Windows 7 64bit Windows 7 RTM Answers to Your Bur

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Posted by: Shane ONeill in Information
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Microsoft set rumors concerning the availability of Windows seven RTM (release to production) to rest in a very blog site submit late yesterday. Despite reports that Microsoft would finish Windows 7 yesterday (July 13), that's not the scenario.
Microsoft advertising and marketing supervisor Brandon LeBlanc writes that Windows seven is close to RTM but continues to be finalizing it in some languages and waiting for all its partners to test and build images for new PCs. Windows seven is predicted to RTM in the next couple weeks.
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"We are close, but have not yet signed off on Windows 7 … As previously stated,Windows 7 Pro Product Key, we expect Windows 7 to RTM in the 2nd half of July,Office Pro Plus 2007 Key," writes LeBlanc.
LeBlanc goes on to answer a handful of FAQs about Windows seven RTM. Some key answers.
MSDN and TechNet Subscribers will be able to download the final model of Windows 7 a few weeks after RTM is announced.
Volume License Customers will be able to get Windows seven on Sept. 1 (As announced yesterday during Bill Veghte's keynote at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans).
Everyone else will get the retail edition of Windows 7 in stores on Oct. 22. If you pre-ordered Windows 7,Office Pro 2007, it should be mailed to you sometime around the Oct. 22 timeframe (it depends on the retailer).
On New PCs,Cheap Office 2007, OEMs are anticipated to start shipping new PCs with Windows 7 pre-installed on Oct. 22.
Users can continue to use Windows 7 RC (release candidate) until it expires on June 1, 2010. "In-place" (or direct) upgrades from the Windows seven RC to RTM will not be supported. Users will be required to do a "clean install." MSDN and TechNet subscribers,Windows 7 64bit, as well as Volume License customers, will have access to product keys when Windows 7 is made available to them. Product keys for Windows 7 RTM will be different than the product keys used for Windows 7 Beta and the release candidate. Windows seven Beta or RC product keys WILL NOT work with Windows 7 RTM.
"Leaked" builds of Windows 7 are not the final version of Windows seven RTM and are likely to be laced with malicious code.
As for getting a 64-bit copy of Windows seven, all copies of Windows seven in developed markets will ship with both 32-bit and 64-bit DVDs. With Windows Vista, the 64-bit model was only available with Windows Vista Ultimate.
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