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Torrent sites RTM Windows 7 before Microsoft does
by Lee Mathews Jul 22nd 2009 at 5:08PM
Strike up the marching bands! Bring in the dancing girls!
But hang on just a tic. Isn't build 7600.16385 already floating around all over the P2P filesharing ether? The previous incremental build 7600.16384 looked pretty real, based on what Softpedia shared.
It sure looks like the new leak is the real deal. IsoHunt has several results for 7600.16385 and they've been happily active for several days. I've even seen it installed firsthand - on someone's Toshiba laptop, though I can't recall where *cough*.
Of course, Microsoft's official line all along has been to stay away from leaked ISOs, because you never know what kind of pure digital evil might be hiding inside. And there could very well be some subtle differences between what's been leaked and what winds up preinstalled on systems and boxed on retail shelves.
I'm pretty convinced that what's out there is legitimate and that someone, somewhere (possibly in Eastern Europe - Wzor, we're looking at you) leaked the build that was later signed off on as the RTM.
What about you?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sax25 said 5:22PM on 7-22-2009
but isn't the ISO image in 16384/385 homemade? Think I will wait for the MSDN/Technet versions to drop as those ISOs will be more reliable. REAL.PROPER scene groups FTW!!!
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Jnetty said 5:49PM on 7-22-2009
What’s leaked is not the ISO image. It was made by Wzor or others. I been downloading all the RC's, but I have stayed away from this one because almost none of the hash number match between downloads. With the RC's you could compare the hash numbers with information from other websites, with this one I yet to find one that matches what I found on forums. I'm sure that within the next two days a real ISO will get leaked.
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Kevin said 6:37PM on 7-22-2009
There are some things I'd trust through a torrent network, but an entire OS is not one of them. Unless it's an official linux torrent or something similar.
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kojo87 said 11:55PM on 7-22-2009
meh. Vista worked for me
Funkey said 4:37AM on 7-23-2009
I completely agree.
I don't like leaving room for sketchiness when it comes to my OS... Oh wait, we're talking about Windows.
Spedione said 9:34AM on 7-23-2009
I completely agree. I (attempted) to download a copy of Vista Ultimate to replace the failed disk I had and it screwed up my laptop. I couldn't even use it.
cswatco said 4:16AM on 7-24-2009
well, public torrent sites are one thing. thats like buying drugs on a street corner. i wouldnt get anything from a public site. private torrent sites on the other hand are usually one step away from the scene. what you get is never compromised.
acme said 9:55PM on 7-22-2009
late on the uptake, that things been out for days
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the3rdnuisance said 1:34AM on 7-23-2009
(cough)"It sure looks like the new leak is the real deal. IsoHunt has several results for 7600.16385 and they've been happily active for several days" fourth paragraph(cough)
RIFRAF said 12:56PM on 7-23-2009
I'd wouldn't download it.. Plain and simple, just wait for it to come out. You dont know what you're getting with these builds..
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__smooth__ said 2:06PM on 7-23-2009
true knockin'.
Jim said 5:58PM on 7-23-2009
Download "Windows 7 ISO Verifier" from http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090706/windows-7-iso-verifier/
I found out I had downloaded the "real deal"
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Bruce said 7:51PM on 7-23-2009
But how do I know that's the real verifier? Where can I download a verifier-verifier?
KeiOthic said 8:01PM on 7-23-2009
Tested on the verifier for x64, hash wasn't a match. The boot install was custom from an older build, can't remember which. It is still not officially official RTM from Microsoft directly. Manufacturer's OEM comes out tomorrow though (july 24), might as well see if anything gets leaked then. This time from the state side and not china (I'm hoping anyways)
krishnapvn788 said 7:48PM on 8-20-2009
is it working