Users start to get final Windows 7 this week
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The wait for Windows 7 will soon be over--at least for those in Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet developer programs. Members of those two groups will have access to the new operating system starting on Thursday.
Another group--large businesses with volume license deals for Windows--will get access to the code on Friday, while other large businesses will be able to get the software starting September 1.
Consumers and small businesses, meanwhile, will have to wait until the product's official launch on October 22, when the product will start shipping on new computers and hit retail shelves.
Microsoft finalized the code for Windows 7 late last month. CNET colleague Seth Rosenblatt's official review of the operating system can be found here, and I've embedded his video review below.
Another date worth pointing out is August 20--the last day to download the free "release candidate" version of Windows 7. Although it won't last forever, it's a good way for those with some technical know-how to try out Windows 7 for free.
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Have you read this report?
http://www.infoworld.com/print/86330
Windows 7 is getting derailed! HA HA HA HA!!!
I am just surprised how forgiving people have been toward Microsoft. Do people really think they solved their problems? Microsoft's problems run far deeper than re-branding Vista as Windows 7.
Windows 7 is going to be a bigger nightmare than Vista. That is what happens when you run before you learn to walk again after a horrible stroke!
But it will be patched immediately and is sensationalized.
Who even uses chkdisk? Not many people that I know.
How are Microsoft salaries these days? You must have been given a lot of vacation time.
Good for you!
Perhaps, but not in time for RTM. I suspect that the patch (if one has been built yet) is still being tested (otherwise the patch may cause more problems than it cures).
"Who even uses chkdisk?"
Windows does, when the computer loses power and recovers. It also gets called up for removeable disks (e.g. USB sticks) on frequent occasion, as as an option when you plug them into a Windows 7 computer. While I have not seen this particular bug memory leaking and/or crashing in build 7100, I can attest that a large removeable USB hard disk will bog down hard when you invoke a scan against it, and a Core Duo (Centrino 2 ) Dell laptop with 4GB of RAM starts losing speed during the scan.
http://www.chris123nt.com/2009/08/03/critical-bug-in-windows-7-rtm/#comment-11469
They are testing so they are obviously doing something. A patch will most likely be released immediately after they find the cause.
You seemed to have missed the post directly above the one you linked to which states that the culprit has been determined to be faulty chipset drivers. So that's the reason for not fixing it..it's not actually a bug within chkdsk itself so there's nothing to fix.
...according to Microsoft. Problem is, it has been reported even with the latest/greatest Intel drivers (as an example).
I think Vista did it in a month.
I'm not sure why it matters though. Different markets- people who buy only Macs will.. well, buy only Macs.
The article actually said that IT professionals run chkdsk very often to check for disk problems ?
Is this true ? I mean why, even with redundant servers, why would we choose to run a disk intensive application specially with the commands to fix OS files and Sectors option selected - DURING BUSINESS HOURS - to slow activity for the employees ? what am I missing here.
FIRST - I can't seem to run chkdsk on the main OS partition with the fix options selected, it gives you the message that the disk is being used and you can't run it, do you want to schedule it.
Say yes - This is outside Windows now - Stage 4 and 5 TOOK 18 MINUTES.
SECOND - Running a check disk on another partition WHILE INSIDE WINDOWS 7 - I could not even count the seconds, it completed correctly, with NO INCREASE IM MEMORY USAGE within 20 seconds.
I DON'T GET IT, PLEASE HELP - just being a bit funny.
MSDN download told me it would take 7 hours and 40 minutes. The Akamai alternate download from Top Downloads took 22 minutes.
The really good news... 6 hours in and the servers haven't crashed yet! :)
It's MY computer and I want access to ALL of the files ALL of the time.
OSX and Linux also protect certain files from casual view. For that matter, even XP and Vista keep certain files away from casual view. Every OS with even a hint of security does. Given the fact that you claim to "want access to ALL of the files ALL of the time", what OS did you plan on using?...DOS, AmigaOS.
If you don't know how to use a computer and get administrative access to protected files then you lack the background to even be commenting or complaining about the subject.
- by jlhatch August 10, 2009 8:59 AM PDT
- Will any of the Win 7's upgrade my partition with the Win 7 beta on it? (or do I have do a clean install?)
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- by bluemist9999 August 26, 2009 11:36 AM PDT
- I've heard you will need to do a clean install of Win 7, even if you have the RC. You can use the Windows Easy File Transfer utility to help.
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