Free Software for Students

I don't know if you guys are aware of this or not, but hey, there's no harm in me mentioning it, right?

Basically, any student out there can just head down to their university's IT office, fill out a quick form, and walk away with perfectly LEGAL Microsoft software—we're talking Windows XP, Microsoft Office, Student editions, Encarta, all that good stuff...

The catch is, once you finally wrap up your degree and graduate, you're legally required to wipe that software from your hard drive🙂

Was that form available online?

Timothy Brown8 said:I am not entirely sure if everyone knows this, but I thought it might be helpful to share.

Any student can fill out a form at their university to obtain legal Microsoft software, such as Windows XP, Microsoft Office, Student editions, or Encarta.

Once you graduate, you are required to destroy that software.🙂

And how exactly should we destroy it? Should we play La Cucaracha on a CD or something?

Exactly like that 🙂
There’s nothing on the web...
I studied math at some big state university and ended up working my way into a computer center, which I imagine is how things go everywhere else too. Maybe you find a spot in an administrative office or something along those lines. I mean, you just plug in your name and your degree and hope they don't start digging too deep into your business or whatever... This... yeah... there really isn't anything online... as far as I can tell 🙂

Timothy Brown8 said:Destroy it, exactly like that 🙂
It's just not on the web...
I was a math major at a state university and ended up working in an IT department, so it’s probably the same deal everywhere else. Maybe in some administrative office or something. You basically just type in your name and what you studied and stop overthinking it... Yeah... there's nothing online about it... as far as I know 🙂

That's awesome. Honestly, bummer I didn't study that
😬 😬 😬

Wait, so we're actually talking about those academic licenses? 🙂