my left hand is always on keyboard - so i got way used to doing the right click/c to close windows quickly... quickest way i knew of.

i may see if there's a registry entry for "Close window" and change it to "&Close window" or something when i get home.

8/2/2009 4:28:08 PM

should have pre-ordered

8/2/2009 7:11:10 PM

If you want to pay $100 for professional, I'll sell you my amazon pre-order. I just signed up for TechNet so I'll get it that way, and I haven't canceled my pre-order yet.

8/2/2009 7:14:51 PM

I'm waiting until I can see for sure that Windows 7 Ultimate is on Technet to sign back up.

8/2/2009 7:47:57 PM

what is technet and why is everyone signing up for that? free os software with subscription???

8/3/2009 9:51:18 PM

LET

ME

GOOGLE

THAT

FOR

YOU

NO, NEVERMIND, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO FUCKING DO IT.

8/3/2009 9:51:51 PM

i come to tech talk for all my info....i never use goofle

8/3/2009 9:52:52 PM

Technet is now purchased...c'mon Windows 7.

8/4/2009 2:56:16 PM

Looks like tomorrow we will be getting Windows 7 RTM via Technet.

8/5/2009 2:06:07 PM

Thanks for the reminder. Can't wait!

8/5/2009 2:11:14 PM

Just got Win7 RTM and Server 2008 R2 RTM installed today

Win7 looks all good so far. Server 2008 R2 is a MASSIVE improvement over Beta2 (at least in terms of Performance).

8/5/2009 6:04:00 PM

waiting on a friend to throw me a few windows 7 keys and a 2008 r2 key


can't wait to try out Server 2008 R2 if i get the chance.

[Edited on August 6, 2009 at 12:50 PM. Reason : ]

8/6/2009 12:49:32 PM

just was posted to technet

8/6/2009 1:13:25 PM

Technet must be getting hammered, this is the slowest download I've ever experienced.

8/6/2009 1:27:52 PM

yea, mines fluctuating from 170-200KB/s

8/6/2009 1:48:20 PM

lol yeah. this is hilarious. we kept refreshing our MSDN download pages all morning looking for it



thx2u New Downloads RSS Feed.

hopefully they'll be done by tomorrow morning.


now if only they released the 2008 R2 RTM bits at the same time that's what i really needed.

8/6/2009 1:48:56 PM

need rtm key

8/6/2009 1:52:27 PM

enterprise > ultimate ?

ahh same thing - ultimate is just end-user

[Edited on August 6, 2009 at 2:27 PM. Reason : ]

8/6/2009 2:25:48 PM

not the same thing.

evan: Why in the hell are you downloading EVERY damn version? Just get the one(s) you need, and lighten the load for the other million people trying to get theirs too. Seriously, you are downloading Enterprise AND home basic? Little less packratting

8/6/2009 2:34:11 PM

Serious, who needs Home Basic when you have Ultimate?

8/6/2009 2:37:32 PM

^^we actually need every version for testing, otherwise i wouldn't.

8/6/2009 2:43:11 PM

YOU DON'T NEED SHIT, SON

8/6/2009 2:44:47 PM

Yea, these speeds are terrible. I'm about to grab it somewhere else instead and just use the Technet key. It feels so dirty.

[Edited on August 6, 2009 at 2:46 PM. Reason : ]

8/6/2009 2:46:00 PM

yeah, i'm tempted to torrent it, but i'm guessing only ultimate and/or enterprise are there.

plus i'm at work

[Edited on August 6, 2009 at 2:47 PM. Reason : ^nice edit, haha]

8/6/2009 2:46:55 PM

Haha, yea....

8/6/2009 2:48:00 PM

Windows 7 RTM is now installed on my main desktop and activated through Technet - happy day.

8/6/2009 4:11:35 PM

Who has today's ultimate x64 SHA1?

0x326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7 ??

8/6/2009 5:26:37 PM

File Name: en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso
Date Posted (UTC): 8/6/2009 9:59:56 AM
SHA1: 326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7
ISO/CRC: 1F1257CA

File Name: en_windows_7_ultimate_x86_dvd_x15-65921.iso
Date Posted (UTC): 8/6/2009 9:59:56 AM
SHA1: 5395DC4B38F7BDB1E005FF414DEEDFDB16DBF610
ISO/CRC: C1C20F76

8/6/2009 5:33:04 PM

sweet. why isn't it bootable :/

8/6/2009 5:34:39 PM

hahah

Quote :

"but don't ask for help when you KNOW THERE ISNT ANY"

[Edited on August 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM. Reason : karma yo]

8/6/2009 5:35:00 PM

lol, touche.

hashtab matches though, so I mean...



[Edited on August 6, 2009 at 5:40 PM. Reason : probably user error.]

8/6/2009 5:37:33 PM

yeah, that matches the hash from the MSDN iso.

there's no way it's not bootable.

8/6/2009 5:47:25 PM

ya know, i've never checked a hash in my life ever. i feel like i'm missing out on some right of passage for geekery

8/6/2009 6:13:15 PM

Don't sweat that shit, it's for girly men who can't handle serious checksums.

8/6/2009 6:14:58 PM

Man, MSDN/Technet must be getting hit hard...can't even access the downloads page anymore.

8/6/2009 8:01:11 PM

my download buttons are greyed out for enterprise and ultimate

8/6/2009 8:42:40 PM

^,^^

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/bb608344.aspx

8/6/2009 8:53:15 PM

Heh, the image was bootable, I had disabled my CDROM in the bios, but it kept showing up after i found it manually.

8/6/2009 10:00:16 PM

Quote :

"my download buttons are greyed out for enterprise and ultimate"

I noticed that this morning. I thought it was because I already downloaded the x64 versions of both (they worked fine yesterday when I got home), is there another reason?

8/7/2009 11:16:24 AM

^
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/bb608344.aspx

8/7/2009 12:00:55 PM

Yeah I looked at that. It doesn't explain anything, since they were available last night and since I have a technet subscription, not a msdn subscription.

...

OK, I see now, they are in the technet top downloads section as well.

8/7/2009 12:27:34 PM

yeah. i'm not sure how technet is laid out, but on MSDN there was a message saying "Please click Details for download information" underneath the download names... when you clicked Details, it told you to go to Top Downloads.

8/7/2009 12:36:42 PM

Ah yeah, same thing. I didn't look at it too hard before work this morning because I already got them last night. Was gonna go back and get the 32 bit versions later though.

8/7/2009 12:38:23 PM

Does anybody know more about how windows xp mode works? I guess if you're using an application you installed under xp the vm image is running as long as the application is? And all applications running under xp mode would be limited (collectively) to the memory allocated for the xp image?

I'd like to use xp mode for development. Work still uses xp and vs2k5, which kinda works under 7, but not well (last tested with RC, now using RTM).

8/10/2009 4:19:32 PM

^all it is is a pretty interface to microsoft virtual PC. if you want to run an XP app, it has to boot the VM first. and yes, you're limited to the resources allocated to the XP vm.

8/10/2009 4:53:03 PM

so the Windows 7 upgrade matrix, apparently made directly in response to Walt Mossberg's request, hasn't been posted yet? Really?



and..... just for good measure


[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 5:04 PM. Reason : .]

8/10/2009 5:01:40 PM

Quote :

"^all it is is a pretty interface to microsoft virtual PC. if you want to run an XP app, it has to boot the VM first. and yes, you're limited to the resources allocated to the XP vm."

I was hoping it did something magical after you installed the programs in the VM

8/10/2009 5:07:44 PM

^ nope i, too, was less than impressed.

8/10/2009 5:26:37 PM

agentlion, you forgot all the disclaimers about intel only...

8/10/2009 6:29:46 PM

Quote :

"so the Windows 7 upgrade matrix, apparently made directly in response to Walt Mossberg's request, hasn't been posted yet? Really?"

And ^, what? It's not "intel only", its that you can't cross architectures during and upgrade (IE upgrade from an Intel to an AMD box, or vice versa).

And that whole chart is typical internet haters jumping at any possible chance to put down Microsoft. Mossberg SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR A MATRIX, so Microsoft graciously gave him a completely transparent response.

It's pretty obvious that the chart in question is never going to be presented to a consumer audience (did anyone even bother looking at the upgrade site that is linked on the image?).

http://windows.microsoft.com/upgrade

Is an insanely more simple, straightforward consumer presentation. And ALL of the OEM upgrade options (which will be the 98% case for upgrades) are same architecture, same edition upgrades.

It's a complete non-issue, but I guess it's been slow news in the tech world lately and people are itching to find anything they can wrong with Win7, with all it's done right.

8/10/2009 7:05:35 PM