visual studio .net setup: Registration process -- visual studio .net setup

Re: Registration process

Andrew Jenssen
10/21/2005 12:16:28 PM

Thanks, Kevin. That's what I thought, but the school admins
think it's required to make VS.NET work, and they blame my
current difficulties with VS.NET on not having registered the
app.

Jenssey

[quoted text, click to view]

Re: Registration process

Kevin Spencer
10/21/2005 3:04:16 PM

I haven't used the Academic version, but I am not aware of any version that
requires activation. Registration is not the same as Activation, and it
doesn't do much but get you whatever support may be offered by your license,
as well as the opportunity to get on some Microsoft mailing lists.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Ambiguity has a certain quality to it.

[quoted text, click to view]

Re: Registration process

Peter van der Goes
10/21/2005 4:45:48 PM

[quoted text, click to view]
Did you purchase your Academic Edition in a retail box, or are you referring
to something provided through the MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDNAA)? I ask
because you brought up "school admins". If what you have is a demo DVD that
came with a textbook, then all bets are off.
In either of the first two cases, Visual Studio .NET requires neither
registration nor activation, to the best of my knowledge (I'm 100% sure
about the MSDNAA version and 80% sure about the retail version).
If you have the retail version, I suggest you contact Microsoft support via
telephone (your docs will have a number), and open an installation incident.

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

Re: Registration process

Andrew Jenssen
10/21/2005 7:41:35 PM

[quoted text, click to view]

I bought the retail Academic Edition at the school bookstore. It came
in a kit with a softcover manual of "walkthrough" how-tos. It was not
part of a course or obtained through the school. The "admins" are
people associated with a campus computer lab who in the past
haven't shown much knowledge of anything.

[quoted text, click to view]

<sigh>

Re: Registration process

Peter van der Goes
10/22/2005 6:58:31 AM

[quoted text, click to view]

As a retail purchaser, you are entitled to two free support incidents (in
addition to installation incidents). If you are not getting solutions from
your school admins or here in the newsgroups, I suggest you avail yourself
of the support you've paid for.

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

Got something to say? Click here to post a reply to this thread.

Don't see what you're looking for? Try a search.

View other messages in the visual studio .net setup group.