Free software from Microsoft
2008/02/19
MPC’s CSIS Department can give certain Microsoft developer products to CSIS students for free:
Visual Studio 2005, MS Access 2003, SharePoint Designer, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista
Business, and Windows XP. The steps:
1) Your teacher will collect your e-mail address.
2) The PC Tech will import the e-mail addresses into the Microsoft system. The MS system will
send you an e-mail. The e-mail looks like spam. Here is a sample:
3) The Student will follow the URL in the e-mail, log in with the password, and order the software.
The site uses a shopping cart, just like any on-line store. To order Visual Studio 2005, order both
CDs.
The order page looks like this:
Order by clicking the
icons of the software
you want.
Follow the steps and then the shopping cart page appears, looking something like this:
4) Click on the product name to get the detailed installation information below.
5) Print the detailed installation page for each product ordered:
6) Bring the printed detail installation page(s) to the PC Tech, plus 1 blank CD-R (or $1) for each
product ordered, except Vista which requires 1 blank DVD-R or DVD+R and Visual Studio which
requires 2 blank DVD-Rs (or $2) or 5 blank CD-Rs (or $5.) The PC Tech will swap the software
CDs/DVDs for your blank CDs/DVDs or dollars. You will keep the printed detail page because it
has your serial # which you need to install. You should also keep the original e-mail in order to
go back to the site.
The PC Tech is Steve Bruemmer. His desk is in the back of BC202. Contact him at
sbruemmer@mpc.edu.