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From: Adrian C on 9 Jul 2010 12:29 http://www.microsoft.com/click/technetplus/tnwnf/ After banging my head against a wall yesterday trying to professionally help someone on the ribbon thing on Office 2007 (and me being previously a XP stalwart), I finally succumbed to the �212.55 purchase of the professional download product ... Info from thread here <http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18017532> -- Adrian C
From: Bill on 12 Jul 2010 08:41 In message <89p13eF2ioU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Adrian C <email(a)here.invalid> writes >http://www.microsoft.com/click/technetplus/tnwnf/ > >After banging my head against a wall yesterday trying to professionally >help someone on the ribbon thing on Office 2007 (and me being >previously a XP stalwart), I finally succumbed to the �212.55 purchase >of the professional download product ... > >Info from thread here ><http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18017532> > > This looks interesting as I'm now very close to the end of my 90-day trial of Windows 7 and am still trying to work out why it is broken for usb audio (see my other, old thread about diagnosing a usb problem). Did it all come through OK? I see the upper url leads to a page that says US only. Would it actually enable the installation of 32 and 64-bit Win 7 on a permanent basis? I was reluctantly looking at purchasing Win 7 Pro full retail, but this does look a better long term deal as long as MS doesn't pull the activation sometime in the future. I do think I qualify morally. I haven't found anything in Win 7 I actually want, but it would be nice to be able to carry on helping others as a friend (ie professional in all but taking money!) with their pro audio problems. -- Bill
From: Adrian C on 12 Jul 2010 11:37 On 12/07/2010 13:41, Bill wrote: > This looks interesting as I'm now very close to the end of my 90-day > trial of Windows 7 and am still trying to work out why it is broken for > usb audio (see my other, old thread about diagnosing a usb problem). > > Did it all come through OK? I see the upper url leads to a page that > says US only. Yes, discount came through fine. :) > Would it actually enable the installation of 32 and 64-bit Win 7 on a > permanent basis? I was reluctantly looking at purchasing Win 7 Pro full > retail, but this does look a better long term deal as long as MS doesn't > pull the activation sometime in the future. I've purchased it as I badly need the experience of so many applications platforms (mainly Office) that for the last two years I've sadly stuck my head in the ground - and had that wake up call last week. There are some learning resources in Technet I'm alo using. > I do think I qualify morally. Morally? Yup, perhaps Microsoft should have a scheme that ye have to get their paperwork countersigned by a person of religious order together with other heavenly references :-) I haven't found anything in Win 7 I > actually want, but it would be nice to be able to carry on helping > others as a friend (ie professional in all but taking money!) with their > pro audio problems. I'd try and get er, payment, in a license! Find an unused license. Or soldier on with the 90 day trials. Or buy a new PC. Or (with great pain) have a kid ... Technet is probably a bit OTT and expensive in your situation, unless you are going to extend your support as a business (and why not?). Oh and, how do you make music with MS Office? :-) -- Adrian C
From: Jeff Gaines on 12 Jul 2010 12:17 On 12/07/2010 in message <8a0r6hFva7U1(a)mid.individual.net> Adrian C wrote: >Yes, discount came through fine. :) Can you give us a heads upon what is included or a link? I used to be an MSDN subscriber but it just became too expensive. -- Jeff Gaines Dorset UK There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. (Ken Olson, president Digital Equipment, 1977)
From: Bill on 12 Jul 2010 12:32
In message <8a0r6hFva7U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Adrian C <email(a)here.invalid> writes >Or (with great pain) have a kid ... > Too old, been there, done that. Costs more than even an MS licence. >Technet is probably a bit OTT and expensive in your situation, unless >you are going to extend your support as a business (and why not?). Actually, it's not much more expensive than buying a licence for Windows 7 Pro if you buy the full one. That was the real question... Do you get the option of downloading and running the full versions of Win 7 64 and 32-bit - for evaluation, of course, but permanently? I might be able to justify Technet to myself. I still occasionally refer to my MDN CD's from 1994 - not for the stuff about Win 3.1, but some of the basic audio info is still relevant. I also fail to get answers regularly on the Technet forums >Oh and, how do you make music with MS Office? :-) Years ago MS Office made me scream rather than sing, so I'm totally Open Office here. Which seems to display the MS Spreadsheet of what comes with Technet in some weird alien font. -- Bill |