Microsoft Windows 7 Student Deal - $29.99[FULL - NON-UPGRADE]

If you're a student with a valid .edu email address, call the number below and ask to buy the FULL RETAIL version of Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional. They'll ask for your student email, name, shipping address and credit card info and if you want to download it or receive it on a DVD.

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Recently I saw a posting about digital river offering 29.99 for anyone with a student email address. You had to go to the website and choose which version and whether or not you wanted the 64bit or 32 bit upgrade. I placed the order and then called Microsoft Store to cancel my previous preorder. When I told they why the said they can offer me the full retail version at the same price. I signed up and canceled my order with digital river.

Here is what you do:
1. Make sure you have a valid email address with .edu
2. Call 1-877-696-7786
3. Tell them you want to purchase the full retail version of either Home Premium or Professional. Why anyone would not choose Pro is beyond me.

For an extra $5 you can purchase the disk otherwise it is a digital download.

Enjoy a full retail version of Windows 7 for only 30 bucks!

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http://www.sevenforums.com/general-d...y-29-99-a.html


Still working as far as I know, I ordered mine a few hours ago:

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3968/win7pro.png




EDIT: Deal is dead [10/28]
EDIT: Deal ALIVE AGAIN!
EDIT: Shipping is now FREE!

To clear up any confusion, this is the FULL RETAIL VERSION of Windows 7 Professional/Home Premium, the exact copy if you bought it at BestBuy/Amazon/Etc. It includes (2) DVD's 1 for 32bit and 64bit and the usual stuff in the retail package(key, booklet. etc.)

Just ordered mine THANK YOU I have been looking for something like this. I have been stuck since I have Vista Ultimate and have been unable to find any thing other than windows 7 Home upgrade. THANKS AGAIN!

Glad to hear it worked for you! :up:

I'm presuming that, as always, this is USA-only?

I already have my order in the Que but have not purchased it yet. I asked my advisor to see if our department is eligable for the MSDN academic alliance software. He is in contact with the guy in charge of it and the preliminary word is yes we just need to get set up. If this works out i will be able to get it for free. So im waiting for that.

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Originally Posted by SoulsCollective

I'm presuming that, as always, this is USA-only?

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It's worth a try to give them a call.

i tried this, when i call the said i had to do it online www.win741.com the offer is there 30 bucks but for the upgrade not the full version :(

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Originally Posted by hatakiller

i tried this, when i call the said i had to do it online www.win741.com the offer is there 30 bucks but for the upgrade not the full version :(

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I'm guessing it's dead too. I tried to call to get a second copy and they referred me to win741.com as well :(

EDIT: alive again!

I just got mine, Windows 7 Pro Full version in the mail I am 100% sure it's not an upgrade. Not sure if it was a short deal or something but I just called and gave them my collage email and placed the order and two days later got it :)

PS. You are limited to one copy.

Interesting I called them and they told me it's upgrade only for the student pricing.

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Originally Posted by Ral3l3it

I just got mine, Windows 7 Pro Full version in the mail I am 100% sure it's not an upgrade. Not sure if it was a short deal or something but I just called and gave them my collage email and placed the order and two days later got it :)

PS. You are limited to one copy.

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2 days?? Mine is still in Canada somewhere on a UPS truck lol

Deal is still alive, or was brought back from the dead. Call 1-877-696-7786, tell them you're a student with a valid .edu email then ask for Windows 7 Pro or Home Premium, Retail - Full version. Right now Microsoft is even giving free shipping so total comes out to ~$32 :up:

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Originally Posted by DeadlyFire

Deal is still alive, or was brought back from the dead. Call 1-877-696-7786, tell them you're a student with a valid .edu email then ask for Windows 7 Pro or Home Premium, Retail - Full version. Right now Microsoft is even giving free shipping so total comes out to ~$32 :up:

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Just ordered mine, $29.99+tax = $32.76 Ground shipping is free:up:

I did verify that it is the retail version of 7Pro also, again:up: Thanks for the heads up.

You can also get Office 07 Ultimate for just $60 by going to www.Ultimatesteal.com

It's a really good deal too.

guys do you have the option 32-bit or 64-bit? Thanks

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Originally Posted by JAWS

guys do you have the option 32-bit or 64-bit? Thanks

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Both. With the retail version you receive 2 DVD's, 1 for 32-bit and 1 for 64-bit :)

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Originally Posted by DeadlyFire

Both. With the retail version you receive 2 DVD's, 1 for 32-bit and 1 for 64-bit :)

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Thanks for the info! :up:

Wow, thats cheap!

Wish we had deals like this when I were at Uni in the Uk, but they only gave out discounted Microsoft software to IT / Computer related courses.

Gawd what a fiasco. Instead of sending my order. They sent me a cancellation notice.

So i call them up and they have no clue why it was cancelled, but regardless they say they will have to reorder it and refund my original $32.76 in 10-15 buisness days. So I'm like "OK fine reorder it, same price right?" She says yes it will be the same price. So I give her my CC info and after about what felt like a 20 minute wait she comes back and says bla bla bla you order has been processed and will take 5-10 buisness days bla bla whatver. She has not said anything about a total; and I know better so again I ask her "it is the same price I got on my original order right?" She says yes its the same price. After an awkwardly long pause I say "and that price is?" Without missing a step she says it was $299.99! And now Im like starting to loose my kewl and I say "woa woa woa I didnt authorize you to charge $300 to my card. "

I had to explain the whole student discount and price to her again. It was like everything we said in the beginning, she wasnt even listening and hadnt bothered to look at my first order even though we we talked about $32.76. And after about another seemingly 20 minute wait she cpomes back and says they she fixed it and the total was $32.76.

So I get on my card statement and she tried to run the $300 like 3 or four times. We will see if I ever get my stuff.

That is why I keep a credit card with only $200 limit on it and I refuse to let them raise my credit limit. They raised my limit up last year and I told them if they didnt lower it back to $200 I was going to cancel it. They dropped it.

does this work with any collage ??? such ass GCC ???

After a pm to me in regards to this in AUS, i went & researched it again.

I was wrong & the deal is not avail here in AUS unless you can do it like the way the OP stated.

I one i was referring to was upgrade thing. not the full real deal like u have seen here.

Yah 500 limit on mine, dang this seems too good to be true, after i buy my new monitor i'll check it out, doesn't hurt to have a 32-bit version for the older computers.

I have a .edu but I'm not a student. Very interesting. Think it would work? I just bought Win 7 Pro OEM for about $110 more, but I have another PC that needs it.

I hope the deal sticks around b/c in the fall, I'll have another .edu from another University. $30 is CHEAP!

UPDATE: I logged onto my microsoft store account and looked at the transactions. That dumb Bioch, 1st tried to run a double order at retail price $654 on my card. Then she ran a single $327 order on my card and after all was said and done she never fixed anything!! She simple ran ANOTHER $32.76 on my account!!

When I logged on to my account there were over $1000 in charges for W7 pro pending!! Needless to say I called them back and had them cancel the first 2 orders. Which took all of 30 seconds to show up as cancelled on my account. Thank god for a phone rep that actually speaks english!! She actually asked ME " how did she (meaning the other rep) do this?" I said "HEY! its your guys employee, you tell me."

totally F'ed up.

i received mine, it totally worked retail full edition:up:
first time i tried the guy guess was being an a-hole of prob annoyed at all the calls and refered me to win741.com which is 30 bucks but for the upgrade only, a week later i tried again and got thru, now i got my retail copy for 32 bucks....:)

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Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller

I have a .edu but I'm not a student. Very interesting. Think it would work? I just bought Win 7 Pro OEM for about $110 more, but I have another PC that needs it.

I hope the deal sticks around b/c in the fall, I'll have another .edu from another University. $30 is CHEAP!

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From what I can tell the customer rep asks for the email and tests to make sure it's active(ie: it can receive emails) and then asks for the rest of your order info. At the end you'll be told that an order confirmation email has been sent and that's all. You don't even need actual access to the email address, it just has to be able to receive the email from microsoft.

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Originally Posted by little_scrapper

UPDATE: I logged onto my microsoft store account and looked at the transactions. That dumb Bioch, 1st tried to run a double order at retail price $654 on my card. Then she ran a single $327 order on my card and after all was said and done she never fixed anything!! She simple ran ANOTHER $32.76 on my account!!

When I logged on to my account there were over $1000 in charges for W7 pro pending!! Needless to say I called them back and had them cancel the first 2 orders. Which took all of 30 seconds to show up as cancelled on my account. Thank god for a phone rep that actually speaks english!! She actually asked ME " how did she (meaning the other rep) do this?" I said "HEY! its your guys employee, you tell me."

totally F'ed up.

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I've found that if a customer rep seems clueless, tell them you'll call again later, hang up and redial and wait for a competent person to answer.

$30 is CHEAP!

ANOTHER UPDATE!! So far they have ordered and cancelled on me 7 times!!!. My last order is pending and I wont find out untill tomorrow. Ohh wait...Thanks Giving?? I guess Ill have to wait until next week to find out if they are going to try to screw me out of my student promo. I am getting the feeling htat they are trying really hard to NOT honor the student promotion they are offering.

They keep giving me STUPID REDICULOUS reasons for cancelling; told me because my middle initial is on my card and not on the order its getting cancelled. Also telling me that my card wont authorize the charges. Complete BS!! I called my card, which has a zero balance BTW, the rep for my CC informed me that they have approved the transactions a couple times already. That mean that MS is cancelling the orders of thier own accord. This doesnt bode well and unfortunately for them I AM the guy that will take them to court if thay refuse to honor the deal.

I shall paitently await my "confirmation email" that is promised within 24 hours.

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Originally Posted by DeadlyFire

I've found that if a customer rep seems clueless, tell them you'll call again later, hang up and redial and wait for a competent person to answer.

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Took me about 5 tries. Some say that the deal is not for the "full" version while others don't know what to do and simply redirect me to the website.

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Originally Posted by little_scrapper

ANOTHER UPDATE!! So far they have ordered and cancelled on me 7 times!!!. My last order is pending and I wont find out untill tomorrow. Ohh wait...Thanks Giving?? I guess Ill have to wait until next week to find out if they are going to try to screw me out of my student promo. I am getting the feeling htat they are trying really hard to NOT honor the student promotion they are offering.

They keep giving me STUPID REDICULOUS reasons for cancelling; told me because my middle initial is on my card and not on the order its getting cancelled. Also telling me that my card wont authorize the charges. Complete BS!! I called my card, which has a zero balance BTW, the rep for my CC informed me that they have approved the transactions a couple times already. That mean that MS is cancelling the orders of thier own accord. This doesnt bode well and unfortunately for them I AM the guy that will take them to court if thay refuse to honor the deal.

I shall paitently await my "confirmation email" that is promised within 24 hours.

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This happened to me too. If you want to speed this process up, call 1-877-436-1002. That's microsoft's credit card protection team, call them and tell them you're calling to verify your order details. They'll take all your information and afterwards the order should be processed. Make sure that it's for $32 as well.

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Order #-------
Order Date: 11/26/2009
Billing: Thomas ---------
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---------, NY ----- US

Payment: Visa
XXXXXXXXXXXX----
Exp. --/20--

If you ever need to log back in to the Microsoft Store, we have created an account with your email address. Please log back in with:
Email Address: ------@---.edu
Temporary Password: ---------
*You will be asked to change your password on your first login.
Thank you for your purchase:
Windows 7 Professional
Quantity: 1
Product Key: /////- /////- /////- /////- ///// $29.99

Subtotal: $29.99
Tax: $2.10
Total: $32.09

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Thank you!! That all just came in for me. Why people don't want the digital download is beyond me. :shrug:

Had to pay full price over here.
My daughter has stayed on at school for two years but they don't count that as further education!!!

What the hell else would ya call it?

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Originally Posted by vaio

Had to pay full price over here.
My daughter has stayed on at school for two years but they don't count that as further education!!!

What the hell else would ya call it?

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All you need is a valid .edu e-mail.

Yes, and Only college/uni students gets them it seems :shrug:

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Originally Posted by vaio

Yes, and Only college/uni students gets them it seems :shrug:

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Quite true, though usually staff also gets a .edu email too. So far I'm using it with both MS Dreamspark and now random promos like this. Win7 Pro 64. :)

Cause we want the shiny disc! Also i'd take HP since i don't need pro..............:p:

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Originally Posted by DeadlyFire

This happened to me too. If you want to speed this process up, call 1-877-436-1002. That's microsoft's credit card protection team, call them and tell them you're calling to verify your order details. They'll take all your information and afterwards the order should be processed. Make sure that it's for $32 as well.

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Thanks for the information. worked right off. The order I was waiting on was in fact cancelled but by me calling thier credit protection team the guy said I would have to reorder but would put in a "note" regarding this. When I reordered it went through immediately.:up:

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Originally Posted by Kingcarcas

Cause we want the shiny disc! Also i'd take HP since i don't need pro..............:p:

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Pro has all the HP features and then some.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...mparison_chart

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Originally Posted by little_scrapper

Thanks for the information. worked right off. The order I was waiting on was in fact cancelled but by me calling thier credit protection team the guy said I would have to reorder but would put in a "note" regarding this. When I reordered it went through immediately.:up:

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Glad to hear it worked out :)

Dang! Limited to 16GB, well hopefully we won't need more than that for a long time.........

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Originally Posted by Kingcarcas

Dang! Limited to 16GB, well hopefully we won't need more than that for a long time.........

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Then make sure to get Professional instead of Home Premium :hehe:

This is still working?

Try it, I can't seem to find my schools e-mail! I've looked all around the site, so i'll have my uncle try it with his hehe, if not Win741 is working until Jan. 3rd i think...

My understanding is that this deal is valid through January.

Sounds good. I have an .edu for one school now. I'll do it again in Jan for the other school .edu i'll have. Can't beat two copies for $60. :up:

not trying to derail here but looking for a quick answer to a question i have: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...96#post4142996

I did this and the the only OS they offered was what ultimately equated to an upgrade of 7 home premium. It was an executable file. No disk or image.

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Originally Posted by HeXploiT

I did this and the the only OS they offered was what ultimately equated to an upgrade of 7 home premium. It was an executable file. No disk or image.

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When I ordered I specifically asked if it was an upgrade version; the rep told me it was the "retail version of Windows 7 Professional."

Mine should be here tomorrow. ill let you know what I actually get.

yeah i think they've updated they're content delivery a few times. now they supposedly offer an .iso for download and disk to order. little_scrapper i'll be interested to hear what you get tomorrow so be sure to let us know.

I just ordered tonight. The girl on the phone was very competent. She know what the deal was, asked for my info and I received an email instantly confirming my order.

$29.99 + $2.62 for tax. FREE SHIPPING. Total was $32.61. The real test will be in early January or whenever I receive my new .edu. I'll try to get a second copy.

I recieved it today and it was infact a retail box of the full version of win7 professional(NOT just the upgrade like some worried). It contained 2 DVD's. One 32-bit version and one 64-bit version. Im in finals so I will probably do a fresh install after next week when I have time and dont need my computer.

Would it be the same if I downloaded the .iso? Would it be the full install version?

It's supposed to be, but i would cough up for the disc being mailed, it's tidier:cool:

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Originally Posted by Minnyboy

AFAIK it works from AUS too.

My bro has bought the Vista one & we were looking at the win7 one when it 1st came out.

Same kinda thing, enter your .edu email addy, use credit card & you have option to buy student versions (full versions) of office07 as well as win7.

Pity i was in a rush & we went out & bought 3 oem copies for AUD$180 each...

We are about to go through & get this deal to replace our other pc running xp (skipped Vista)...

So yeah, works from Australia as well. just remember you are doing the conversion rate between US$ & AUD$ is all.

Cheers

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how does it work?

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Originally Posted by Kingcarcas

It's supposed to be, but i would cough up for the disc being mailed, it's tidier:cool:

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Yeah just another $13 dollars i don't wanna spend. how many activations do we get with these discs?

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Originally Posted by shoota

Yeah just another $13 dollars i don't wanna spend. how many activations do we get with these discs?

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It doesnt cost anything to get the disks and shipping was free. It was $32.74 shipped.

hmm that's weird i just looked at it last night. but somehow i deleted the email so i have to get it resent. i'll check again once i get it

So let me ask. If I get a 64bit and 32bit version, can I only activate one OR do I basically get 2 activations?

I know a guy who would run win 7 32bit, but won't pay for it. That would be a decent Christmas present since I'd be a bastard and keep the 64bit version. :D

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Originally Posted by Ral3l3it

PS. You are limited to one copy.

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Officially yes. I ordered 3 copies with my college email :shrug: They were separate orders however.

You can just by a low cost upgrade through other student benefits and do a double install, first time say no key, 2nd time say upgrade and put in your key. It takes a little longer but saves you cash.

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Originally Posted by trekie86

You can just by a low cost upgrade through other student benefits and do a double install, first time say no key, 2nd time say upgrade and put in your key. It takes a little longer but saves you cash.

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can you explain a little bit more or link to some more info plz?

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Originally Posted by shoota

can you explain a little bit more or link to some more info plz?

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I did this for my Vista install on my current gaming rig. I was doing a clean install, I partitioned the drive, then when it came to install windows, choose the version that you have paid for and have a key for but don't enter a CDkey. Go through the entire installation. When you have completed the install, windows will say you have a trial period of 30 days. Kickoff the setup of windows again, either through windows itself or boot to CD. This time select that you are upgrading Windows, pick the correct version that you have and enter the CDkey this time. Go through the entire installation again, Vista will take a while, I've heard Windows 7 goes pretty fast. When you are done, you have a valid version of windows that is fully installed.

ah so u get a custom install with the upgrade media. nice trick

So that's how it's done, i was told if you rip the DVD and make into an iso you could do the clean install, we'll see.

Ordered mine last week, still awaiting the package but it was a piece of cake. They didn't give me any trouble at all and i confirmed it is a retail copy not the upgrade. $32.74. Shipping is free, but you pay the extra $4-$5 dollars because you ordered CD media, the digital download is cheaper. Thanks for the info!

Lee

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Originally Posted by PyROZen

Ordered mine last week, still awaiting the package but it was a piece of cake. They didn't give me any trouble at all and i confirmed it is a retail copy not the upgrade. $32.74. Shipping is free, but you pay the extra $4-$5 dollars because you ordered CD media, the digital download is cheaper. Thanks for the info!

Lee

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Thats wierd. They didnt charge me anything for the disks.

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Originally Posted by DeadlyFire

Officially yes. I ordered 3 copies with my college email :shrug: They were separate orders however.

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Srsly? Wow.

I just received my copy of win 7 pro. I wouldn't mind getting another 2 copies. I guess I'll be making a phone call tomorrow.

They really don't check? That's amazing!

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Originally Posted by little_scrapper

Thats wierd. They didnt charge me anything for the disks.

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Me neither. Just $29.99 + tax. :up:

I'd definitely recommend getting the disc (especially now that shipping is free)
I tried the download for my dad (using my .edu) and the download manager they make you use is a piece of crap.
apparently it's had some fairly widespread problems for a while too...http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10...iver_headache/

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Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller

Srsly? Wow.

I just received my copy of win 7 pro. I wouldn't mind getting another 2 copies. I guess I'll be making a phone call tomorrow.

They really don't check? That's amazing!

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Ok maybe they didn't used to :p: I tried a 4th time but no cigar; they must have an automatic credit card flagging system or something because they told me I must use a different address and a different credit card if I want another copy because of the 1 copy limit. I'll try with a relative's CC and address but with my same email, fingers crossed. also, if I'm not mistaken, this deal runs through January 3, 2010.

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Originally Posted by DeadlyFire

Ok maybe they didn't used to :p: I tried a 4th time but no cigar; they must have an automatic credit card flagging system or something because they told me I must use a different address and a different credit card if I want another copy because of the 1 copy limit. I'll try with a relative's CC and address but with my same email, fingers crossed. also, if I'm not mistaken, this deal runs through January 3, 2010.

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Please update us as soon as they process or deny you (hopefully process). I really could use another copy.

sorry, a quick check of my reciept show that the extra money was because i got 2-day shipping. That's why it got here so fast....

Ordered last week and got it today :)

I ordered today and was told that the disc's were back ordered six weeks.
told them I would wait but they said they couldn't do that(as the deal would be expired ) even if I paid now and that it was digital download or nothing

Glad I got mine when I did.

Maybe you should try again?

Yeah I tried 3 times throughout the day got the same every time, finally took the dl .
I have access to disk's thru work but would of been handier to have them myself.

well i just downloaded it. i didn't see an option for disc delivery anywhere. oh well

I went to the website instead of calling MS directly. Input my info, same email, credit card, etc....

Went through. :up: Win 7 pro for another $29.99. I can't DL it at the university since I can't disable mcafee. :shrug: Since I already own a disc, I don't care. I can just DL it at home.

I may try it a third time with a different credit card, different name, but same address & email.

how many installs do we get with this version again?

ONE INSTALL

b/c you get one key. you get a 32 or 64 bit with the discs, but the dowload is only 32 or 64, not both.

Oh well i went with win741 and got a disc kit for HP 32, already have HP 64 OEM.

alright cool thanks

I tried again with my email and 741 stated that my email addy had already been used. I'm SOL unless I can use someone else's. At least I got 2 licenses from one email. :up:

The offer is still good guys. :)

But I have a problem. :( I can only download the EXE version and not the ISO version. The download manager for the ISO version fails and disconnects me from the internet and my network, but the EXE version works fine. (How is that possible, I don't know.) I just would like the ISO version because I can use it on a fresh PC.

So can I get the ISO through a torrent and use the key that they gave me, or is there something special with this student version?

If you can manage to find a 100% non-hacked version of win 7, I'd say go for it since you have a legit licence.

I never tried the ISO since I own two win 7 discs (all pro). Re-download?

Just a heads up that this deal is only going on for one more day. It expires tomorrow. I just got off the phone with them and got mine ordered, but I had to order the Home edition, they didn't have any Pro ones in stock anymore. My bill was $37 and some change

Could someone possibly set me up with one of these?

I live in sweden and I can do a direct banktransfer and I will pay for shipping :up: