I can't get my system to read the Student Edition CD's to even load the program

hei'ya Royce,

welcome to the forums-

just a little bit more information will

help members to recognize what may,

or may not be the issue

which version, is it an official copy, etc

info on your workstation/laptop

in general:-

are you able to read CD's with this drive

does the CD drive show up in "This PC"

does the CD drive show loaded CD in "This PC"

is there visible damage/corruption of/to the SWX CD

clean the CD's gently

clean the CD lens- !!!! CAREFULLY

with out more precise info

that's all I got at the mo-

hope this helps- have a good'n kelef

Not sure what compute you have - you might have the CD drive "ONLY" while SW disc is DVD, not CD