Instructions to Download Free Microsoft Software
Microsoft Academic Alliance Program
WilliamPatersonUniversity
Dept. of Computer Science
Release-1.1 Fall 2006
1.Fill out and sign the application & agreement form[1]. The CS Dept. Lab Admin Team will process and then submit your application to Microsoft. Microsoft will send you an email from its ELMS for MSDNAASoftwareCenter () providing you with your username and password which you’ll use to download software as described below.
2.Go the website of MSDNAA: to display the following screen:
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3.Click the Log In button on the left to display the login screen:
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4.Enter your username and password that Microsoft emailed you and then click the Log Me In! button to display the following screen:
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5.You may click the My Profile button and follow screen instructions to change your password. We now proceed to view the available free software by clicking the Software button (white letters in blue background) to display the following screen:
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6.Note that each icon is associated with a software package you may wish to download. Right clicking on the icon displays a more detailed description about the package and the available options of how you want to have the software delivered to you (download or ship to you via regular mail for a small shipping charge).Note that some software is delivered only by regular mail and some is available only as a download.
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Also note that you may want to click on the Down-pointing arrow on the software page to display a more complete list of available software as shown in the following screen:
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7.You may now proceed to download software by clickingthe Add To Cart button to read “MSDN Academic Alliance –Student Use Guidelines”, “Installation” and “Usage Guidelines”. Click the I Agree button to proceed to the next step. Click the Continue button on the next screen and then click the Check Out button to download or click the Continue Shopping to select more software as shown below:
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8.Click the Check Out button to display the following screen:
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Fill in the Customer Last Name and First Name fields if blank.
9.Click the Next button:
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10.Click the Software Title MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005-CD1 (in this demonstration) to display the following screen:
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11.Click the Download button to display the following dialog box:
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At this point you will be downloading the small program that controls the download and decrypting of the software you are obtaining. The download is restartable if interrupted, so save this program in a place where you can re-execute it if necessary.
12.Click the Save button to display the following dialog box:
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13.Select the drive and folder in which you’d like to have the downloader saved and then click the Save button to download the file.
14.Double-click the downloader.exe file to start the download. The downloader will ask you where to save the actual download. Be sure to put it in a place you remember in case the download must be restarted. If you restart the process make sure you specify the same location or the download will start from scratch.
15.The downloader program has a progress bar at the bottom. When the download is complete and extracted you will be directed either to the setup.exe or the CD image. If you have downloaded a CD image you will have to burn a CD using the image file with a suitable CD burner program.
16.Note that some software requires several CDs and you need to download each CD image separately.
Contact: Forward any of your questions to Professor Marvin Kiss () or Dr. Erh-Wen Hu ().
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[1] The instructor will distribute the forms to students in class shortly after the deadline for dropping a course during each semester. Students need to file only one application form regardless how many classes a student is taking and the signed form will stay effective as long as the student remains registered at William Paterson. CS faculty members may obtain the blank forms from either Professor Marvin Kiss or Dr. Erh-Wen Hu.