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http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/howtobuy/ appears to be missing. I am sure lots of trial users would love it if they could Upgrade before their trial ends. Thanks!

Please fix the broken link, it's annoying.

I think this is the correct link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa700832.aspx

Don't want to wait for a product to ship, just want to pay for the serial number, upgrade my trial version and be done with it. I keep getting directed around in circles and it's annoying.

Give me one link to click to buy the serial number please.

Granted the upgrade process (should be) painless and is apparently intended to be painless, there is no mention out here about upgrading from an install of VS Pro 2008 90-day trial version to a VS Pro 2008 Academic version.

I had the academic version installed on this very same machine, on a Vista Ultimate installation, and lost my partition over the holiday weekend. After rebuilding my machine and having to use a trial edition of VS over the weekend, I am now unable to use the Product Key for the education version previously installed.

This makes - zero - sense. I dont want uninstall, then reinstall. It is the exact same product. There is absolutely no difference here. So why isnt the license accepted when I use these steps?

Please provide the correct steps, the appropriate link, a link to a KB article, or a phone number that one needs to call in this scenario.

Thanks much - keep up the excellent work.