Windows 7 90 day Trial & Volume License Availability

Gentleman, thank you for your assistance and advice.

Could you theoretically - 1) Install, 2) Activate, 3) Run for 90 days

then - 1) Re-Install, 2) Re-Activate, 3) Run for 90 days

Then repeat the process continously ?

KiwiTT said:

Could you theoretically - 1) Install, 2) Activate, 3) Run for 90 days

then - 1) Re-Install, 2) Re-Activate, 3) Run for 90 days

Then repeat the process continously ?

No. This is different from all other distros.

The idea behind the evaluation copy is not for the average, or home user, but for company IT departments to download copies to place on their companies computers for testing and evaluation. If you follow the guide lines placed on the download page you have to indicate that you are an IT professional or work within the IT environment. To receive the download you have to fill out a form indicating that you are an IT person.

For most of the people here in the forums the rearm method for the RTM is really the only way to go. With the rearm method you can carry the RTM past the Oct. 22 date for several months. In the evaluation copy there are some features turned off, one such feature is games, they can be turned on in "Programs and Features." :)

LFB said:

Just for the record, this ISO file has different hashes and size from the available on the Technet and MSDN subscribers:

I downloaded the x86 version:

7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_enterprise_en-us_EVAL_Eval_Enterprise-GRMCENEVAL_EN_DVD.iso
2,23 GB
CRC32: E884394B
SHA-1: 971FC00183A52C152FE924A6B99FDEC011A871C2

From my Technet acount:
en_windows_7_enterprise_x86_dvd_x15-70745.iso
2,28 GB
CRC: 6A9B5097
SHA1: C6B905E48FDB6CB5BFCA967715A64461B812D40C

wat abt this ?

If you are a TechNet subscriber you can download the RTM along with a key. Again the 90 day evaluation is designed for IT professionals so they can test Windows 7 on company computers. Because of that the hashes are different then the RTM, even though this is basically an RTM build it is different in the sense it is the Enterprise version only. Microsoft is attempting to give business a shot at using Win 7 before the release date, so that it can show business (small and large) the benefits of using Win 7 vise staying with one of the older Windows OS's.

SeVeNrOxS said:

wat abt this ?

You'd get different hashes and sizes easily from (1) the embedded serial and (2) whatever they put in to cause it to time out hourly once expired.

And assumably they'll stop allowing new activations after March, so it's not something you could continually reinstall and re-activate forever and ever.