oskingen Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) Did you know that you can download most Microsoft products for free? Go to Microsoft Download Center Many of you ask the question on the forums where to download Microsoft products for testings or others needs... You can go to the Microsoft Download Center to get the product you want. All of them are feature complete. Here is a list of available products: Windows Operating Systems Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day TrialWindows HPC Server 2008 R2Windows Server 2008 R2 avec SP1Windows Small Business Server 2011 StandardWindows Small Business Server 2011 EssentialsOffice 2010 and Related ProductsOffice Professional Plus 2010Project Professional 2010Visio Premium 2010 Server Products and Technologies Active Directory Federation Services 2.0Exchange Server 2010 SP1FAST Search Server 2010Lync Server 2010Project Server 2010SharePoint Foundation 2010SharePoint Server 2010SQL Server 2008 R2SQL Server 2012 RCSystem Center ProductsSystem Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3System Center Data Protection Manager 2010System Center Essentials 2010System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 SP1System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1System Center 2012 Pre-Release Products Cloud Services Deploying and Managing Windows Azure ApplicationsOffice 365Windows IntuneWindows AzureForefront Products Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010Forefront Identity Manager 2010Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange ServerForefront Protection 2010 for SharePointForefront Threat Management Gateway 2010Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 SP1 Go to Microsoft Download Center Edited January 7, 2012 by oskingen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I can't help but notice that they're all geared toward business: Server... Professional... Enterprise... Premium... Manager... Gateway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) Please also remember these are TRIALS getting one and bypassing the "trial" by reinstalling every 90days is quite uncool. Edited January 7, 2012 by Kelsenellenelvian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsk565 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I've heard some people say windows 7 starter is better then 7 original. Has anyone tested this theory yet ? And If so what does that mean for us people running on hardware from 2003. Can we buy and install it or would we be wasting money on something to advanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I've heard some people say windows 7 starter is better then 7 original. Has anyone tested this theory yet ? And If so what does that mean for us people running on hardware from 2003. Can we buy and install it or would we be wasting money on something to advanced.What is "7 original"?Try looking here to get an idea of "which features" (starter is real basic). You do know that there's a program that you can download that will tell you whether Win7 will "accept" the hardware you plan to install on? System Requirements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I've heard some people say windows 7 starter is better then 7 original. Has anyone tested this theory yet ? And If so what does that mean for us people running on hardware from 2003. Can we buy and install it or would we be wasting money on something to advanced.Better than 7PRO, no, capable of things beyond what is possible without modding? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Win7 Starter is the most restricted edition and you can't really work with it. Get the Home Premium and you're fine for home usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Did you know that you can download most Microsoft products for free?95% of the stuff on your list isn't "free", they're just trial versions. They have lots of free software though: Windows Live suite, Security Essentials, Visual C# Express, VB Express, Visual C++ Express, SQL Server Express (and SQL Server Compact too, and lots of extras), IIS 7.5 Express, Robotics Developer Studio Express, TONS of developer stuff their MVC stack/NuGet/SandCastle/lots of SDKs/all .NET compilers/etc, PowerShell, Hyper-V and Virtual PC, XNA studio, WM and Expression Encoders, XP PowerToys, the SysInternals suite, the Zune player (it's actually not bad), SteadyState, the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool, Virtual Earth, MSRT and Defender, the baseline security analyzer, ActiveSync, Skype, Office viewers, Mathematics, Small Basic (for kids to learn programming), WebMatrix (and the Platform Installer too), Sharepoint Designer, etc.And we're not talking about things like Media Player and IE version updates, DirectX, .NET frameworks, Service Packs, theme packs (even though it's not software), etc. Including FAR more online content & services than anyone else provides: hotmail, bing, msdn, channel9, skydrive, CodePlex, MSN, technet, etc.But that's all free as well.windows 7 starter is better then 7 originalMost likely, you mean starter vs home premium. The starter version only has extra limitations and restrictions like not having a x64 version, 2GB of RAM max, no aero glass, no changing wallpaper or themes, etc.Comparison here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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