Different versions in RTM -- question

Someone's made a tool to convert your ultimate ISO into a professional ISO and back again (with the correct and matching hashes), so that you don't have to waste your bandwidth.

Info: Windows 7 RTM ISO Image Edition Switcher - Neowin Forums

Edit: oh, and it looks like this tool can remove ei.cfg, too. And fast, in less than a second. Certainly beats all the other ei.cfg removal methods and tools out there.

jimbo45 said:

Hi all
I was wondering if I just download the Ultimate from Technet can I install W7 Professional without doing the specific download for the Professional version but just edit out the ei.config file.

I know I'll need a different key for professional but I can get that from technet.

Has anybody tried this yet -- I'm just trying to save the bother of downloading another 3GB iso if all the data I need is on the first one - especially as for the rest of this week I'm going to have REALLY SLOW download speeds over a hotel public wi-fi connection.

I'd like to install PROFESSIONAL on another laptop (clean install).

Cheers
jimbo

yep just do delete the ei.cfg from the image (of course you have to it a certain way if you burning a disc , just do a search here and follow the steps...)

that should open all the editions...:)

Hi Jimbo,

The best thing to do is check the file sizes of the downloads. If they are the same then it's just a case of editing/deleting the ei.cfg file and installing.

Hope this helps :)



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