Registration Key for Visual Studio 2008 Express

When trying to register Visual Studio 2008 Express, I get directed to a page that no longer exists. How am I supposed to get a registration key for it?
I don't actually need the GUI, just the command line compiler. Is the compiler affected by the registration?
And I can not move to a newer version because of compatibility issues. The newest version that I can use is 2008.
You really have no choice. Visual Studio 2008 Express is no longer supported. It's time to move on.
The only way out, if you really really really can't evolve to a newer version (and I really question why you can't) is to purchase a retail version of Visual Studio 2008.

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Best Regards,
Leonardus Tono Amboro
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PT Astra International Tbk.
AMDI A Building, 7th Fl.
Jln. Gaya Motor Raya 8. Sunter II, Jakarta 14330, Indonesia
Message was edited by: Ludek Uher
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Hi Leonardus
Please define "crash". What actually happens?
Did this ever work? E.g.; this started to happen recently?
Is this happening on your development system or QA or production?
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Make sure you are using SP 1: Crystal Reports for VS 2005 and VS 2008 Updates & Runtime Downloads
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Hi all,
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