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Windows 7 RC Now Available for MSDN, TechNet

@ 2009/05/01

Microsoft said in its press release that the RC milestone indicates the operating system is entering the final phases of development and is ready for partners to develop new applications, device drivers and services, and ready for IT pros to evaluate Windows 7 and examine how it will operate in their environment.

In other words, it’s almost ready for prime time.

“Listening to our partners and customers has been fundamental to the development of Windows 7,” said Bill Veghte, senior vice president for the Windows business at Microsoft. “We heard them and worked hard to deliver the highest quality Release Candidate in the history of Windows. We have more partner support than we’ve ever had for an RC and are pleased to say that the Windows 7 RC has hit the quality and compatibility bar for enterprises to start putting it through its paces and testing in earnest.”

Comment from jmke @ 2009/06/07

of course not all alternative sources are infected, but why take the risk?

Comment from wutske @ 2009/06/07

Then you're lucky

Comment from Alien @ 2009/06/07

Well, I just got round to downloading the official .iso from MS, & guess what? Apart from the same filename & byte size [which I know on their own don't mean much], it matches hash results exactly for 3 different hashing algorithms [MD5, SHA-512, & Whirlpool] when compared to the 1 I got from an alternative source.

Comment from Kougar @ 2009/05/01

Agreed, and many AV programs will not look for or find rootkits either.

Just take a read of http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...-is-active.ars Just because nothing obvious or no obvious malware is found doesn't mean it's not hidden in there somewhere.

Comment from jmke @ 2009/05/01

if they nestled in inside the install there's a good chance no vscan will find it

Comment from Alien @ 2009/05/01

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

no sure what to know that version is not trojanned

It's clean according to Kaspersky. I've only been fiddling about with it in VirtualBox to see what all the fuss is about anyway.

Comment from jmke @ 2009/05/01

great minds think alike

Comment from Kougar @ 2009/05/01

Yeah, but I'd rest easier knowing there isn't any hidden "extras" included in my copy.

Comment from jmke @ 2009/05/01

no sure what to know that version is not trojanned

Comment from Alien @ 2009/05/01

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

Windows 7 RC Now Available for MSDN, TechNet

... & everybody else since last week. <cough>

Comment from wutske @ 2009/05/01

does that surprise you ? Everyone is trying to download this 3.1Gb file at the same time. Imho you're better off waiting for it to appear on TPB.

Comment from Kougar @ 2009/05/01

First site to mention it.

I've been trying to download this all afternoon, speeds have been abysmal and the connection has dropped a few times. Will take almost 12 hours to download 3.1GB if it keeps up...

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