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As we mentioned back in mid-September, Microsoft was planning to offer a special edition of Windows 7 for students. This news was particularly good because that Student Edition was very nicely priced at $29—unfortunately it seems that the process of downloading and actually having it install has not been quite as nice.

Just to recap, this deal would allow students (with a valid .edu address) to purchase, download and install Windows 7 for $29.99. Additionally, they could also pay an extra $13 and get a physical disc mailed to them. These issues of course are only affecting the digital downloads.

It seems that the download came as an .exe file that when clicked was supposed to unpack the files and let them install Windows 7. That however is not how things went, instead users clicked on the .exe file and then received the error that prevented them from going any further.

As of now, there have been reports of workarounds, just in case you feel the need to have Windows 7 installed now. Otherwise, it looks like this will take some time to work itself out, because despite the fact that Microsoft has acknowledged the problem they have yet to correct it.

Read [PC World]