Windows 7 RTM now available on Technet and MSDN

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marc2003

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how rubbish that all the diff versions hav edifferent images, vista was so much mor econvenient for IT Techs, 2 discs in your bag and you had vista covered.

the iso can be manually modified so you can install all editions from just the one disk. the info you need is buried in this thread somewhere. (search for ei.cfg)

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Gio Takahashi

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how rubbish that all the diff versions hav edifferent images, vista was so much mor econvenient for IT Techs, 2 discs in your bag and you had vista covered.

Vista was like that too. Everything on the Iso but Ei.dll identifies the edition. Again, remove it, and you're set.

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I think they put up some new download links in the "Top Downloads" section of TechNet's subscriber downloads. The speeds were very good. It pretty much maxed out my Internet connection.

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When I click downloads in my technet subscription, I no longer get the little bar at the top with "my product keys" and "top downloads" and such... Anyone know what's up with that?

Update: Weird it seems on the en-us site it works fine, but for en-ca it doesn't show the bar below the tabs... Odd...

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cwpenner

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Weird, yea the en-us site works just fine, but the en-ca downloads site doesn't have that bar, but the rest of the en-ca site does, just not the downloads... And when I try to load the site, IE8 gives me that little yellow triangle with the exclamation mark to show it didn't load properly...

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I'm actually surprised at how easy it was to install and use Windows 7. I backed up the drivers for my Dell Studio 1535 with the intention to install them one by one. However, Windows Update covered pretty much everything. My wireless Internet connection worked before I even booted to the desktop. With Windows Vista, I had to manually install the drivers otherwise I would be Internet-less.

Perhaps it has something to do with installing Windows 7 over Windows Vista. Unfortunately, I'm experiencing a weird issue with my main PC. I could notice a bizarre delay whenever I minimize windows with Aero enabled. It's as if the frame rate drops dramatically every time I minimize a window. Previously, I ran Windows Vista Ultimate x64 w/ SP2 and I performed an in-place upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I uninstalled and reinstalled my video card drivers and that didn't help. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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so to the subscribers when you get the rtm, do you also get a product key as well? i mean rtm is the final version basically right, no more changes? so if you have the download and a key provided by msdn then you don't have to buy a retail or oem copy in ocotber? or am i way off base here?

sorry for the noob question but im curious!

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I'm actually surprised at how easy it was to install and use Windows 7. I backed up the drivers for my Dell Studio 1535 with the intention to install them one by one. However, Windows Update covered pretty much everything. My wireless Internet connection worked before I even booted to the desktop. With Windows Vista, I had to manually install the drivers otherwise I would be Internet-less.

Perhaps it has something to do with installing Windows 7 over Windows Vista. Unfortunately, I'm experiencing a weird issue with my main PC. I could notice a bizarre delay whenever I minimize windows with Aero enabled. It's as if the frame rate drops dramatically every time I minimize a window. Previously, I ran Windows Vista Ultimate x64 w/ SP2 and I performed an in-place upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I uninstalled and reinstalled my video card drivers and that didn't help. Is anyone else experiencing this?

I had the same experience when I did a clean install on a Studio 1737.

Frankly, I was shocked when it was showing me available wireless networks during setup.

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so to the subscribers when you get the rtm, do you also get a product key as well? i mean rtm is the final version basically right, no more changes? so if you have the download and a key provided by msdn then you don't have to buy a retail or oem copy in ocotber? or am i way off base here?

sorry for the noob question but im curious!

You can generate up to 10 product keys for each edition of Windows 7, and each product key can be activated on up to 10 unique machines. In a sense, you don't have to purchase Windows 7 in October. I mean, why would you? :p

I had the same experience when I did a clean install on a Studio 1737.

Frankly, I was shocked when it was showing me available wireless networks during setup.

Yeah, it definitely was a shocker.

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Gio Takahashi

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so to the subscribers when you get the rtm, do you also get a product key as well? i mean rtm is the final version basically right, no more changes? so if you have the download and a key provided by msdn then you don't have to buy a retail or oem copy in October? or am i way off base here?

sorry for the noob question but im curious!

Short answer: Yes and RTM means it is final, and will be exactly the same as if you purchased it off the store.

Long Answer: MSDN and Technet EULA says you can only use their products for Development (MSDN) and testing purposes (Technet), but not in productive environment, but let's face it: How many people actually follows that?

Vista and Windows 7 does a great job handling drivers during installation, I've never had to take out any driver CDs for anything since vista.

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Been running RTM for a few days now. Running excellent.

I've been getting requests from people for product keys - sorry, I can't do that.

Thats funny, its like handing out cars from your garrage :p

Of course you can do it :D

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