Done with "Unofficial" Builds

Jacee said:

yay!!!

LOL!!!

How come I knew that would come from you Luv...

Anthony said:

and this is what Microsoft wants us to do, in order to send feedback

You know..that is kinda weird aint it.
I think it's probably because they're not really interested in the basic feedback from the public about "this & that" GUI or related type of feedback and are concentrating on the feedback they get thru the MSDN, TechNet, and official 7 forum for any real major deal breakers with the RC. That's my theory anyway and I'll stick with that till someone hits me with a shovel...

Colonel Travis said:

matching hashes does not mean matching files 100% of the time any more

While that IS true, it's more an issue with Certs over SSL/TSL than something like this. MD5 collision can be used to make this type of file make hashes match but it's far more work than simply inserting your malware, converting it to DVD format, and just say that's why the hash doesn't match. Plus if the MD5 and SHA-1 match, you're pretty sure it's OK...even tho SHA-1 has it's issues too and we should use SHA-256 (except nobody uses that yet)

I don't know about the rest of you, but that darn Program Compatibility bug still pops up in this build. Almost every time I install a program, I get that pop-up stating "This program may not have installed properly" and the options to "Install using recommended settings" or "This program Installed properly".
I always either cancel it or select option B and all the programs work fine. I'll be bringing that up on TechNet tomorrow and see where it goes.

Jon55 said:

Not sure what this means exactly though.

That probably means they've "permanently" turned on the "Send Anonymous Details to MS" in the RC, on any errors that MS may consider to be important.
So I guess we'll be seeing a ton of "My PC keeps contacting some site.." threads from those who monitor this kind of activity...
With the numbers of people expected to get this RC, I would think MS is also using a few servers so we may need to find out their IP's so we can weed those out for them.

Personally, I think this is a much better way to do it also. MS can customize the degugger process and sort out the useless chaff from the seed of the problems more easily.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
To replicate the Hash algorithms you'd need all the computers on the planet plus the estimated future lifetime of the Sun (approx another 4.5 Billion years).

I doubt whether some "pimply semi literate teen" would have either the resource or knowledge to even ATTEMPT to do this.

By all means download the real one -- nothing wrong with that -- and the fact that there are a different set of keys (again albeit not many and they work for both the 32 and 64 bit versions - no separate set for each version) might mean MS knows whether your version was downloaded from the official site or obtained via a torrent. (The Beta keys do work as well however but if you've got the proper version use those keys).

But don't get paranoid with Viruses, trojans etc -- AV software often reports False positives -- so how do you decide if your system is really infected anyway.

If you use AV software then check with at least 2 different programs.

Check also the logs in your router - and if you want to add another level of safety only access the Internet via another "Proxy" which can dynamically check for stuff like this anyway.

If you are satisfied with your existing build of 7100 just use it for as long as you feel comfortable with it.

If you've had it for a while now and are satisfied with it why undo it all and go through re-install etc etc.

Cheers
jimbo

totally agree with you, man!

I had the earlier 7100 running but just finished clean installing the "official" RC a little while ago and activated with the new key.

I agree with Chappy.

















Later Ted