50 minutes remaining on the D/L for me using the link Sam provided....of course I haven't seen it come up on the Windows 7 site yet so that I could get a key. I'm glad I'm ponying up for a Technet subscription.
Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator Mobile# (716) 846-9308 http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender via telephone at 716-846-9308 or by return e-mail. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Todd Lemmiksoo <[email protected]>wrote: > Now I get a page can not be found message during the download. > ....OVERLOAD! :( > > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:48 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now > > Thank You! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:34 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now > > Working link: > http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F > DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD<http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD> > . > ISO > > I'm getting 1100 KB/s on the whopping 3.2GB download. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:19 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network > > congestion? > > Just a guess, but: Microsoft, like a lot of companies, suffers from > NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here). They don't have a BitTorrent > client/server of their own. Until and unless that happens, they won't > use it. Intel's the same way. Heck, look at Apple, they consider NIH > syndrome a feature. > > > a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 > > minutes of their release. > > Product Activation is software trying to determine the trustworthiness > of the operator while it's running on hardware the operator controls. > Any security analyst will tell you that you will > *ALWAYS* loose that battle. There isn't anything Microsoft can do about > this. The failure of PA is one thing that's not Microsoft's fault. > (The fact that they keep trying anyway *is*, of course.) > > (And actually, there is one thing Microsoft could do: Get the industry > to adopt standard hardware-based controls (i.e., DRM) in the CPU and/or > motherboard core logic. That's what TPM (Trusted Platform > Module) is all about, and why there's so little interest in it outside > of software publishers: It's all about making your computer into > something that's not entirely yours anymore. It's like buying a car > with a padlock on the hood, and only the dealer has the key.) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
