Hi binnybanew,
Thanks for your post.
I'm not quite unstand your issue. So let's clarify it.
Does "a licenes copy of Visual Studio 8" means "Visual Studio 2008 copy with license"?
Do you mean you can download the trail version from network but unable to register beacues you lost that key?
In that case, the issue appears to be a license issue.
Please call 1-800-426-9400, Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (Pacific Time) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing specialist, and you can get more detail information from there. You can also visit the following site for more information
and support on licensing issues:
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/mplahome.mspx.
Best regards,
Barry Wang [MSFT]
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