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Windows 7 Student license question

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I'm doing a computer build for my girlfriend. She used to go to a university that offered Window 7 Professional to students for $14.95. She transferred last semester to a different school and still has access to her old student account and can still purchase from the computer lab. They make you sign a wavier when you buy a Microsoft product that says the following:

_____I understand that I will be required to remove the Software from my personal machine immediately upon the earlier of (a) any event, with the exception of graduation, which causes me to no longer to be a student of the institution or (b) expiration of the Campus Subscription Enrollment licensed period.
_____I understand that if the University, Board of Trustees does not renew the
Student Option under the Enrollment for Education Solutions, then I must delete or remove the Software licensed to the University, Board of Trustees under the Enrollment for Education Solutions from my computer at the time the enrollment expires or is terminated.
_____I understand that if I graduate from the University, Board of Trustees during the Enrollment for Education Solutions licensed period, the Software license will convert to a perpetual license (meaning I have full ownership of the Software)

Has anyone had any experience with this or their Microsoft OS or Microsoft Office being removed or terminated? I used the software a while back but I graduated from the university so I haven't had any problems. But I don't know if there will be a problem because she changed schools.
 
She won't have any problems except the guilt weighing on her soul. She wouldn't download a car would she?
 
Will it work? Probably.
Is it legal? Not with that first line no it is not.
 
Thanks. I didn't know if they went out of their way to cancel those types of licenses. I would think the cracked versions of their software would be more of a concern. But I guess that's why they are migrating to the cloud. I guess i'll have to snag a copy of office 2010 too. I wait to see what is going on with Windows 9 today before I decided anything.
 
The license will not be revoked, but if you are no longer attending the school that you used to buy the discounted software then you are no longer eligible to use it.
 
So other than saying I'm "not allowed to use it anymore" they won't actually stop me from using it?
 
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