We are sending you this communication to inform you that on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, Microsoft will be releasing five test updates to Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) computers. These updates are being sent in order to verify our ability to deliver and manage the updating of Windows 7 in certain scenarios in the future.
System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dilithium Computers/Engineering (Myself) Star date 42.739285.5432.9 OS: Win7 Ultimate x64 on Desktop / Win7 Ultimate x86 on laptop / Win7 x86 Starter on Netbook CPU: AMD Phenom 965 X4 3.4Ghz cpu Black Edition Motherboard: Gigabyte 790XT Memory: 12 Gb DDR3 Graphics Card: Nvidea Gforce GTX 470 Sound Card: Onboard Realtek hi-fi Monitor(s) Displays: Lg 3D led 23" Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Keyboard: Logitech wireless K350 Mouse: Inferno gaming mouse PSU: OCZ 700W GameXstream Case: Artec 10000 Cooling: On board + many case fans Hard Drives: Loads maxstore sata 1 & 2/ loads of partitions + 1Tb Hitachi sata 2. 256Gb Crucial ssd. Internet Speed: Talk talk. 10Mb Other Info: My PC was hand built with matchsticks. xbox 360 controller. Printers,fax.........
The updates will be clearly described as a test update in Windows Update, and they will not install automatically. The updates will be offered interactively. This means that users will be notified of available updates, but they won’t install automatically. Users will need to go to the Windows Update control panel, select the updates, and manually start installation. These updates will simply replace system files with the same version of the file currently on the system, and will not deliver new features or fixes.
They don't say which files will be replaced. Could be anything that doesn't record user settings. Say the file that has the watermark in it or ... as it will actually replace that file with the one that is *supposed* to be there. Just a thought. I guess if there's a lot of complaining about what update did they'd know it was working, lol.
Who knows, it could be some covert operation to gather some kind of sensitive information. Besides the info they already gather from error reporting, CEIP, etc...
Who knows, it could be some covert operation to gather some kind of sensitive information. Besides the info they already gather from error reporting, CEIP, etc...
It is exactly that!
I have it on "Good Authority" (aka - total hearsay or completely made up), that MS is using this to gather secret user info and to install keyloggers and a hidden SMTP server so that all user info is gathered.
They are looking to see what percentage of users surf Pr0n so they can use that as leverage against users switching to Linux or Mac..
Either that or they're gathering whatever Pr0n pix they can find on users systems, for their own secret librarys. (insert heavy breathing here)
I don't believe for a second that these are a "Test" as they claim, there has to be some nefarious undertone to this. STAY AWAY!!!
(completely editorial and does not reflect the views of this Forum, it's members, or any sane person)
System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dilithium Computers/Engineering (Myself) Star date 42.739285.5432.9 OS: Win7 Ultimate x64 on Desktop / Win7 Ultimate x86 on laptop / Win7 x86 Starter on Netbook CPU: AMD Phenom 965 X4 3.4Ghz cpu Black Edition Motherboard: Gigabyte 790XT Memory: 12 Gb DDR3 Graphics Card: Nvidea Gforce GTX 470 Sound Card: Onboard Realtek hi-fi Monitor(s) Displays: Lg 3D led 23" Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Keyboard: Logitech wireless K350 Mouse: Inferno gaming mouse PSU: OCZ 700W GameXstream Case: Artec 10000 Cooling: On board + many case fans Hard Drives: Loads maxstore sata 1 & 2/ loads of partitions + 1Tb Hitachi sata 2. 256Gb Crucial ssd. Internet Speed: Talk talk. 10Mb Other Info: My PC was hand built with matchsticks. xbox 360 controller. Printers,fax.........
I have it on "good authority" (aka - total hearsay or completely made up), that ms is using this to gather secret user info and to install keyloggers and a hidden smtp server so that all user info is gathered.
They are looking to see what percentage of users surf pr0n so they can use that as leverage against users switching to linux or mac..
Either that or they're gathering whatever pr0n pix they can find on users systems, for their own secret librarys. (insert heavy breathing here)
i don't believe for a second that these are a "test" as they claim, there has to be some nefarious undertone to this. Stay away!!!
(completely editorial and does not reflect the views of this forum, it's members, or any sane person)
i installed windows 7 on may 12th 2009 and included a microsoft key which said that it will valid till 1 year...,but today morning i saw the message that it will be expired in 14 days...Here check images
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3905/97016084.png
when i change the product key with...