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I managed to get Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition and a legit serial key through Dreamspark for school, since installing Windows 7 I am unable to activate VS2008 with my key. In fact I am unable to enter my key at all since this option is missing from Visual Studio 2008 Professional in Windows 7.
Unfortunately the VS2008 Professional from Dreamspark comes with the license key field pre-filled and blanked out, so you are unable to change the key before installation.
On Vista after installing I would have to go to add/remove programs, select change or remove VS2008, select upgrade and enter my legit license key.
However the upgrade option to enter my license key is missing on Windows 7, I am unable to enter my key and install VS2008.
Has anyone heard of this problem or experienced the same problem and has a workaround or solution?
Thank you.
Unfortunately the VS2008 Professional from Dreamspark comes with the license key field pre-filled and blanked out, so you are unable to change the key before installation.
On Vista after installing I would have to go to add/remove programs, select change or remove VS2008, select upgrade and enter my legit license key.
However the upgrade option to enter my license key is missing on Windows 7, I am unable to enter my key and install VS2008.
Has anyone heard of this problem or experienced the same problem and has a workaround or solution?
Thank you.