MSDN Academic Alliance at ECE Department at Bradley University

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Free to Qualifying Current Students

Free - Please read MSDN Academic Alliance Program Usage Guidelines Quick Summary in order to find out what you may and what may not do with the software you download. By clicking the link above you agree to comply with these rules.

To qualifying students - in one of ECE Department programs of study and at the same time registered for at least one course in the department for the current semester - see Membership Activation Questions section below for details who qualifies.

The number of downloads but not installations is Administered by Mr. Michael Firman. Look up his email in the university address book and contact him if necessary. However, he will not handle expired MSDNAA accounts - see Access during breaks below for details about expired accounts.

Current students only!: Even though your MSDNAA account would eventually expire you may be still elligable to continue running installed software as long as you comply with the MSDNAA EULA. However, you would not be able to recover any activation codes obtained from this MSDNAA account. Please do not ask us to help in recovering those numbers. We will have to deny such action.

Service Packs - download outside of eAcademy

Install the most recent Service Pack on the top of the just installed software. Software distributed using eAcademy program may not always contain the most current security updates. Please take a minute and download additional files for software listed below

Windows (Operating Systems)

• Windows Vista SP2
• WindowsXP Service Pack 3
• Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Visual Studio (Compilers)

• Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1
• Visual Studio 2005 Standard or Pro Service Pack 1
• Visual Studio 2005 Update to SP1 above for Windows Vista
• Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 1

Office

• Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (Office main package is not distributed in this MSDNAA)
• Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (Office main package is not distributed in this MSDNAA)
• One Note 2003 Service Pack 3
• Project 2003 Service Pack 2
• Visio 2003 Service Pack 3

What do I need to do to get MS Visual Studio or a C++ Compiler for my EE102 or EE221 course?

Dr. Malinowski has a Web page that answers these and some other questions.

Problems with downloading or installation

This software distribution is a ECE Department paid service to EE students and we have no additional paid technical support for it. In case of technical questions, download and installation questions and problems please contact any ECE department student working at the Technology Help Desk in the Library. Please note, that you will be asking your EE colleague for a favor. This is not a part of their job responsibilities.

Membership Activation Questions

If you are enrolled in EE102 or EE221, or are a student in the EE or ECE program currently registered for at least one course in the ECE department and your membership is not active please contact Dr. Aleksander Malinowski.

In case of questions related to installing the software on your computer please contact any ECE student working at the Technology Help Desk. In case of questions related to our computer labs please contact our Lab Director Mr. Mattus.

In case of questions related to purpose of life please follow this link, or this link. Anyway, the answer is and always has been 42.

Access During Breaks, Extensions, etc.

A question was asked about the access during breaks, recesses and summer semesters. Students who have an active account and are enrolled for at least one ECE course for the next semester as of the last day of the semester that precedes the break will have their account active until the last day of the break. New users will be added or reinstated after the break ends. Taking a semester off from studying does not quailify.

Another question is was asked (mainly by graduate students) about courses that are scheduled outside of the regular semesters, or extended beyond one semester (in progress). In such circumstances, please ask your instructor to send an email memo to Dr. Malinowski stating the course number, the in progress status, and the expected date of completion. A new memo will be necessary at the beginning of each semester of continuation. The memo will be kept on record so that eligibility of all users can be provided in an unlikely case that Microsoft would ever ask about it. Please note that the Graduate School recently redefind the meaning of IN and IP grades. Some students with courses in progress and otherwise not registered for the current semester may not qualify for the MSDNAA program.

This Web site is hosted by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Bradley University located in Peoria, Illinois.