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Well it's student MSDN or the Dreamspark program they had going a while back. I can still log on to the student store, but there are no OSes to download, at all, and it tells me it's an OEM key even though it's not, so it's a big proverbial "fuck you" from Microsoft, piracy laws be damned. I'll activate a second instance of Windows 7 on my 2nd HDD just to spite Microsoft using the DAZ installer.
Huh? That's odd. I just checked my university's (student) Dreamspark page and everything Windows 7 or higher still seems to be available.
 

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Huh? That's odd. I just checked my university's (student) Dreamspark page and everything Windows 7 or higher still seems to be available.

Maybe it's a recent change with my specific university, I don't know. Suffice to say, I did....receive outside help, an anon did help me locate a 64-bit pro version of the ISO, not gonna name sources, but I do have an image. I know MS doesn't care so much about ISOs as they do actual activation keys, which I also have backed up as well. I'll ask the CS office and inquire as to why it's the case, pretty damn stupid if you ask me. Is there any way to actually verify a key code?
 

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DreamSpark key, doesn't work.

Okay good, so it's not just me. Well that's a steaming load of crap, see, it's like Microsoft is indirectly supporting people using shady methods, but the ISO images themselves don't cost money, and I do have the Windows 7 ISO as backup. The decent thing would be for them to at least have some kind of disclaimer, you know?
 

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This thread is pure gold, never had such a laugh in a long time!

Actually it's easier to have a genuine windows than pirating it. Check if your school or your work has some kind of promotion: most of the schools, universities, colleges and workplaces in the world have some agreements with Microsoft to give students/workers a genuine windows license
Not unless you are a EE or CS student, colleges don't give msdnaa access to everybody
 

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I simply pointed out a fact: If he bought Windows 7, he wouldn't be having these problems.

Which he was probably well aware of? I can't think there's an awful lot of people around who think you still need to bypass activations on genuine copies of Windows..?
 

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No. I need to hear it from someone who actually did it
The only thing that could happen is Windows 10 asking for activation. Crack it with any softwares and you are good.
 

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A little note about the Microsoft Product Recovery website, their servers have been screwed up for the better part of a year and fails to recognise the majority of authentic product keys for what they are. It's a well known issue on their own forums and even include symptoms like not allowing you to download your (store bought) product in English (just French or Korean).

As an alternative, I'd point people to websites that provide backup downloads for the digital river ISOs. Not too clear if links are allowed (I'll PM an admin to check), but PMs or google is your friend. google a digital river mirror to source their Windows 7 ISOs.
 
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