I think I am missing something as I thought I could use my MSDN license with the digital river downloads. I lost my MSDN iso when my backups failed and I'm no longer a member. I'm trying to re-install and it says my license isn't valid for my copy of windows.
I downloaded 2 different versions of 64 bit Windows 7 Professional in English, one without media player and the other with. My MSDN license is for Windows 7 Professional (64 bit).
what two did you originally have. Code: 59f942bc69ca6d8ab25a3b63a018d86d8acee78b *EN_WINDOWS_7_PROFESSIONAL_N_WITH_SP1_X64_DVD_U_677207.ISO fda90230e29052b7b20ca408e961c5d2743041f1 *EN_WINDOWS_7_PROFESSIONAL_N_WITH_SP1_X86_DVD_U_677328.ISO 87da3914fa806a314e5f44fccc65d827a5d29a8d *EN_WINDOWS_7_PROFESSIONAL_N_X64_DVD_X16-13550.ISO 7745a38dfb6c3ea0d6ffc5d61154f1610808879c *EN_WINDOWS_7_PROFESSIONAL_N_X86_DVD_X16-13548.ISO 0bcfc54019ea175b1ee51f6d2b207a3d14dd2b58 *EN_WINDOWS_7_PROFESSIONAL_WITH_SP1_X64_DVD_U_676939.ISO d89937df3a9bc2ec1a1486195fd308cd3dade928 *EN_WINDOWS_7_PROFESSIONAL_WITH_SP1_X86_DVD_U_677056.ISO 50127304441a793ee51b3f501289f6599a559e9f *EN_WINDOWS_7_PROFESSIONAL_X64_DVD_X15-65805.ISO 697fa06554502fb21d30275273b25747299c020d *EN_WINDOWS_7_PROFESSIONAL_X86_DVD_X15-65804.ISO
@tfosorcim: What are you talking about? The version without Media Player is the N version. N versions take other keys. Yours is for the version without N. Could you test your key using the Ultimate key checker? It will tell you exactly for what edition that key is. Note that, depending on the MSDN contract, keys might expire after subscription ended.