The "Official" RC download for Technet/MSDN

[joostan]

your key is retail??

I'm ready for the Official RC.. does anyone know yet if it is build 7100 or not.

Thats what it says on my subscription...

 

[kpo6969]

Sorry if this is slightly off topic, but I've been lurking on here for a few weeks. Just wanted to say what a fantastic forum this is. Can you tell me what the gadgets on the sidebar are in your screenshot and where you got them from?

Cheers,
H

Vista Gadget Gallery

Windows Live Gallery

The other one which I use is the Everest sidebar. Didn't have it up yet since I just installed and it was 5:00AM when I took the screen shot.

 

[Hammerhead786]

Vista Gadget Gallery

Windows Live Gallery

The other one which I use is the Everest sidebar. Didn't have it up yet since I just installed and it was 5:00AM when I took the screen shot.

Many thanks for that.

H

 

[weh]

I've contacted the folks in the IT department where I used to work and among us, a total of 9 people, we have found the same 5 product keys used over and over again for Win.7.x86 and for Win.7.x64 (5 each).

That's 9 different people, each of whom got at least 2 keys for each version of Win.7 beta, who appear to have been given product keys at different times and with different levels of connection to MS's various programs -- all from the same pool of 5 for each version -- and we didn't share.

Are there only 5 product keys for each?

 

[MUff1N]

Nice muffin, and you just downloaded and installed that today.

Nope, I got it on the 24th!

But as everyone knows now, the hash checksums match up with the "Official" MS RC release so it's exactly the same.

 

[joostan]

I've contacted the folks in the IT department where I used to work and among us, a total of 9 people, we have found the same 5 product keys used over and over again for Win.7.x86 and for Win.7.x64 (5 each).

That's 9 different people, each of whom got at least 2 keys for each version of Win.7 beta, who appear to have been given product keys at different times and with different levels of connection to MS's various programs -- all from the same pool of 5 for each version -- and we didn't share.

Are there only 5 product keys for each?

Dont suppose its something silly like you company are signed up to a Volume license / Select Agreement so their keys are tied to that?

 

[MohamedYousri]

can any one who downloaded it from the MSDN give us the full iso name , size , and all other info for 64-bit version

thanks a lot

 

[mvierling]

can any one who downloaded it from the MSDN give us the full iso name , size , and all other info for 64-bit version

thanks a lot

It has already been posted in this thread with screenshots.

 

[joostan]

can any one who downloaded it from the MSDN give us the full iso name , size , and all other info for 64-bit version

thanks a lot

en_windows_7_ultimate_rc_x64_dvd_347803.iso 3119.20MB

 

[weh]

Dont suppose its something silly like you company are signed up to a Volume license / Select Agreement so their keys are tied to that?

No, because I'm no longer covered in that agreement and got mine independently. Two friends near where I live have no connection at all with any of my four former co-workers (they're in a totally different city 250 miles away), and two more are affiliated with a major university.

Plus, I've just logged into my MS live account in an attempt to get more (I got 2 each, originally). What I found: the SAME 5 product codes. This is very strange.

=> login => get code => hit 'refresh' for next code => repeat, ad nauseum => 5 codes.

 

[TheSource]

Muff1n are you still using one of the beta keys

 

[MohamedYousri]

after 1 March 2010 the installed system will reboot every two hours. Luckily, Windows 7 RTM will probably be released before the expiry date.

What is that ???

 

[joostan]

after 1 March 2010 the installed system will reboot every two hours. Luckily, Windows 7 RTM will probably be released before the expiry date.

What is that ???

RTM is release to manufacturer

 

[weh]

after 1 March 2010 the installed system will reboot every two hours. Luckily, Windows 7 RTM will probably be released before the expiry date.

What is that ???

It is the commercial version which you must purchase beginning sometime late this year or early next year.

 

[MUff1N]

Muff1n are you still using one of the beta keys

Yes I am, an Windows 7 Ultimate RC 7100 activated just fine with it...

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Yes I am, an it activated just fine with it...

As we're seeing, the "un-official release" from last week and this official release are the same build, why wouldn't the beta keys work on this one when they worked on the previous release of 7100.













Later :shock: Ted

 

[johnwillyums]

There was another list of beta keys that I got with 7057. Eleven of them.
I'm not sure if they came with the torrent or I got them on this forum but I'm now using one of them with 7100 no problem.

John

That's the "unofficial" release from last week,

 

[kizo2703]

There was another list of beta keys that I got with 7057. Eleven of them.
I'm not sure if they came with the torrent or I got them on this forum but I'm now using one of them with 7100 no problem.

John

That's the "unofficial" release from last week,

No matter what key ,all keys from beta are also valid for RC. You can also get one if you have hotmail ,live or windowslive acount. Here it is!

 

[TheSource]

Hey everyone i have been told from a very reliable source that the hash is different than the leaked copy so i would wait until May 5th to be sure

 

[wguimb]

Hi everyone, I've been at doctors all afternoon. How is everyone enjoying the RC? Did I miss anything the last 5 hours? I am running 7100 both architectures on 4 machines since last Thursday morning. Man this is an awesome OS, the MSFT Windows team did a superb job on it. I congratulate them. (I know they read these forums). So, join me in thanking them and all the testers involved in making this release candidate something we can enjoy now and look forward to purchasing after GA.