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elgato
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: Windows 7 free for a year |
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Microsoft is effectively giving away Windows 7 free for a year with the launch of the Release Candidate.
The Release Candidate is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and will go on unlimited, general release on 5 May.
The software will not expire until 1 June 2010, giving testers more than a year's free access to Windows 7.
"It's available to as many people who see fit to use it, although we wouldn't recommend it to just your average user," John Curran, director of the Windows Client Group told PC Pro. "We'd very strongly encourage anyone on the beta to move to the Release Candidate."
However, Microsoft has previously urged the millions of beta testers to start from scratch, and not simply upgrade the beta, in a bid to replicate the real-world experience of installing Windows 7. Those who are determined not to undergo a fresh install have to follow a workaround published on the Engineering Windows 7 blog.
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elgato
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 12:58 am Post subject: Re: Windows 7 free for a year |
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"Verdict: Windows 7 - Like Vista, just a bit easier to use and less annoying"
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=4277 |
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diesel_parts
Joined: 23 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| After reading what the guy had to say about windows 7 I guess I will just stay with my XP even though it is 6 years old now. We have a vista on a newer machine but I don't care for it. My son uses it. |
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elgato
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: Windows 7 free for a year |
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Might be a wise choice D_P!
Here's another update for you:
"Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy"
The first documented bug in the Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) is a doozy.
Yesterday, Microsoft published Knowledge Base article 970789, which provides details of a problem that affects the 32-bit (x86) English-language version of Windows 7 build 7100. The problem, in short, is that the installer incorrectly sets access control lists (ACLs) on the root of the system drive. The longer version is described as follows:
In the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) 32-bit Ultimate, the folder that is created as the root folder of the system drive (%SystemDrive%) is missing entries in its security descriptor. One effect of this problem is that standard users such as non-administrators cannot perform all operations to subfolders that are created directly under the root. Therefore, applications that reference folders under the root may not install successfully or may not uninstall successfully. Additionally, operations or applications that reference these folders may fail.
For example, if a folder is created under the root of the system drive from an elevated command prompt, this folder will not correctly inherit permissions from the root of the drive. Therefore, some specific operations, such as deleting the folder, will fail when they are performed from a non-elevated command prompt. Additionally, the following error message appears when the operation fails:
Access is denied.
Furthermore, the missing security descriptor entries protect non-admin file operations directly under the root.
A hotfix is available as an important update that should be delivered and installed automatically by Windows Update, assuming you have set up automatic updates. On one test system that I checked just now, the update had already been installed overnight. On two other systems, the update had been downloaded but was awaiting installation.
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