student discount

Hi! I'm about to complete my first custom pc and I'm down to the decision of OS. Now, I'm a college student so I was looking at the Windows 8 Pro Upgrade - Student offered by Microsoft and wondering if this would work. It seems like a dumb question, but the wording of upgrade has me think I...

I am going to be buying a new laptop in the next few weeks, but would like to query about upgrading from the shipped 32-Bit OS to a 64-Bit version. The laptop I am considering is the HP Pavilion DM1-4020sa (4GB, 500GB, 1.65GHz), which comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 32. My questions are...

Talk about perfect timing. In a little less than three months my third semester of college will be starting right back up, and with a Mac that was recently on the fritz, I am internally debating a new PC purchase. … Continue reading More...

I recently bought a new hard drive. I installed windows 7 on the new drive everything was fine until I went to register windows. I previously bought an upgrade key with a student discount. I still have my old windows xp key but when I went to register it said the key couldn't be used with a...

I bought my current laptop in April last year and it came with Windows Vista home premium, then I used my student discount to DOWNLOAD and update it to Windows 7, i've been having major Codec problems with it for months now and the only thing I havent tried is restoring it, I was just wondering...

Okay, so a couple days ago I bought Windows 7 as a part of a promotional thing and got a student discount. I downloaded the .iso and burned it to a disc. I've installed it on my computer, and now almost everytime I attempt to install something I run into some kind of error or bug that basically...

It's official, I have successfully upgraded one of my PC's to windows 7. It happens to be my wifes laptop that I used as the first guinea pig. This was very time consuming but no problems. It took almost 7 hours to complete. The download took the most time. On the positive side I did get the...

Hi guys, I emailed Microsoft support this question and got a useless answer back; they just sent me a link to download the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, which basically told me what I already knew (that my system is capable of running Windows 7). So I called them just now and the so-called...

Hi, I am studying in abroad country and I bought Windows 7 Home premium upgrade (online student discount rate). I am using windows vista home premium (in English). But the Windows & I brought is Korean. So, if I upgrade my Vista, I am afraid it will be in Korean language. Is this true. Is there...

Hi I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I need a bit of help. Basically I have bought windows 7 through a separate company that offers windows 7 to University students for 39.99. The problem begins with the fact that I have "bought" 3 different copies although I am...

Hi, I paid £30 for the Windows 7 Professional Upgrade as I'm a student. Yesterday I bought a new 500GB HDD and some more RAM to use for Windows 7. I downloaded the files from the link provided in the e-mail I got, and extracted. I was then given a strange error message, which upon Googling...

If you are a college student you can get Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional 32 bit or 64 bit Upgrade for only 29.99!!!! it is a legit program through Digital River one of microsoft e-commerce sites you must have a valid .edu email address to get it at the discounted price the offer...

Hello! I just downloaded Windows 7 professional 64bit from Microsofts UK student site (ie I got it for £30) it downloaded a file, (DLMWin7Pro64UK.exe) in which I promptly double clicked on. That opened, unpacked "expandedSetup" folder and begun the installation process. So far...

Just bought the student discounted Windows 7 Home Premium. I did the upgrade method after it finished downloading. After the install was almost complete, a message came up about having to restart the computer, so I click OK and it restarted. Now it's on a continuous rebooting loop: before W7...

Hi i have windows vista premium, and i have the option to upgrade to windows 7 for £30 as im a student. What i want to know is if i can choose to do a clean install instead of the upgrade for the same price?

hello all, I received purchased a copy of Windows 7 via a student discount through journeyed.com and received it today (despite it being days before the official release date). i popped the disc into my computer, did the Upgrade Adviser, but once I clicked on "Install Now" and error dialog...

Hey all. I have a question for you. I have been running the rc x64 on my i7 gaming machine for a while and wanted to purchase win 7. Since I am a student I have the option to purchase home premium upgrade for 30 bucks. My question is, since this is the upgrade, can I just download a copy...

Hi, I just joined these forums to ask this important question, and if this goes somewhere elde, I am very sorry. I am looking to take advantage of that Student Discount for Windows 7, but I would be using it on a build I'm working on, and I dont have any other OS disks or anything like that...

Apparently, Microsoft is offering a special discount to college students for Windows 7. All you have to do is provide your college email (.edu) and you can pre-order either Home Premium or Professional for just $30! Link Removed If you want to pre-order Professional instead of Home Edition...

EDIT: NVM found out you can pre-order the Professional version instead. Mods please lock.