Microsoft Products

There are several licensed Microsoft Products avaliable for METU campus including operating systems, office applications and development tools. These licensed software of Microsoft are listed below:

• Microsoft Windows Operating Sysytems (2000/ XP Updated*/ Vista/Windows 7) 
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Frontpage
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• SharePoint Designer
• Microsoft Project

(*) A regularly updated version of Microsoft XP Professional installation CD, prepared by METU-CC in which Service Packs and recent Windows updates released after these Service Packs are integrated. The installation with this special CD includes the automatic installation of Anti-virus, Anti-spyware software and utilities like Acrobat Reader.

To search within the different versions of Microsoft Products, to and reserve CD/DVD before borrowing them from METU-CC Software Library; you can use the following web page: http://cclibrary.metu.edu.tr. To borrow reserved software media, you should visit Room 109 in METU-CC building.

We recommend our users to download software from our ftp site using the addresses:

ftp://ftp.cc.metu.edu.tr/OperatingSystems/

ftp://ftp.cc.metu.edu.tr/PackagePrograms/Microsoft/

Windows 7

Windows 7 operating system is available in Turkish and English languages with 32 and 64 bit versions. Installation DVD's can be created by downloading appropiate DVD .iso files from ftp://ftp.cc.metu.edu.tr/OperatingSystems/Windows7/ and burning them into a blank DVD ROM. For standart use; 32 bit Windows 7 (Turkish or English) should be downloaded and installed. To burn the .iso files into a DVD, img_burn.exe may be downloaded from the same location and installed. 

For borrowing Windows installation DVD from METU-CC Software Library, users should search and reserve the software using http://cclibrary.metu.edu.tr.  To borrow reserved software media, you should visit Room 109 in METU-CC building.

Windows 7 Activation:

There is no product key or serial for Windows 7 activation in METU. Instead, Windows 7 should be connected to network (at least for once) and be validated by the activation server within 30 days after installation. After that, the computer with Windows 7 can be used outside METU campus or used without any internet/network connection for six months. After first activation is completed and activation server is set for once, system will renew its activation automatically within each six months.  

For activation Command prompt window should be opened in "administrator mode". For this; selecting Start -> All Programs -> Accessories menus and right clicking on the icon of application "Command Prompt" and clicking "Run as administrator" is required.

As an alternative way; cmd.exe can be located in system32 folder at C:\Windows\System32 and then can be run in  "Run as administrator" mode by right clicking the cmd.exe file and selecting "Run as administrator".

The following command should be entered after the command line window, ("Command Prompt" black screen) appears: 

slmgr /skms kms.cc.metu.edu.tr:1688   (or you can try slmgr /skms 144.122.202.5:1688)

command should be entered. It may last for 20 seconds  to a dialog window saying that Windows is activated successfully. 

Other Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

In the ftp.cc site, ISO images of the DVD and CD's of most of Microsoft software including the following operating systems, are available.