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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional

from: Microsoft Software

December 17, 2007
Students can get the full NON Express editions for free, direct from Microsoft.

https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/

You will have to reside in a supported country and be a student at an accredited university.

This is not a review of this product, but a note to students that I thought they should know about.

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Microsoft Project Standard 2007

from: Microsoft Software

January 30, 2007
I could not even install MS Project. I keep getting some cryptic error message box informing me that MS Project 2007 is not compatible with Office 2007. Never mind that I don't even have Office 2007 installed. Actually, I SHOULD know better. Even if they are FREE, Microsoft garbage/bloatware is seldom worth the trouble--move on.

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Microsoft Visio Standard 2007

from: Microsoft Software

January 30, 2007
Had major problems installing this product onto a Vista machine that already had Office2007 installed. Had to spend 2 hours with Microsoft to get it loaded. Then it wouldn't accept my old files from previous Visio. Worked with Microsoft for 6 hours on this one. It turns out that Visio 2007 does NOT follow the file naming convention for Windows Files........ Had to change the names of all my old files before it would accept.

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Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 64-bit for System Builders - 1 pack

from: Microsoft Software

April 24, 2008
smooth with my amd 5400 black edition. alot better than xp64. I recommended but make sure that your system is powerful enough to run it.

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Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 32-bit for System Builders - 1 pack

from: Microsoft Software

April 24, 2008
I have 120 GB Macbook. Got this 32-bit Windows Home Premium DVD and successfully installed it on a 35 GB partition created by Boot Camp. Out of 35 GB, Windows OS took 10.5 GB of disk space. Satisfied!

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Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1

from: Microsoft Software

March 19, 2008
I installed the full version of Vista Home Premium SP1; installed Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS2, Acrobat 8 Pro, MS Office, Oblivion, Expression Web 2, and other assorted programs, checked em' all and they worked with no problems. My hardware from the hard drives to video cards to printer and scanner and Digitech GX4 were all installed with no problem. Security software installed flawlessly and seems to work well.
Then came the exciting part... activation!!!
I hit the activation button and hauled a$$ in case this thing blew! Nothing happened. Who would've ever thought after reading some of the reviews on this site.
I am mainly a user, not an intense tech buff that figures out frame rates and data transfer times.
That said...the interface ... Read More:

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Microsoft Word 2000

from: Microsoft Software


I was very pleased with my purchase and the price that I paid. I received it before the estimated time,which was great because I had some letters that were waiting to be saved.

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard

from: Microsoft Software

December 17, 2007
I made a sea-change jump from VC++6.0 to Visual Studio 2008. I miss my old ClassWizard, but it only took a day or so to get familiar with the new methods. Probably the hardest thing to get used to is the change from Alt + E + I to launch Find-In-Files to using Ctrl + Shift + F. Even after weeks of using VS2008, I still do the old key combination.

The executables produced are great and the program functions reliably.

I would easily buy it again.

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Microsoft Visio Professional 2007

from: Microsoft Software

January 30, 2007
For building and furnishing a home, there were not enough stencils. Also had trouble inserting stencils and having them stay where they were placed.

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Microsoft MapPoint 2009

from: Microsoft Software

July 21, 2008
My workplace just upgraded to 2009 from 2006, and while 2006 was easily the best version of this software I've ever used, the 2009 version is easily the worst and has gone backward in functuality.

For one thing, the program doesn't support Windows 2000, which all of the computers where I am run. I know, they should upgrade to XP, but they won't do that, so I'm stuck using this on a VPN running Server 2003, which is acceptable, though slow.

Guiding myself around the interface is now a pain; instead of giving you a choice between panning and zooming via the toolbar, you're stuck with the left mouse button panning, and the right button dragging the box to zoom in. Nobody uses the right mouse button for click and drag interaction, and I never use ... Read More: