Visual Studio Express: registration issue

I have downloaded and been using Visual Studio Express for last few weeks. All of a sudden today, it's forcing me to register. When I try to do so, the registration site appears to be unresponsive. This is horrible, and now I开发者_如何学运维 can not continue with my work because of Microsoft's broken site.

How can I fix this problem?

The easiest thing to do is download the offline installer and install that. If you do it this way, you don't have to register at all. You can find the offline installer at http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/default.aspx#download-offline