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Windows 7 RC build 7048 leaked on torrent sites
by Lee Mathews Mar 3rd 2009 at 9:55AM
After getting a look at what changes have been implemented in post-beta builds of Windows 7 on the official Engineering Blog last week, users were understandably excited about how things have been progressing with Microsoft's latest OS.
It didn't take long for screenshots to surface of current builds showing some of the new changes in action, and now it appears as though an ISO file of build 7048 has been leaked onto several torrent trackers.
At this point in the Windows 7 news game, it's important to take this information with a grain of salt. Still, previous builds that leaked turned out to be legitimate, so there's every reason to believe that 7048 is the real deal, too.
Caveat emptor - make sure you exercise caution if you decide to track down the torrent and install the build. It's not an official Microsoft release, so you never know for sure what could be lurking inside. You're also likely to have a lengthy wait - the torrents aren't well seeded, and they're likely to see a massive surge in peers.
It didn't take long for screenshots to surface of current builds showing some of the new changes in action, and now it appears as though an ISO file of build 7048 has been leaked onto several torrent trackers.
At this point in the Windows 7 news game, it's important to take this information with a grain of salt. Still, previous builds that leaked turned out to be legitimate, so there's every reason to believe that 7048 is the real deal, too.
Caveat emptor - make sure you exercise caution if you decide to track down the torrent and install the build. It's not an official Microsoft release, so you never know for sure what could be lurking inside. You're also likely to have a lengthy wait - the torrents aren't well seeded, and they're likely to see a massive surge in peers.
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joe blow said 11:43AM on 3-04-2009
also beware: when i dled build 7000 off of the torrent sites, the installation became invalid after a month. a prompt came up and said my copy was not legitimate, and then upon rebooting i couldn't start up windows. microsoft is most likely keeping track of who is using what license, and sees that 50,000 people have one particular license.
wait till windows 7 hits the public, then download a corporate licensed copy if you want to use it as your main OS. then again that's illegal so don't do it :)
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Wes said 1:34AM on 3-12-2009
That's normal behavior with Windows 7 (and Vista). You have to activate it with the product key. The product keys are floating out there. Microsoft only made about 7 keys for the build, so you can reuse a key.
(I downloaded Win 7 build 7000 from Microsoft when they finally opened the downloads to beta testers last month.)
Tyler said 11:02PM on 4-27-2009
my windows 7 build 7077 works with my windows 7 beta (forget the build number) cd-key.
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