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Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool Uses Open Source Code

And apparently does so illegally. Rafael has written up a great post , with a side-by-side code comparison, about how Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool uses code that was obviously taken directly from open source code that is licensed under the GPL. While poking through the UDF-related...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-07-2009
Seven Perfectly Legal Ways to Get Windows 7 Cheap (or Even Free)

Windows expert Ed Bott offers up an excellent guide to getting Windows 7 on the cheap , along with some great advice. It's a must-read: Only suckers pay retail. If you’ve read any reviews of Windows 7, you’ve seen references to its price list, which ranges from $120 for a Home Premium upgrade to...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-06-2009
Get Tinker and Texas Hold 'Em ... For Free

Microsoft will soon make the Vista-era Ultimate Extras games Tinker and Texas Hold 'Em available for one and all, for free, via Games for Windows Live: Tinker and Hold 'Em are coming to Games for Windows! Need a break? If you like classic platform puzzles, or just want to play a quick hand of...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-05-2009
Talking Windows 7 Upgrade Media with Microsoft

So I had an in-person discussion yesterday with Microsoft about how its Windows 7 Upgrade media does (or does not) work. I'm going to update my Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media article to include this information, but I wanted to communicate it to you as quickly as possible. So here are...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-04-2009
A Bit of Backpedaling and an Apology from Microsoft

In a very long-winded post, Microsoft's Eric Ligman (he of the "you are probably a pirate" post ) does some furious backpedalling from his previous position on doing clean installs with Windows 7 Upgrade media. That is, where he previously came off very strong about how people doing this...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-02-2009
Windows 7 Workaround Does Not Allow for Multiple Installs with One Product Key

In the wake of Microsoft's illogical and wrong-headed attack on the so-called Windows 7 installation "hack"--really just a workaround designed to let legitimate Windows customers upgrade their activated copies of XP or Vista to Windows 7 in the manner they prefer--I've started wondering...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-01-2009
Enough, Microsoft. No One Is Endorsing Piracy. Obviously.

I love the self-righteous nature of this little Microsoft post , which quite clearly addresses the "hack" I published the other day without actually providing a link or naming names. Unfortunately, it looks like it is time to have this conversation again though. Over the past several days there...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-29-2009
Microsoft Signature Software

I was reading another great Todd Bishop article about Microsoft's attempts to sell crapware-less Windows 7-based PCs and came across an interesting bit. Sure, selling crapware-less PCs is great. But Microsoft is formally defining what it calls Microsoft Signature software , preinstalled Microsoft...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-28-2009
Finally, Some Answers to Windows 7 Upgrade Questions

Ed Bott just uploaded a very timely post about the Windows 7 upgrade issues that have arisen this week. You may recall my previous posts and article in which I have tried to sort through the mess of how it is you can clean install Windows 7 with Upgrade media. Ed takes it further, however, and if you're...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-27-2009
Confirmed: Windows 7 Family Pack Disc is Identical to Upgrade Media

Just in case this was a concern: I've done a file compare between the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade media and the Windows 7 Family Pack media and they are indeed identical. The weird thing is that you only get one product key with the Family Pack, so the only real difference is up in the cloud:...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-26-2009

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