Yeah, there may be a multi-use for your school, it depends on what kind of licenses and deals your school has made. But since it's a large school, I wouldn't be surprised if such a thing exists.

And as for software, I know that our school offers discounts, but we also have a contract with Dell. You can get information at the bookstore, most likely. But I know - because I work there, unfortunately - that our bookstore doesn't offer the software directly, you just visit a discount website, or you can order over the phone.

As for buying a copy off of someone else, this is difficult to do with the new securities that Microsuck has put into XP. One can only use a cd key once to register a copy of the software, and key generators are hard to come by - good ones anyway. So I would highly highly recommend that you buy a legit copy of the software, unfortunately. Or switch to Linux!

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