Archive for July, 2009

Windows 7 goes RTM (Release to Manufacturing)

Jul 30th

Posted by Choto Cheeta in Software

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Microsoft has achieved a milestone today for Windows 7 by pushing it to RTM stage. The company has already started to ship the products to the OEM partners and by October 22, we would be able to find the OS at our nearest store.

Windows 7 RTM

Microsoft would continue to distribute the RC (Release Candidate) via the official download location and users can continue to obtain the product key for free. The download would be available till August 20, where as Microsoft would continue to provide RC keys till March 2010.

An important thing is noticeable in this announcement that although the retail copy is going to be out by October 2009 but the RC product (CD) key distribution would continue till March 2010. Meaning, indirectly acting as a demo version of the OS.

software piracyMean while, reports suggest that crackers / pirates have already cracked and validated a pirated RTM copy of Windows 7, even before it can come out to the public.

Windows Live Movie Maker trial extender

Jul 25th

Posted by Choto Cheeta in Computer

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Those who have Windows Live Movie Maker installed, must note that present version of the product has expired on Jun 30, 2009. If you try to run the program, it would give you an error informing about the reason and would shut off.

“This trial version of Windows Live Movie Maker Beta has expired. Would you like to see if there is a new version available?”

Microsoft has issued an (2.8MB) update to counter the issue. The update is meant to extend the trial period till December 30, 2009.

The update is available for download free.