Been looking around for a torrent, or some form of a safer download. Was about to just take a random download, but I realized there are landmines around here. Anyone have any suggestions on where to look, or how to deal with any downloads I encounter?

Check the pirate bay or isohunt, find one with the most seeders (check comments first). Download it. Follow instructions.

That's it.

See if you can pose as a student and get a copy of Enterprise or Home Premium from Microsoft?

Demonoid is the best place to go. Torrents there got lots of seeds.

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>>4 Are you sure you haven't been living under a rock lately?

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