Same issue I had and the Key's wont' work post Expiry either. Recently I had a HDD fail and had to reinstall Windows 8.1 Pro .... used the bizspark key and nope... nothing.
Office also didn't work. Visual Studio didn't work.. basically for the first time since 2007 i'm now in the MSDN cold.... and now i'm writing Java... WILL CODE .NET FOR FOOD.. :0 - that and I had to mooch off my works MSDN access. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Jiri Kosar <jko...@asi.com.au> wrote: > Oh ok, sorry, I misunderstood. If I’m reading correctly and assuming > that it was SQL 2008 R2 standard, the full file name is should be > en_sql_server_2008_r2_standard_x86_x64_ia64_dvd_521546.iso . Maybe you can > google the filename, download it from somewhere else and use > http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11533 to verify > integrity that it was not compromised (http://thesqldude.com/tag/iso/ > > ) . I hope that people can’t yet generate collisions with SHA1 as they can > do with MD5. > > > > This is definitely not a recommended solution, but I think that all of us > had a server down in some stage and could not afford to wait couple days. > If you can get file from official source that is always the best. > > > > Good luck > > Jiri > > > > *Jiri Kosar* > > *Technical Specialist* > > _____________________________________________ > > *ASI Solutions * > Lakes Business Park, 8 Lord Street, Botany NSW 2019 > > > > Ph: +61 2 9384 8000 Fax: +61 2 9666 5655 > > Dir: +61 2 9384 8021 > > jko...@asi.com.au www.asi.com.au > > [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: > http://www.brocadejapan.com/sites/default/files/cert_bcnp%281%29.jpg][image: > Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CD75AA.7C020650][image: > A10_CE_Logo.png]*[image: > Description: cid:image004.jpg@01CD53EA.1059DDB0]* > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Corneliu I. Tusnea > *Sent:* Monday, 13 January 2014 10:54 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Cc:* Esther Mosad > *Subject:* Re: Download BizSpark Older Licences Software > > > > Jiri, > > > > I have all the licence keys as I had backups of them I just don't have > access to the media itself for the installation packages. > > > > Regards, > > Corneliu. > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Jiri Kosar <jko...@asi.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Corneliu, > > > > just an idea, do you have your server backup ? It looks like the key is > actually stored in registry and the registry is physically a file which you > can open on another machine using regedt32/import. Maybe you can restore > registry file, open it and read the key ? > > > > They do it in SQL, but still reading from registry: > > http://www.dbaservices.com.au/news/how-to-find-the-sql-server-product-key/ > > > > Registry file location: > > > http://serverfault.com/questions/302906/what-is-the-locations-of-the-registry-files-in-windows-2008-r2 > > > > Thank you > > Jiri > > > > *Jiri Kosar* > > *Technical Specialist* > > _____________________________________________ > > *ASI Solutions* > Lakes Business Park, 8 Lord Street, Botany NSW 2019 > > > > Ph: +61 2 9384 8000 Fax: +61 2 9666 5655 > > Dir: +61 2 9384 8021 > > jko...@asi.com.au www.asi.com.au > > [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: > http://www.brocadejapan.com/sites/default/files/cert_bcnp%281%29.jpg][image: > Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CD75AA.7C020650][image: > A10_CE_Logo.png]*[image: > Description: cid:image004.jpg@01CD53EA.1059DDB0]* > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Coates (DPE > AUSTRALIA) > *Sent:* Monday, 13 January 2014 9:54 AM > *To:* ozDotNet; Esther Mosad > *Subject:* RE: Download BizSpark Older Licences Software > > > > Adding Esther, our BizSpark Evangelist. > > > > Doesn’t look like she’s back on deck until next Monday though. > > > > Cheers > > > > Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 > Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 > Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 • Mob +61 (416) 134 993 • Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 • > http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat > > *Sent from the **new Office* <http://office.com/preview> > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Corneliu I. Tusnea > *Sent:* Monday, 13 January 2014 9:00 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Download BizSpark Older Licences Software > > > > Morning everyone, > > > > I have a question about downloading licensed software from Microsoft. > > > > We used to be part of the Bizspark program which was very good to us. Part > of the program we got licences to various software including SQL Server > Standard. > > Our BizSpark program finished and we exited happily. > > > > However now I just had a hardware failure and I want to reinstall on new > hardware one of the SQL Servers that was licensed with a BizSpark licence > but I can't seem to be able to download it any more. > > Is this correct? As I understand the licences are perpetual but from what > I see once you installed it you can't use them any more. > > > > Right? > > > > Thanks, > > Corneliu. > > > > > > > > >
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