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mooby

Brisbane, Queensland

4437 posts

Does anyone have a vista 64bit iso off msdn? shipped an my msdn dvds home but i cant find it! I HAVE MY OWN KEY

Thanks : )

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03:18pm 03/01/09 Permalink

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Hogfather

Cairns, Queensland

2274 posts

Can't you just download the ISO from the MSDN site?

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04:18pm 03/01/09 Permalink

whoop

Brisbane, Queensland

13312 posts

What's the difference between msdn vista & retail? Just curious.

04:22pm 03/01/09 Permalink

Hogfather

Cairns, Queensland

2275 posts

MSDN is a developer program where you pay an annual fee and get a bunch of OSes and apps with the general limitation of being licensed to use them for dev purposes only.

This is significantly cheaper than retail licenses. The MSDN licenses are also widely abused for production / private use :)

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04:29pm 03/01/09 Permalink

whoop

Brisbane, Queensland

13314 posts

I know what MSDN is but is there any actual difference between the operating systems you get from there other than price as you mentioned? I guess they bypass all that activation crap or something? If not, what's the appeal?

Could you just use a normal vista retail disc with your key mooby?

04:49pm 03/01/09 Permalink

Thundercracker

Brisbane, Queensland

1846 posts

All the msdn software you download is the same as the retail in terms of features but it has a cd-key built into the installation which is unique to your msdn subscription. So it requires no activation etc. and when you go to install it, the cd-key is already filled out with your key.

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04:55pm 03/01/09 Permalink

mooby

Brisbane, Queensland

4440 posts

as far as i know there identical, so i guess a retail v would work. cant dl a new one, im having trouble logging in, and uk support isnt open :@. just wanted to do an install over teh break.

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04:56pm 03/01/09 Permalink

mooby

Brisbane, Queensland

4441 posts

So it requires no activation etc.

vista and 2008 u still have to activate.

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04:57pm 03/01/09 Permalink

$ack

Brisbane, Queensland

328 posts

If its the same as TechNet, your keys wont work with retail cd's, you need to use the iso's downloaded from TechNet/CD's shipped to you.

08:00pm 03/01/09 Permalink

Red

Sydney, New South Wales

211 posts

I have an msdn iso, but 3.7gig lol. shipping address?

09:27pm 03/01/09 Permalink

kos

Melbourne, Victoria

958 posts

Just out of interest, can you use a retail/OEM Vista 32bit key with a retail/OEM Vista 64bit DVD?

11:22pm 03/01/09 Permalink

whoop

Brisbane, Queensland

13316 posts

When I bought vista I got the same key for 32 and 64 bit dvd's. That's vista ultimate retail though, not OEM.

11:40pm 03/01/09 Permalink

kos

Melbourne, Victoria

960 posts

Yeah, sounds like it works for retail but not OEM I think, I would curse having bought an OEM copy instead of a retail, but 2 OEM copies are still cheaper than one retail... so yeah.

12:03am 04/01/09 Permalink

step

Brisbane, Queensland

1655 posts

The OEM key works for both 32 and 64 bit.

11:01am 04/01/09 Permalink

whoop

Brisbane, Queensland

13322 posts

Yeah, sounds like it works for retail but not OEM I think, I would curse having bought an OEM copy instead of a retail, but 2 OEM copies are still cheaper than one retail... so yeah.

I got burned by OEM stuff with XP. Once you activate it, it's tied to your hardware and if you change too many things you need to re-activate. After 3 XP was nuked and you had to ring MS. I *think* you get as many activations as you like with vista retail so long as each activation is more than 120 days apart or something.

06:12pm 04/01/09 Permalink

Raven

Melbourne, Victoria

3212 posts

Nup, MSDN CDs are different to retail, just like MAPS discs.

Anyway, if your account is still valid you'll be able to log in and download the ISO. Of course, your account is active... right?

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06:57pm 04/01/09 Permalink

Opec

Brisbane, Queensland

5516 posts

Humm, if you're a legit MSDN member then why don't you just download it? I know it'll burn up your quota but hey aren't you downloading Linux ISO's anyway???

09:46pm 04/01/09 Permalink

whoop

Brisbane, Queensland

13323 posts

I guess you both missed this part?

im having trouble logging in, and uk support isnt open :

He can't log in and support aren't open. I'm thinking maybe he registered it in the UK so it'll only let him log in from IP addresses coming from there? Do they do that sort of thing?

09:49pm 04/01/09 Permalink

jmr

Brisbane, Queensland

6129 posts

Moobs found it contact me

10:16am 05/01/09 Permalink

Opec

Brisbane, Queensland

5517 posts

I guess you both missed this part?

im having trouble logging in, and uk support isnt open :

He can't log in and support aren't open. I'm thinking maybe he registered it in the UK so it'll only let him log in from IP addresses coming from there? Do they do that sort of thing?

Yeah I missed that bit. Opps.

10:41am 05/01/09 Permalink

Raven

Melbourne, Victoria

3213 posts

Yeah, I had trouble logging in too when my subscription expired.