7264 in the wild?

[grdh20]

Even if the RC keys won't work, who cares lol?? :laugh:

You could use it for 30 days, and the RTM is expected in 2~3 weeks.

btw, 7279?? lmao :laugh:

as long as you have a rtm key that is. In fact as a technet subscriber, only rc1 keys are posted so far and I'm not sure how long it will take them to post RTM and keys once it goes gold. Could be weeks out for all we know.

[red77stars]

Build 7279 hmmmm, from screenshot i see that is winmain?!?

[consume]

Build 7279 hmmmm, from screenshot i see that is winmain?!?

It's fake. The guy confirmed that he made it as a joke.

[Lord Ba'al]

hes not telling the truth, RC keys do not work in this build.

Oh damn... finally a new x64 build, and then keys don't work :no:

[jshimmy3]

You could probably re-arm it to bring you to October 22nd...definitely to the final RTM leak...

[FaiKee]

as long as you have a rtm key that is. In fact as a technet subscriber, only rc1 keys are posted so far and I'm not sure how long it will take them to post RTM and keys once it goes gold. Could be weeks out for all we know.

In that case enter the DOS command [slmgr.vbs -dlv], if you find on the script "remaining number of re-arm=3"(translation from Chinese, something like that),then you could assure yourself that you are able to run it for 120 days totally legit.

[BoDEAN]

Oh damn... finally a new x64 build, and then keys don't work :no:

RE-READ the thread.

RC keys ARE WORKING!

[consume]

RE-READ the thread.

RC keys ARE WORKING!

uh, no they dont.

[br0adband]

The only keys that will work for legit activation with 7264 are RTM keys which no one really has, period, end of story. The few people making claims about using RC keys and getting it working are basically lying about it.

[FaiKee]

The only keys that will work for legit activation with 7264 are RTM keys which no one really has, period, end of story. The few people making claims about using RC keys and getting it working are basically lying about it.

I'd hate to get warnings, so only giving out this screen-shot, done by the well-known work-around.

[Yochanan]

Sorry, this topic, though closed and after this post, is more useful. Ever heard of merging? No?

[br0adband]

That "thread" was one single post so, I can't see how it is "more useful."

But my statement made earlier is still correct: there are no legit methods of activating 7264 without an actual proper RTM key - workarounds don't fall under the "legit" heading...

I just gotta wonder: who the hell bothers to activate their installations of beta/RC code anyway? I mean, since most of us do tend to reinstall quite often, especially in periods where an OS is close to release and the beta/RC builds are flowing like honey, so to speak, who ever goes more than 30 days without a reinstall anyway?

I've probably installed Windows 7 a total of 2500 times so far since last August with all the builds and all the machines I've used it on... I've only activated it 3 times, the rest just get reinstalls < 30 days for a variety of reasons, usually because of a new leaked build.

The rampant fascination with activation just completely stumps me...

[Satchmo Bevins]

The rampant fascination with activation just completely stumps me...

+1

I haven't been able to go 2 weeks before I reinstall. I have my key memorized. :(

[denyboy]

So what is the last version of downloadable x64 Windows 7 on witch RC key works.

[funkyblue]

So are there new icons in this build?

[ilike2burnthing]

So what is the last version of downloadable x64 Windows 7 on witch RC key works.

7260 but I'm running 7264 activated, no problems.

[SoLoR1]

thats why RC/beta keys are still working on 7260 right? think before you write please :o

im sure some people want me to apologise, but oh well, my bottom line with this post was "if RC keys did work in first win7rtm branch build, there is no reason to assume they dont work in "next" win7rtm build until its proven otherwise". But ye rc keys dont work anymore :) Just saying that people shouldnt jump to conclusion without any facts, all we can do is assume according to previous expiriance(build) in which they did work :)

[Avogadro]

I just gotta wonder: who the hell bothers to activate their installations of beta/RC code anyway? I mean, since most of us do tend to reinstall quite often, especially in periods where an OS is close to release and the beta/RC builds are flowing like honey, so to speak, who ever goes more than 30 days without a reinstall anyway?

One reason to activate would be if you wanted to download a particular application directly from Microsoft, something like DirectX, this often requires the system to pass a Genuine advantage check to proceed.

[The Patri0t]

Any changes?

[Prymitywista]

Any changes?

+1

[reneegt]

Any changes?

+1

[the_scotsman]

One reason to activate would be if you wanted to download a particular application directly from Microsoft, something like DirectX, this often requires the system to pass a Genuine advantage check to proceed.

I'm quite sure the OS will pass this validation check if it's not activated...that's how Vista works.

Why activate anyway, just use rearm if you need to between builds. Anyway, RTM will be here within 2 weeks or so.

[mrmomoman]

You can download what you want without activation. It's not designed for you to be blocked through a non activated copy just an "illegal" copy. There is a difference.

Just ReArm for 120 days if needed. Why "bypass" activation when its not necessary.

[br0adband]

I'm running 7260 unactivated and I can download anything I want, the WGA stuff is irrelevant if I use IE - it only flares up when I attempt to do the download with Firefox where it requires me to do that stupid download of the code generator.

Activation is not a requirement of downloading items from Microsoft because they themselves still allow it with that ActiveX applet (only applicable to IE, of course).

[Myrdhinn]

It won't upgrade over my prev version so no point doing a clean install since it's not officially RTM. Odd, the upgrade path isn't greyed out but when clicked it says I can't install.