all the same.

 

[gorskiegangsta]

I got a free Windows 7 licence at my university's IT department.

EDIT: Found the link to the website I used to sign up for a free licence key: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic
Use the MSDN Academic Alliance School Search to find your school and see if you're eligible. If I remember correctly, you'll [might] also need to obtain an access code from your school's IT dept.

EDIT 2: Once you obtain a licence key from Microsoft, you'll be given a link to download Windows 7 iso (I got a licence key to Windows 7 Professional version) and you should also be able to request an iso DVD from your IT dept. (again, depending on your school).
In any case, I would try to contact your school first. It is possible that you can skip the registration with Microsoft. I got my second licence key directly from my University.

 

[goMac]

Check with your University. Depending on which academic promotion it is, they might have to be the ones to sign you up.

 

[unixperience]

Yeah i got a few copies of windows through there, and some office extensions.

I do highly recommend seeing if your department has CD media you can check out, because the installers from the site are .exe so you can't even download anything unless you have a windows machine accesible

 

[elpmas]

THanks