RC is almost out of the door now !

[Digger]

so many lazy ppl ..... do a clean install ppl... just backup your users and files... reinstall programs, big deal, lol.

 

[Ex_Brit]

Thanks guys. It's slowly dawning.....LOL.

 

[Ex_Brit]

so many lazy ppl ..... do a clean install ppl... just backup your users and files... reinstall programs, big deal, lol.

I know and I agree, but it's all the modifications such as the reintro of Windows Mail, Sidebar, Tinker etc. that also get chucked out of the window when one does a clean installation. Such a p.i.t.a. to have to do them, or most of them, all over again.

Addendum: I'm using Windows Easy Transfer to backup all the stuff to an external drive.....at the rate it's proceeding Windows 12 RTM will already have been released.
(sigh)

 

[evickic]

ok,does the windows rc1 (bulid 7105)have expiration date??
what is a program timenuker(does this program removes the expiration date)??

 

[Orbital Shark]

ok,does the windows rc1 (bulid 7105)have expiration date??
what is a program timenuker(does this program removes the expiration date)??

July 2010 ish, and no, no timenuke removes the expiration date, only makes Windows think there is no expiration date.

 

[evickic]

so if you install timenuke,and if you using windows 7 to July 10, the windows will expire at that day

 

[Ex_Brit]

July 2010 ish, and no, no timenuke removes the expiration date, only makes Windows think there is no expiration date.

Last time I used Timenuker it made my installation an illegal copy in the eyes of Microsoft and it refused to update it.

Never again will I use it.

Just a word of warning.

 

[evickic]

i have never problems with that,first i activate windows with activation key over the internet,ant then launch timenuker

 

[neozm]

hey guys, do you know anything about the BIG Microsoft Anouncement ??

 

[Ex_Brit]

I've been scanning MSFT & Technet...nothing yet, but they haven't woken up yet on the left coast.

 

[bodmas]

Microsoft has always a big mouth. so read " BIG microsoft announcement", as "BIG mouth announcement". A loud sound and nothing else.

What is big and hidden? everything is open and leaked. Thanks to those nice MS staffs who leak it.

 

[Ex_Brit]

Released, leaked....different words, but in this case meaning the same thing.

 

[bodmas]

Released, leaked....different words, but in this case meaning the same thing.

you said it. I agree with you. Only the difference of words. only different for those users who rely on that information should reach them but not for us who always seek vigorously for the information earlier than the official announcements.

 

[Jv5T W3]

ok... excuse me for the interruption (i'm a mac user and a lot of ppl banished me for that on windows-related forums), this release candidate seems like a service pack, and it'll be available through windows update service? well then if it is available like that, means that it won't be available for buying, but for upgrading? or did i misunderstood everything :-?
anyway, my friends and i can't wait for this RC, they blew my head off with their excitement when i gave them this announcement )
anyway, isn't it a lot more easier to just do a clean install than following all those steps i saw on the internet? you'll lose your data, yeah, but at least any rookie can do it.
keep up the good job Microsoft! i love your Office:mac 2008, really helps me a lot. you're not so bad as my mac-mates told me )
Cheers!

 

[andych]

ok... excuse me for the interruption (i'm a mac user and a lot of ppl banished me for that on windows-related forums), this release candidate seems like a service pack, and it'll be available through windows update service? well then if it is available like that, means that it won't be available for buying, but for upgrading? or did i misunderstood everything :-?
anyway, my friends and i can't wait for this RC, they blew my head off with their excitement when i gave them this announcement )
anyway, isn't it a lot more easier to just do a clean install than following all those steps i saw on the internet? you'll lose your data, yeah, but at least any rookie can do it.
keep up the good job Microsoft! i love your Office:mac 2008, really helps me a lot. you're not so bad as my mac-mates told me )
Cheers!

Ummmm WTF.....who said it was going to be available through update???? It is and will be an ISO...not a service pack or an update...but a complete OS.

Best you do a bit of reading etc before posting....especially if you are going to admit to being a Mac person straight up....lol

 

[bodmas]

Popularity para shows the difference b/w Mac and windows. Need not to add my personal comments here. good things are always taken by people hand to hand. windows still holds 90%+ share of the market.

 

[Jv5T W3]

Ummmm WTF.....who said it was going to be available through update???? It is and will be an ISO...not a service pack or an update...but a complete OS.

Best you do a bit of reading etc before posting....especially if you are going to admit to being a Mac person straight up....lol

well i didn't say that i'm a mac person... (and you were complaining about MY reading...)
and there was a rumor that it'll be available through windows update you know... so don't pick on me so straight without reading a bit what i've said. if you were in my place, or if you were on a mac forum, you wouldn't understand either so well what's there. never mind, thanks for replying to my question, i really found the update version a bit stupid though, no one would recreate an OS from scratch for free

 

[bodmas]

well i didn't say that i'm a mac person... (and you were complaining about MY reading...)
and there was a rumor that it'll be available through windows update you know... so don't pick on me so straight without reading a bit what i've said. if you were in my place, or if you were on a mac forum, you wouldn't understand either so well what's there. never mind, thanks for replying to my question, i really found the update version a bit stupid though, no one would recreate an OS from scratch for free

We the window users understand you (mac user). thanks for not understanding us. here is the difference b/w mac and windows.

 

[Jv5T W3]

We the window users understand you (mac user). thanks for not understanding us. here is the difference b/w mac and windows.

hmm... :-? if you understand me, then why did you emphasize all my misunderstandings? i didn't do that to you :-? never mind, let's not turn this topic to an arguing stage. hope that the RC will be released soon first big release after all that bunch of builds...

 

[Ex_Brit]

Children, stop squabbling!