Where can I download Windows 7 Professional (legally)?

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My son has been given an older ex company laptop to use for university assignments. He has been given it by a friend who has had various systems on it, but now the hard drive is wiped clean.
The machine has a sticker underneath with the serial for Windows 7 Professional. His friend says that if he can obtain a version of that system he can install it and use the number from underneath to activate the machine.
As this is for university use we want the machine to be legally set up for him. Could anyone point to a way of downloading Windows 7 Pro. I believe it is the 64 bit version that was in use originally.
Thank you.
The machine has a sticker underneath with the serial for Windows 7 Professional. His friend says that if he can obtain a version of that system he can install it and use the number from underneath to activate the machine.
As this is for university use we want the machine to be legally set up for him. Could anyone point to a way of downloading Windows 7 Pro. I believe it is the 64 bit version that was in use originally.
Thank you.
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The CoA on the laptop will be the original OEM license that came with the laptop and activates normally, it won't be an enterprise version with a VLU key that needs a corporate license server. Even though we use the latter at work and purchase PC's from a single supplier in high numbers, the PC's still come with an individual pro license.
John
My son is coming over on Sunday. I'll get the code from the sticker then and try the suggestions. Will report back.
John