Windows 7 RTMs finally
After many leaks, a public release of RC1 and several premature releases of what cuda been the final RTM we finally have sufficient proof that Windows 7 has infact been Released To Manufacturing (confirmed too!).
Heres a summary of what to know.
Build information
The final build is tagged as 6.1.7600.16385.090713-1255. It was compiled on July 13, 2009, at 12:45pm.
Windows 7 x64 DVD-ISO
7600.16385.090713-1255_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso
CRC32: 0x1F1257CA
SHA-1: 0x326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7
Windows 7 x86 DVD-ISO
7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso
CRC32: 0xC1C20F76
SHA-1: 0x5395DC4B38F7BDB1E005FF414DEEDFDB16DBF610
These hashes and values are from Daniel Melancthon’s blog post.
Release Dates
This is what we know.
| General Public | October 22nd |
|---|---|
| OEMS | July 24th |
| Microsoft Partner Program (Gold/Certified) | August 16 (English) October 1st (Other languages) |
| Businesses with Volume Licensing (Software Assurance) | August 1st |
| Businesses with Volume Licensing (Other) | September 1st |
| MSDN/Technet Subscribers | August 6th (English) October 6th (Other languages) |
| Microsoft Action Pack | August 23rd (English) October 1st (Other languages) |
Thats about it, if you ‘obtained’ a copy from somewhere, give Long Zheng‘s Windows 7 ISO verifier a go to see what you’ve actually got, last thing you’d want is a copy of Vista with a Windows 7 Transformation pack!
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