Windows 7

[CW]

We’re sending this mail to remind you that Windows 7 Release candidate is available and to make sure you plan ahead for when the Beta expires on August 1, 2009. On June 1, 2009, the PC you’re using to test the Beta will begin shutting down every two hours. Windows will send you a notice a couple of weeks in advance, and that’d be the ideal time to rebuild your test PC with a non-expired version of Windows, such as the RC or Windows Vista. This will be a clean installation, so be ready to reinstall your programs and data.

 

[Placebo]

Upgrade to RC1 and problem solved, until 2010

 

[Tim7]

Awesome. So Windows 7 is free until 2010?

 

[DagsJT]

I should probably upgrade to 7127, getting occasional blue screens and indications point to driver issues.

 

[Placebo]

Awesome. So Windows 7 is free until 2010?

Essentially yes, that's what the Email I received from MS basically implied:

There’s another expiration date you need to keep in mind: Windows 7 RC will expire on June 1, 2010, and you’ll need to either upgrade to the final release of Windows 7 or a prior version of Windows before then. (We‘ll send you another reminder as this date approaches.)

 

[Tim7]

Oooh sexiiee .

 

[spaceman]

7137 now out at usual places.

 

[Tim7]

Thanks.

 

[Becanes]

If I dual boot with Windows 7 do I need to install a seperate anti virus on the Windows 7 partition?

 

[DagsJT]

Yep.

 

[Becanes]

ok

 

[Placebo]

The anti virus from one boot should be able to scan the other boot, just it won't be able to scan in real time, that said I'm using Kaspersky Win7 beta version and it's great, free of course whilst in beta

 

[Becanes]

Thanks. I'll look into it. I actually have norton that I can install but I was seeing if I had to.

 

[Coopz]

Stay away from Norton stuff

except Ghost that's good

 

[Tim7]

R-Drive Image is better .

 

[Becanes]

Stay away from Norton stuff

except Ghost that's good

I haven't had problems with norton. I have a corporate edition and it works fine. It's on a couple of my other systems.

 

[Placebo]

Norton is horrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible, Kaspersky is best antivirus IMO.

 

[Revan]

Norton latest version is not bad, but Kaspersky or NOD are way better.

 

[MonkeyJug]

windows 7229 has leaked...

hours later, 7231 (rumoured to be the rtm version) has just leaked too!

woohoo!!

 

[Tim7]

RTM?

 

[jonneymendoza]

windows 7229 has leaked...

hours later, 7231 (rumoured to be the rtm version) has just leaked too!

woohoo!!

doesnt win 7 auto update itself?

 

[Tim7]

Not to a new build, no.

 

[MonkeyJug]

RTM?

release to manufacturing... aka: retail

 

[jonneymendoza]

Not to a new build, no.

so u gotta reinstall it every new build?

 

[Placebo]

No, burn it to a DVD, lay the DVD on top of your PC, go to sleep, during the night the PC will get really hot, melt the DVD and absorb all the data, thus when you wake up your PC will have the new version of Windows 7.

 

[Revan]

The things we learn here on evo-web.

mighty nice.

 

[Tim7]

No, burn it to a DVD, lay the DVD on top of your PC, go to sleep, during the night the PC will get really hot, melt the DVD and absorb all the data, thus when you wake up your PC will have the new version of Windows 7.

 

[jonneymendoza]

No, burn it to a DVD, lay the DVD on top of your PC, go to sleep, during the night the PC will get really hot, melt the DVD and absorb all the data, thus when you wake up your PC will have the new version of Windows 7.

tried that and nothing hapened anyways its silly if for every update you have to reinstall the OS.

so far so good. does Arma 2 work fine on win 7 placebo? reply on the Arma 2 thread

 

[Tim7]

You don't have to reinstall it, it's an upgrade.

 

[Placebo]

hours later, 7231 (rumoured to be the rtm version) has just leaked too!

32bit version only?

Scratch that I see it's just not on usenet.