Windows 7 RTM and MSDN Academic Alliance MSDN AA Availability Update
At the start of this week, I posted an article informing users of the fact that Windows 7 RTM was available for download via MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDN AA). Looking at the comments that have been piling up I think that an update is necessary to clarify some aspects.
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14.8.2009 Windows Vista RTM appears on MSDN
Microsoft Date/Time Posted: 2006-11-16 21:56:18 (UTC).
File: en_windows_vista_x86_dvd_X12-34293.iso ISO-9660 DVD Image
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16.11.2006 Windows Vista Iso BillGates to MSDN patch 2
Second Little path for BillGates ISO of Windows Vista RTM to transform this release into legit MSDN release.
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18.11.2006 Collection of published Vista SP1 API changes from MSDN
Microsoft might choose not to tell its enthusiasts anything about Windows Vista Service Pack 1, but they can’t afford to keep it a secret to the development community. Thanks to pacpis for this article.
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22.7.2007 A short chat with a MSDN Concierge about Vista SP1
Not long ago, Microsoft has hinted towards the availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on MSDN if not before the public beta. I wanted to find out if this was the case and who better to ask than the MSDN Concierge - open 24 hours, talk about great service. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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18.8.2007 Windows Vista Iso BillGates To Legit MSDN PATCH
Little path for BillGates ISO of Windows Vista RTM to transform this release into legit MSDN release.
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13.11.2006 Microsoft Releases Vista SP1 RC Preview on MSDN
Microsoft has posted download links to Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview on the MSDN homepage for MSDN subcribers.
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4.11.2007 MSDN subscribers: Vista SP1 to hit by the end of this week
Microsoft is continuing to accelerate its timetable for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 availability.
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13.2.2008 Windows 7 beta on MSDN?
Just as many are waiting for the Windows 7 beta to be announced at CES, we have a Microsoft blog saying its available on MSDN!
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8.1.2009 MSDN Opens Up to Firefox, Opera
MSDN announced last week that it had tweaked its subscriber download site in order to make it compatible with both Firefox and Opera. There are some issues, such as extra work needed in installing the File Transfer Manager, however developers are working on a new version of the FTM that should correct final problems.
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Microsoft Releases MSDN Wiki
Microsoft has released its Microsoft Developer Network Wiki for developers.
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9.12.2006 Windows Home Server - Now available on MSDN
A key benefit of Windows Home Server is the versatility and power it offers as a development platform. Even when Windows Home Server software was still in the beta stage, we published a software development kit (SDK) so that 3rd party developers could develop interesting add-ins for the product. See the original post, "Developers, Developers, Developers".
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25.3.2009 XP SP3 Integrated Images on MSDN
Microsoft is pleased to make available integrated retail and volume license installs of Windows XP SP3, to MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers.
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3.5.2008 Online Windows 7 event: MSDN Unleashed
On February 28, Microsoft organizes an indepth Windows 7 event in Irvine California.
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22.2.2009 Windows 7 To Surface on TechNet/MSDN This Month
We’ve received word from a trusted source close to GeekSmack that Windows 7 will be on TechNet/MSDN before the end of the month, so those of us with a premium TechNet/MSDN account will be able to get the official RTM build about 2 months ahead of when Windows 7 will hit store shelves on October 22nd.
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3.7.2009 Download Windows 7 RTM from MSDN & TechNet
Microsoft today has announced the availability of the final version of Windows 7 (RTM Build 7600.16385) for Microsoft Connect, MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers.
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6.8.2009 Windows 7 RC now available for download on MSDN, TechNet & Connect
Microsoft made the first release candidate of Windows 7 available for free download on Thursday. In an unprecedented move for the company, the software will run on a user's PC for more than a year.
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30.4.2009 Windows 7 RTM Available for Download via the MSDN Academic Alliance
Windows 7 RTM Build 7600 is currently available for download via the MSDN Academic Alliance. The past week, starting with August 6th, 2009, Microsoft began offering the gold bits of Windows 7 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
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10.8.2009 Download Windows 7 RTM Wave 3 via MSDN and TechNet
Get ready to access the third wave of Windows 7 RTM downloads from Microsoft. Today, August 21, 2009, the Redmond company will make available for download Windows 7 RTM wave 3 for its developer and IT professional audiences, through their respective portals.
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21.8.2009 Windows XP Mode RTM via MSDN and TechNet
Having released Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC to manufacturing at the start of this month, Microsoft is currently offering the two Windows 7 features for download.
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8.10.2009 Microsoft Office 2010 beta available on MSDN and TechNet
Today Microsoft has made the official Office 2010 beta bits available on TechNet/MSDN, so those of you who have subscriptions to either service may now get your hands on it before the official unveiling on November 18th.
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16.11.2009 Office 2010 Beta Available for Download via MSDN and TechNet
The Beta bits of Office 2010 Beta along with Office Web Applications are now up on MSDN and TechNet Plus.
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16.11.2009 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 RTM will on MSDN within days
Rumors have been flying everywhere that Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 will be RTM (Released to Manufacturing) and on MSDN in a matter of days. Orginally thought to be on MSDN for download on October 14th, the release supposedly got slipped because the final RC build failed a regression test.
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Microsoft Windows 2003 Server R2 available to MSDN Subscribers
MSDN Subscribers can download Windows 2003 Server R2 on MSDN now!
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 is an update release of the award-winning Windows Server 2003 operating system.
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9.12.2005 MSDN and TechNet get Windows 7 RC? Public to wait till May 5
It looks like Microsoft is yet again revealing more than it wants to, according to a Microsoft Partner Program webpage. May 5 looks like the date that Windows 7 RC will be available publicly.
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18.4.2009 Update on Win 7 RTM availability, MSDN and TechNet August 6
Microsoft has just sent word that MSDN and TechNet customers will be able to get hold of Windows 7 RTM on August 6.
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21.7.2009 Windows 7 RTM coming to MSDN, Technet, and Connect August 6th
After disappointing the many fans that expected Microsoft to announce Windows 7 RTM on July 13th, the Redmond company has yet to announce a date for the RTM.
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22.7.2009 Download Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM from MSDN and TechNet
The final bits of Windows Server 2008 R2 (RTM Build 7600.16385) are now up on MSDN and TechNet Plus.
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14.8.2009 Windows 7 Beta ISO Download and Product Key Available for MSDN and Technet Subsribers
Although the public beta for Windows 7 beta will only available on January 9, 2009, the MSDN and Technet subscribers can now start downloading the DVD ISO media together with a genuine working product key to activate the Windows 7 installed.
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8.1.2009 How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
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23.9.200814% of SSL certificates use MD5
As reported last week, about the possible MD5 SSL certificate bring broken, a recent survey was taken that shows 14% of the world still uses the MD5
algorithm to secure their SSL certificates. The attack allows hackers to create a fake MD5-signed certificate, alongside the existing one, creating a
fake certificate. The attack was discovered by researchers, who have not released the method of attack to the public, but warns of a possible
incoming attack if discovered. Roughly 135,000 valid third party certificates use the MD5 signatures, on public web sites, which could allow hackers
to inject their own data to the SSL certificate.
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04.01.2009MD5 encryption broken, Microsoft warns
Microsoft Security Advisory warned today that a possible attack against the MD5 hash digital certificate could allow an attacker to generate their own
certificate with information from the original. Microsoft warned that only the X.509 certificates could be attacked, and suggests users to upgrade to
the newer SHA-1 algorithm. Although the information was not published publically to allow hackers the chance to launch attacks on the vulnerability,
Microsoft is keeping a watch on the possible attack, even though the vulnerability does not come in a Microsoft product.
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31.12.2008MD5 Proven Ineffective for App Signatures
Marc Stevens, Arjen K. Lenstra, and Benne de Weger have released their paper 'Vulnerability of software integrity and code signing applications to
chosen-prefix collisions for MD5'. It describes a
reproducible attack
on MD5 algorithms to fake software signatures. Researchers start off with two simplistic Windows applications HelloWorld.exe and
GoodbyeWorld.exe, and apply a known prefix attack that makes md5() signatures for both of the applications identical. Researchers point out: 'For
abusing a chosen-prefix collision on a software integrity protection or a code signing scheme, the attacker should be able to manipulate the files
before they are being hashed and/or signed. This may mean that the attacker needs insider access to the party operating the trusted software integrity
protection or code signing process.'
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02.12.2007Google can crack passwords
A clever bloke into security research at the University of Cambridge computer lab wrote in his bog last Friday that he's discovered Google works
as a password MD5 hash cracker. Someone had hacked into his bogsite a few weeks ago and created a user account. After he quickly disabled the rogue
account, Steven J. Murdoch did some forensics work -- he's doing academic security research, remember -- and thought to figure out the
attacker's password.
Since his blogsite uses Wordpress, which stores passwords as unsalted MD5 hashes in its user database, he tried a
dictionary attack. That didn't find any match, even with numbers added to the ends of words. He then used a Russian dictionary, because shell code
that had been installed by the attacker had Russian in the comments. No word matchup there, either.
Murdoch writes that he could have found
or written a better password cracker. He could have varied the case of letters, added symbols to the mix, or used common substitutions of numbers for
letters, but he didn't want to spend more time. Instead, he turned to Google. He plugged the raw MD5 hash of the attacker's password into a
Google search and, voila, Google found him some matches.
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23.11.2007Windows 7 beta on MSDN?
Just as many are waiting for the Windows 7 beta to be announced at CES, we have a Microsoft blog saying its available on MSDN! Image Courtesy: MSDN
Blogs It is not sure whether it is available now or will be available soon, but you get the word. MSDN subscribers would be lucky enough to get hold
of Windows 7 beta. If you are a MSDN subsriber, can you see Windows 7 listed in there already?
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08.01.2009Power Management in Windows Vista
Eliot Graff: Stephen, a program manager on the Windows Kernal team, posted a response to a question in the
General Windows Vista Development Issues forum, and I thought it
could bear repeating here.
The original question was about how to control the processor
throttle in Windows Vista. Apparently, some of the calls that used to work in an application geared to Windows XP were not acting the same way in
Windows Vista. Here's Stephen's response...
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22.02.2008False alarm: No broader Vista SP1 beta ¦ yet
Microsoft posted to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) site on November 2 a note saying the company had made available for download
a preview of the near-final
Release Candidate (RC) version of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 via MSDN.
But the note was posted in error. According to a
message from a Vista spokeswoman:
œThe MSDN notice about a Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview was posted mistakenly. No code was released
today and the MSDN notice has since been removed from the MSDN site. We do expect to issue a Release Candidate for SP1 and are still on target to
deliver the RTM in Q1 of CY2008; however, we have no other news to share at this time."
While the code isnt yet available, the
erroneous posting means to this Microsoft watcher, at least that the broader SP1 beta is imminent. Perhaps well see the code next week¦. Microsoft
wont say, however.
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03.11.2007Windows Vista will RTM at build 6.0.6000
A source close to Microsoft
has confirmed to me that
Windows Vista will in fact
carry the build number
6.0.6000 . He found this
out by receiving a mail with
the build stamp "Microsoft
Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16384"
so that ends that
speculation.
Also
the MSDN subscription page has
been updated with the
following information
Windows Vista
and Office 2007: Availability
on MSDN Subscriber
Downloads
Windows
Vista and Office 2007 will be
available through MSDN
Subscriber downloads within 7
days of release to manufacture
(RTM). MSDN Subscriptions is
committed to making new
content available to our
subscribers as soon as is
practical.
Looks
like we'll be seeing this
appear soon.
Update: Several key
Microsoft employees has firmly
stated that Vista has not been
released to manufacturing. The
day might be soon, but is
certainly not today, or
tomorrow. There's still a bit
more work to do. Build
6000.16384 is real, but it
also doesn't mean RTM. These
days, Microsoft doesn't have
to increase the major version
number when building, so
theoretically, any sub-set of
build 6000 (6000.16385, 16386,
etc...) can be RTM.
source
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31.10.2006Collection of published Vista SP1 API changes from MSDN
Microsoft might choose not to
tell its enthusiasts anything
about Windows Vista Service
Pack 1, but they cant afford
to keep it a secret to the
development community.
For the same reasons some
argue SP1 is the Holy Grail
for Windows Vista, a newer
kernel means changes to a very
significant component of an
operating system. However
since this is a significantly
minor update to the kernel
compared to what was endured
just months ago, APIs have
already been added, changed
and even obsoleted.
Since Microsoft wouldnt
publish any documentation of
their own for the time being,
here is a list Ive compiled
from the MSDN Library of all
the changes taking effect in
Vista SP1 published to-date.
Whilst most of these
documentation wont make sense
for non-developers (myself
included), think of it like
reading a foreign-language
newspaper - find all the
proper nouns then make up the
story.
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22.07.2007Windows Vista SP1 available on MSDN & TechNet
Windows Vista SP1 is available on TechNet and MSDN subscriptions now. TechNet Plus and MSDN subscribers can now access Windows Vista SP1 in the Top
Subscribers Download section on the subscriptions home page, earlier than first expected and dubbed as a Valentine's Gift from Microsoft!
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15.02.2008Windows Vista SP1 anticipated to be available to MSDN Subscribers by end of week
We heard you.
Look for it in the Top Downloads list by end of week, on
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14.02.2008Microsoft Releases Vista SP1 RC Preview on MSDN
Microsoft has posted download links to Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview on the MSDN homepage for MSDN subcribers. " Get the latest preview of
Windows Vista SP1 on MSDN Subscriber Downloads. This new release of SP1 addresses reliability and performance issues, and provides support for new
hardware and several emerging standards ." Windows Vista SP1 is slated for an early 2008 release but beta testers can get their hands on early
preview builds. Users have reported that the service pack not only includes many bug fixes but several performance enhancements as well.
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03.11.2007DinnerNow 2.5 - supports .NET 3.5, Vista, Vista SP1, and Windows Server 2008 RTM
James Conard
blogged this recently.
You can download the source code from
CodePlex today. Also, read from the man behind DinnerNow,
David Aiken. Also note the issues with x64 (with
workarounds).
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15.02.2008Vista SP1 Release Dates
Note that these are the same dates
Tech ARP posted about a couple
weeks back... zainnab: I get a lot of question as to when Vista Service Pack 1 will be out. Here is the answer I
received today:
March 18, 2008
SP1 available on Windows Update, Download Center, MSDN & TechNet
April 18, 2008
SP1 pushed via automatic download
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01.03.2008Windows Vista Developer Center Updated
Eliot Graff: The
Windows Vista Developer Center on MSDN has been scrubbed, polished,
reorganized, blown dry, and is now free to peruse. The developer center now includes easier navigation, links to over fifty "How Do I" videos, RSS
feeds for the Windows Shell team's blog, Shell:revealed, and a ton of content about why you should develop applications directly for Windows Vista.
Just take a look at the
What's New in Windows Vista page, and use that as your springboard to
identify useful new technologies and to find relavent materials throughout MSDN and TechNet.
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07.02.2008A short chat with a MSDN Concierge about Vista SP1
Via
Long
Zheng's Blog:
Not long
ago, Microsoft has hinted
towards the availability of
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
on MSDN if not before the
public beta. I wanted to find
out if this was the case and
who better to ask than the
MSDN
Concierge - open 24 hours,
talk about great service.
Excerpts
(MSDN Concierge replies):
- Long, as I
know the Windows Vista Service
Pack 1 will be released in
second half year of 2007 and
we have not got definitely
release date.
- You may get detail
information until TechEd 2007
in Sep 2007. The more details
about Windows Vista Service
Pack 1 will be released in
TechEd 2007
- As far as I know, SP1
have below update
*
Service Pack for Microsoft
Windows (KB936330)
*
Service Pack for Microsoft
Windows (KB937286)
*
Hotfix for Microsoft Windows
(KB937287)
* Update
for Microsoft Windows
(KB938371)
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17.08.2007Microsoft Windows Vista is now on MSDN & Connect
Thanks Andareed who
posted this news in our
forums, yes thats right MSDN
users need no longer to
wait.
Initial
reports are that this is
different from the leaked
version that has been
available for about a week on
all sorts of torrent sites,
the hash is different:
en_windows_vista_x86_dvd_X12
-34293.iso =
b71e04564ca22e4d9928e59298eff8
7cf62b382b
LRMCFRE_EN_DVD.iso
(BillGates) =
b82590481755ba3420e7314bf82b89
16a90963b5
This
single download includes the
following Windows Vista
editions:
- Windows Vista
Business
- Windows
Vista Business N
- Windows Vista Home
Basic
- Windows Vista
Home Basic N
- Windows
Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Starter
- Windows Vista
Ultimate
The product
key used to install Windows
Vista will determine which
edition will be installed. The
product keys used to install
Windows Vista Business N,
Windows Vista Home Basic N,
and Windows Vista Starter are
not currently available.
Also US testers may
find an invitation to download
any version of Vista final
they choose (a product key is
then supplied for the version
specified) my source tells me
that international users will
start to see this appearing on
their connect page within the
next day or so. It's unclear
if every tester will get a
full version of their choice.
We'll update this when
Microsoft gets back to us.
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17.11.2006Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 on MSDN & TechNet (Plus)
Microsoft sent out a mail on Wednesday informing MSDN and TechNet Plus users that Windows Vista SP1 images as well as Windows Server 2008 (RTM) have
been made available to subscribers. Upon checking however, I was unable to find the promised SP1 image on my TechNet subscription.
Microsoft
had last
week, backpedaled and decided to move the release for certain
customers and beta testers up from mid-March to
mid-to-late-February. I imagine some subscribers have yet to see it appear on their download list but should all go according to plan, those images
should be made available before March.
Up to 3 pre-requisites will start appearing through Windows Update for everyone else before
mid-March, which is required before SP1 can be installed on Windows Vista. This is due to an update of the update service from within Windows that is
required before SP1 can be installed.
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neowin.net - 14.02.2008
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP2 Customer Preview Program
Starting today, TechNet and MSDN subscribers will be able to download the SP2 beta through our Customer Preview Program (CPP). If you are a TechNet or
MSDN subscriber, you can gain access to the CPP through TechNet or MSDN today. On Thursday, we will open the CPP to everyone through TechNet or MSDN.
This CPP is designed to give developers and IT Professionals the opportunity to have an early look at SP2 by installing and testing in their
environments. We hope these installs will give us great feedback through the automated feedback reporting tool to ensure we ship the highest quality
Service Pack.
winbeta.org - 03.12.2008
Microsoft in slip-up over Vista service pack
For a brief
time Friday, it looked as if developers were going to be able to get their hands on a test version of the first Vista service pack, which is due
for final release next year. Enthusiast site Neowin noticed a posting on Microsofts MSDN developer site that promised developers could "Get the
latest preview of Windows Vista SP1 on MSDN Subscriber Downloads." The site also said, "This new release of SP1 addresses reliability and
performance issues, and provides support for new hardware and several emerging standards," according to Neowin.
That would have been a
big deal, since the software has been only in limited beta testing, and not broadly available to developers outside of Microsoft. However, Microsoft
said late Friday that the post was a mix-up and that no test code was released, nor was any planned to be released.
"The MSDN notice
about a Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview was posted mistakenly," Microsoft said in a statement provided to CNET News.com "No code was released
today and the MSDN notice has since been removed from the MSDN site."
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