Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 With 18X Optical Zoom And AVCHD Lite HD Movie Recording

Panasonic has introduced its new superzoom digital camera – LUMIX DMC-FZ35 (known as DMC-FZ38 in Europe), which features 12.1 megapixel CCD sensor
, 27mm wide-angle LEICA DC lens with 18x optical zoom, Power O.I.S lens-shift stabilization and AVCHD Lite high-definition movie recording capability.


“The LUMIX FZ35 is truly unique as it includes advanced features like HD video recording, but still resembles and functions like an intuitive point-and-shoot with the ability to capture beautiful photos and video,” said David Briganti, Senior Product Manager, Imaging, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company. “This model’s versatility makes it a great choice for a new or advanced user who wants a hybrid device that shoots high-quality still and motion images.”

Powerful features of Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ35:

* 2.7-inch TFT LCD display with 0.2-inch color EVF
* 27mm wide-angle, 18x optical zoom LEICA DC lens with F2.8 brightness
* AVCHD Lite (motion picture) HD video recording capability
* New ultra high-speed (AF) Auto Focus (2 times faster than DMC-FZ28) for capturing action scenes as they happen
* Improved POWER Optical Image Stabilizer (O.I.S.)
* Upgraded energy-efficient image processing LSI – Venus Engine HD
* Intelligent Auto (iA) Mode incorporates a suite of intuitive technologies including Face Detection, Intelligent Scene Selector, Intelligent Exposure and improved Face Recognition (recognizes up to 3 faces simultaneously)
* Extended battery life of approximately 470 pictures
* Creative Movie Mode allows users to set the shutter speed and aperture manually to make even more impressive movies
* My Color Mode gives free reign to the user’s creativity thanks to the color, brightness and saturation parameters that can be freely adjusted
* High Dynamic Mode captures a scene with moderate exposure even though the scene may contain both bright and dark areas

The new Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ35 which measures 118 x 76 x 89 mm and weights 367g (without battery) will ship in September 2009 for approximately $400.
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Prevent Fraud by Phishing Websites via Free Comodo Verification Engine

Accidentally visiting phony and phishing sites will be a serious nightmare for users especially when they realize that their sensitive information such as login name, password, credit card information, bank account details, etc have been stolen or divulged and critical damages have been done. Generally, internet users particularly the non-tech savvy can hardly determine whether a site they are entering is authentic or phony. The fake site basically looks and feels almost identical to the authentic or legitimate one. Users who are not aware or sensitive might easily fall into the trap and get cheated.

There are various ways for the criminal syndicate to fool and attract users to visit the phony sites. The phishing process has affected millions of internet users every year even though various public awareness campaigns and activities have been launched. If users are concerned they might become the next victim of this internet criminal fraud, one of the ways users can use is via anti-phishing and identity assurance tool to verify and authenticate the sites. Comodo Verification engine, a free security product from Comodo security series is a useful and database rich program which can help users to distinguish and identify a real website from an impostor.

Comodo Verification engine is a free and lightweight security application offered by Comodo which can be downloaded via the link here. The Windows based security software supports various web browsers including Internet Explorer 5.01 and above, AOL 1.1 and above, Netscape 8+ (IE mode), Firefox 1.0.7 and above, Netscape 7.2+ (FF mode) and Mozilla 1.7 and above. Once users have installed the free anti-phishing software, a small “v” icon will appear on the taskbar.





Every time users open a new website, Comodo Verification Engine will immediately check via its database. If the website is legitimate and is in Comodo’s database, users can see the browser’s border glow green and an arrow will point to the site’s verified logo. With this confirmation and verification, it is safe for users to continue with their browsing. If the green border doesn’t appear, users are advised to be more careful when proceeding. Comodo has created a database of over 500,000 legitimate websites with real internet addresses for verification.










Comodo Verification engine provides a clear visual indicator about the level of SSL security on a site and warning if a site is using the type of SSL certificate favored by scammers. Users can click on the verification engine’s indicator on the taskbar to modify the options such as green border thickness, font size, etc.
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Enjoy 3-Month Trial of McAfee Internet Security 2009 Full Version

McAfee Internet Security 2009 is a comprehensive and easy-to-use internet security solution package for Windows OS based computers. The security package generally covers four main areas of protection: computer & files, internet
& network, email & instant messenger, and parental control. The built in features include anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, anti-phishing, two-way Firewall, web site safety ratings, identity Protection, parental Controls and data Backup. With this powerful features, the security software will give users a peace of mind against cybercriminals, spyware, hackers, etc when browsing the internet.

McAfee Internet Security 2009 costs $69.99 if users intend to purchase the complete package online from McAfee site. However, the security software developer offers users who are willing to try up its McAfee Internet Security 2009 a 30-day trial. The same offer has been extended to 6 months in some countries such as Malaysia, Philippine, etc if users are Lenovo laptops users who have registered with Lenovo. If users refuse to spend money but prefer a longer period of trying instead of the standard one month period, users can grab the promotion offered by McAfee UK site. McAfee UK via its promotional page offers a full McAfee Internet Security 2009 completion version with license for 3 months or 90 days with full updates and support during the free period. To enjoy this special promotion, even though it is only for three months, users can login to the promotional page, fill in relevant information and they will be directed to the full download of the security software which will work only for 3 months.
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Web pages normally contain lot of advertisements, images, empty spaces and other junk data, so web printing could result in waste of paper, ink, money and not environmental friendly. Previously we have mentioned PrintWhatYouLike that serves as a free online
editor to let you format web pages and only print on what you like to see, now there is another utility, named as Printee that works as add-on for Internet Explorer to allow you pick, edit and print web page according to what you like it to be printed. Printee is a web printing tool for Internet Explorer. Once you have gotten it installed, you will notice that when you right click on any web page content, an orange toolbox will be displayed on IE toolbar. This toolbox is called as IE toolbox which you can use those features available here to edit web page content to just what you like. Alternatively, you can display IE toolbox by clicking on green “Printee” button, Printee Button which appears as toolbar button. If you don’t see the green “Printee” button appears as toolbar button, you can always add it by right clicking on IE toolbar and then choose Customize, under Available toolbar buttons list, look for IE Toolbox and then add it to the current toolbar buttons list.

The IE toolbox contains features such as Pick to remain the selected area and other areas which are not selected will be disappeared, Del to delete elements of the selected area, Fit to adjust the contents of the current selected area to the appropriate width, increase or decrease font size
, remove background and unwanted images, print preview and etc.

Printee 1.5.1 is absolutely free to download
and works well for IE6/IE/7/IE8. Consumes only 1.35MB of your hard disk space, the utility is compatible to run on Windows 2000/2003 and XP.
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Install Windows 7, Vista or Server 2008 On Computer or Virtual Machine with Less Than 512 MB RAM Memory

Officially Windows 7, Windows Vista
and Windows Server 2008 minimum system hardware
specifications (see Windows 7 system requirements and Windows Vista system requirements) requires more than 512 MB of RAM physical memory, though Microsoft
recommends 1 GB minimum memory is most production scenarios. As such, the install wizard does not allow setup process to go through when the system memory is less than 512 MB when installing Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 on PC computer
or virtual machine. The setup wizard will halt and force stop installation process with the following error message.

Windows detected that this computer has <128> MB of RAM, but 512 MB is required for installation. Installation cannot proceed.








Install Cannot Proceed with Less Than 512 MB of RAM Memory

Contrary to popular belief, the installation process of Windows operating system may require even more memory to load and boot than post-installation running system. The installation routine started from DVD disc or ISO will create a RAM disk, which takes up more than 128 MB of RAM. This fact has to be taken note when trying to install Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 on a computer or virtual machine with less than 512 MB of RAM, and it’s recommended to have at least 256 MB of RAM even after using the hack below to ensure setup process can be loaded properl. Else, various errors such as “Ramdisk device creation failed due to insufficient memory” by “Windows Boot Manager”, or simply freezing and stop responding when DVD is booting.

So, how to install Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 on a system or VM with only 256 MB to 512 MB of RAM memory? There are few workarounds to can be used to install Windows operating system even without 512 MB RAM.

Method 1: 384 MB of RAM to Run Setup Installation

Although the Windows setup process dialog message indicating at least 512 MB of RAM is required, in actual it will only look for available memory of around 384 MB (373 MB of RAM is workable in the case of Windows 7). Thus, end-user can easily add an additional piece of physical RAM into RAM slot to reach this threshold, or even easier in virtual machine, increase the allocated RAM slightly to match 384 MB level.

Method 2: Install With Required RAM Size and Reduce Memory Amount After Installation

While setup installation of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 requires 512 MB of memory to proceed, but that does stop user to reduce amount of RAM memory available to the system after installation completed. So, this workaround requires user to increase the amount of physical or virtual RAM to 512 MB (adding memory stick) in order to fulfill setup requirement, and then reduce the memory size to lower level (remove the added memory stick) once installation is completed. This workaround is especially easy for virtual machine, which more likely encounter low memory issue.

Method 3: Patch winsetup.dll Hack

The system check for RAM size and its stop installation routine is coded in winsetup.dll file on the DVD disc or ISO image. Follow the steps below to patch winsetup.dll to bypass the RAM memory check during setup installation of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Note: Only works on 32-bit (x86) version.

1. Copy the content of DVD installation disc media, or extract the contents of DVD ISO image to hard disk drive.
2. Download and install any HEX editor such as AptEdit Pro, WinHEX and Notepad++ (a Notepad alternative) with HEX Editor plugin.
3. Use the HEX editor to open winsetup.dll located inside the /source/ folder of the copied installation files.
4. Search or find the following HEX (hexadecimal) string:

77073D7801
5. Modify the HEX string to replace and overwrite it with the following HEX code:

E90400000
6. Save the modified winsetup.dll file.
7. Run the setup.exe from the installation files copied to hard disk. For user who wants to start installation from bootable DVD instead, replace the winsetup.dll in the ISO with patched version, and then burn the ISO to disc.

Do note that although Windows can still run at less than mandatory required RAM memory, the performance of the system will take serious hit. With ridiculously low amount of memory, Windows Boot Manager may simply fail to load and stop with “Windows failed to start” or “No physical memory is available at the location required for the Windows Boot Manager. The system can not continue” error message, if not system driver or registry file is missing or corrupt message.
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ManiGear eX-L 18 (Claimed As World’s Most Powerful Gaming Notebook)



You know, this whole "most powerful laptop" game is pretty hilarious. Back in '05, CompAmerica's (who?) Orca 9098 held the title with a cutting-edge 3.8GHz Pentium 4, and over the years, we've watched outfit after outfit pull the award back and forth, much like those tugging games we used to play as tots. Regardless, it seems as if Maingear's down for the fun, today rolling out the planet's all new "world's most powerful gaming laptop" in the eX-L 18, which arrives with an undisclosed Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme processor, twin NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, up to three 2.5-inch SATA or SSD drives, an optional Blu-ray drive and a screen that's probably larger than your mother's desktop LCD. And by that, we mean 18.4-inches with a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. If you're down with lugging around this beast, you can get one headed your way provided you've got at least $2,999 you're willing to see off.
Gallery: Maingear's eX-L 18 grabs for "world's most powerful gaming laptop" title

MAINGEAR Unveils the World's Most Powerful Gaming Notebook

eX-L 18 laptop delivers unprecedented performance with Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs with NVIDIA SLI technology, GPU Computing with NVIDIA CUDA, 1080p HD resolution support and an Intel Core 2 Extreme CPU

Union, New Jersey – July 23, 2009 – MAINGEAR Computers, award-winning builders of high performance custom computers for PC gamers and enthusiasts, is proud to announce the world's most powerful desktop replacement notebook, the eX-L 18. Featuring dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M graphics processing units (GPUs) with NVIDIA SLI technology, the eX-L 18 brings your games and multimedia to life with brilliant 3D graphics and movies in 1080p HD resolution. With powerful Intel Core 2 mobile processors, eX-L 18 delivers breakthrough multi-core performance and dual-channel DDR3 memory.

"MainGear has equipped the eX-L 18 with the world's fastest notebook graphics solution," said Rene Hass, General Manager of the notebook business unit at NVIDIA. "With NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs, MainGear's customers will experience breathtaking in gaming physics from titles such as Terminator Salvation or Darkest of Days and are ready for GPU computing applications such as Badaboom, vReveal and Arcsoft SimHD."

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280M GPUs are the fastest GeForce notebook GPUs ever. Built-in support for NVIDIA® PhysX™ technology enables a new world of ultra realistic gaming effects from lifelike explosions to natural water. Stay on top of your game with the highest performance using the latest notebook drivers direct from NVIDIA.com. When you're not gaming, NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology offers breakthrough performance in compute-intensive tasks like video transcoding and photo editing, delivering up to 10x faster performance compared to traditional CPUs. Watch high-definition videos come alive with sharp images and vibrant colors supported by NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD technology, which enables extended battery life so you never miss a scene.

The eX-L 18 is chock full of expansion potential, with up to 3 2.5" SATA or SSD drives configurable in RAID formations. eSATA, HDMI, USB 2.0, and FireWire ensure that you can use the eX-L 18 just
like you would a desktop and without compromise. Additional features include a 3 Megapixel video camera provides high definition video conferencing, and a full sized keyboard with a number pad, and programmable gaming buttons.

"With the increasing demand for mobile high performance computing solutions, we wanted to offer our customers with the most powerful gaming desktop replacement possible" said Wallace Santos, CEO and Founder of MAINGEAR. "With the co-processing power of the Intel Core 2 CPU and dual NVIDIA GPUs , you're able to get the same cutting edge technology available to desktop users in a balanced computing configuration that is ideal for today's GPU computing environment ."

The eX-L 18 also features MAINGEAR's M.A.R.C. custom laser etching technology. Customers can upload the image or logo of their choice and MAINGEAR will customize your notebook to specifically fit your personal style or corporate brand.

Consumers can purchase the MAINGEAR eX-L 18 at MAINGEAR's Web site www.maingear.com or order by phone at (888-MAINGEAR). The base price $2,999. eX-L 18 comes standard with MAINGEAR's standard 14 month warranty and is backed by the best in-house support team
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Fujifilm FinePix S200EXR With 12 MP Super CCD EXR Sensor And 14.3X Fujinon Optical Zoom Lens

The leading provider of digital and analog photographic imaging systems, FUJIFILM has announced the launch of its new FinePix S200EXR, which the company claims as its most advanced SLR-styled camera to date, featuring 12 megapixel Super CCD EXR sensor, 14.3x Fujinon optical zoom lens and even an ability to shoot both RAW and JPEG images simultaneously.

s200exr

Impressive highlights of Fujifilm FinePix S200EXR:

* 1/1.6-inch 12 megapixel Super CCD EXR sensor
* High contrast 2.7-inch LCD display that can be view at 160-degrees both vertically and horizontally
* Pin-sharp 14.3x Fujinon optical zoom lens (30.5mm-436mm equivalent)
* EXR Priority modes and EXR Auto
* Pro Focus Mode and Pro Lowlight Mode
* 5 Film Simulation Modes
* Next-generation Super Intelligent Flash lets users take flash-assisted shots without the danger of flash wash-out
* Dual Image Stabilization delivers clean, sharp and blur-free images
* Manual Settings – Shutter speeds of between 1/4,000 second and 30 seconds ; Multiple apertures of between F2.8 – F11 at 1/3EV steps
* 3 bracketing functions useful for high level photography
* Improved battery life supports up to 370 shots per charge (with included NP-140 Lithium Ion battery)
* Movie mode allows users to record 640 x 480 movies at 30 frames per second
* Combined CCD RAW (EXR)/JPEG shooting function

“This camera benefits from the culmination of Fujifilm’s Super CCD EXR technology and EXR Processor development,” said David Troy, marketing manager, Consumer Digital Cameras, Electronic Imaging Division, FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc. “This powerful combination allows the FinePix S200EXR, with its wide dynamic range, to capture the subtleties in color, tone and detail to deliver perfect shot conditions every time.”

The new FUJIFILM FinePix S200EXR dgital camera that incorporates 0.2-inch electronic view finder (EVF) will ship in coming August 2009 for around $600.
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Nokia 6760 Optimized For Messaging

Nokia has recently announced its Nokia 6760 Slide. The slider phone with QWERTY keypad has been optimized for messaging. The phone has been enhanced for easy access to favorite social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Twitter as well as email accounts from Ovi mail, Gmail, Yahoo!Mail, Windows Live Hotmail and etc.

nokia-6760-slide

Along with a 2.4-inch QVGA display, Nokia 6760 is also equipped with a 3.2-megapixel camera, supports WCDMA 900/2100 HSDPA, integrated A-GPS with Nokia Maps 3.0 and Bluetooth enabled. In addition, it supports Push email
and comes with MP3 player.

The Nokia 6760 slider phone will be available in the third quarter of this year.
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Razer Orochi Bluetooth Laser Gaming Mouse And Razer Kabuto Microfiber Gaming Mouse Mat Overview

Since the late nineteenth century, fingerprint identification methods have been used by police agencies around the world to identify both suspected criminals as well as the victims of crime. The basis of the traditional fingerprinting technique is simple, that is by comparing the fingerprint pattern. Nowadays, the fingerprint technology has been used wisely in security fields.

Hitachi has announced the development of a biometric cardless credit payment system which called as finger vein money. With this system, the shoppers can pay their purchases by using their fingertips. What make this technology special is it verifies a person identity by reading the pattern of the blood vessels in the fingers instead of reading the fingerprint pattern.
The credit card holders required to register their vein data by placing finger on vein reader that uses infrared LEDs and a special camera to capture the detailed image of their vein structure.
Before release to the consumer market, Hitachi will conduct a three months fields test of this technology beginning of September in which 200 Hitachi employees will volunteer to use finger vein money at the company cafeteria in Shin-Kawasaki.
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VideoSpirit Lite – A Tiny But Powerful Video Converter Freeware for Windows System


Looking for free software utility to convert your media files? There are various software that can help to achieve this but in case you are not fully satisfied with any of them, why not give this simple utility a trial? Named as VideoSpirit Lite, it simplifies the conversion process from one format to another while able to extract both the audio and image from video files easily.



Some of the famous conversion formats include DVD, AVI, 3GP, DAT, MP3 and many more which almost covers everything that you can name. During installation, users will be prompted to install a few powerful codec packages that can be used to decode different media files. These code packages such as K-Lite Codec, Real Alternative and Quick Time Player are more than sufficient to cover most of the media clips codec formats available in the market. There are some options that allows users to customize the quality level, FrameRate, Bitrate, codec types and many more to ensure that the converted video quality is up to your expectation.

This is especially useful when you would like to convert media files to formats that can be fitted into certain media players without being limited by its codec types. Furthermore, it can extract any audio tracks and images from the video clips as a all-in-one solution without the need to look for alternative solutions. Consumed around 10MB, the freeware is available for download here for immediate use.
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Download 32-bit & 64-bit Windows 7 RTM Build 7600.16385 Original Untouched MSDN/TechNet Leaked Retail DVD ISO


Windows 7 RTM has been officially announced where the RTM build is signed off as build version 6.1.7600.16385.090713-1255 with general availability (GA) set to debut publicly on October 22nd, 2009 for retail purchase on online or neighborhood stores worldwide and preinstalled on new computer. Following is the consolidated information available on Windows 7 RTM in FAQ style.
When can end-user gets Windows 7 (Windows 7 RTM GA Release Schedule)
October 22, 2009 (Wave 0 Release): Brazilian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong), Chinese Traditional (Taiwan), Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
October 23, 2009 (Wave 1 Release): Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish
October 24, 2009 (Wave 2 Release): Arabic, Bulgarian, Estonian, Greek, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Ukrainian
October 25, 2009 (Wave 3 Release): Croatian, Latvian, Serbian Latin
A less convincing release schedule that previously floated are as follow:
October 22, 2009: 14 languages – English, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Chinese (Hong Kong)
October 31, 2009: Remaining 21 languages – Turkish, Czech, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Ukrainian, Romanian, Arabic, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Slovenian, Hebrew, Thai, Croatian, Serbian Latin, and Latvian.
What are the editions (SKU) of Windows 7 available? (Windows 7 Editions and Versions)
Windows 7 StarterWindows 7 Home BasicWindows 7 Home PremiumWindows 7 ProfessionalWindows 7 EnterpriseWindows 7 Ultimate
Most end-users will be selecting between Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate though.
What are the features for each edition of Windows 7? (Windows 7 Features List and Windows 7 Features Comparison Between Editions)
Refer to Windows 7 features comparison between editions chart to know the differences between functions and features available in different editions of Windows 7.
To understand more about Windows 7 features, a feature parade with screenshots and demo videos on Windows 7 features highlight has also been showcased.
Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic (China only) which is targeted at netbook and nettop class of machine which does not exceed maximum hardware specs limit for Windows 7 Starter has its own set of features limitations and function restrictions.
Is there any special SKU version of Windows 7 that exists? (Windows 7 N, Windows 7 K, Windows 7 KN, Windows 7 E)
Yes, there is Windows 7 N, Windows 7 K, Windows 7 KN and Windows 7 E, where each editions of Windows 7 will also have in these flavors other than standard version.
Windows 7 N: Windows 7 N is meant for European market, and includes the same functionality as Windows 7, except that it does not include Windows Media Player and related technologies such as Windows Movie Maker.
Windows 7 K: Windows 7 K is meant for Korean market, and includes the same functionality as ordinary Windows 7, except that it includes links to a Media Player Center Web site and a Messenger Center Web site.
Windows 7 KN: Windows 7 KN is meant for Korean market, and includes the same functionality as Windows 7 K, except that it does not include Windows Media Player and related technologies such as Windows Movie Maker, links to download Windows Live Messenger, or links to a Media Player Center Web Site and a Messenger Center Web site.
Windows 7 E: Windows 7 E is meant for European Commission countries, including UK, and includes the same functionality as ordinary standard flavor of Windows 7, except that it does not include Internet Explorer 8 (IE8).
Windows 7 E will be selling at promotional upgrade pricing for full version edition before December 31, 2009, as upgrade SKU is not available yet, although direct upgrade from Windows Vista is not supported.
What’s the selling price for Windows 7? (Windows 7 Upgrade and Full Version Packaged Product Retail Price)
Windows 7 Full Package Retail Price
Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99 Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99 Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99 Windows 7 Upgrade Price
Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99 Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99 Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99 Is there any discount code or promotional offer for Windows 7? (Windows 7 pre-order discount)
Other than Windows 7 E full version FPP that is selling at Windows 7 E Upgrade license price before December 31, 2009, Microsoft also has time-limited Windows 7 pre-order discount offer that see Windows 7 Upgrade price been reduced and slashed to around 50% of more without the need of coupon code
US: Windows 7 Home Premium ($49.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($99.99)Canada: Windows 7 Home Premium ($64.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($124.99)Japan: Windows 7 Home Premium (¥7,407) and Windows 7 Professional (¥14,073)UK: Windows 7 Home Premium (£49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (£99.99)France and Germany: Windows 7 Home Premium (€49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (€109.99)
I buy a Windows Vista PC now, can I upgrade to Windows 7 when it’s available? (Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program)
Yes, Microsoft and its OEM partners will provide free same-edition and same-architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 when Windows 7 is generally available for desktop, notebook and laptop computer purchased between June 26, 2009 till January 31, 2010. The free Windows Vista to Windows 7 upgrade also applicable to customers who buy Windows Vista retail license with paper-based product key directly. The free upgrade program is called Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, and delivery fulfillment will start from October 22nd, 2009.
Check with your computer vendor on how to order free Windows 7 upgrade media, while Windows Vista retail license holder should visit http://www.windows7upgradeoption.com/. Shipping and handling charge may applies.
What’s the minimum and recommended system hardware specification requirement to run Windows 7? (Windows 7 System Requirements)
1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor 1 GB of RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB of system memory (64-bit) 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB of avaiable disk space (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. Some features of Windows 7 such as Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode requires additional hardware capability, such as Intel-VT or AMD-V hardware-assisted virtualization.
When can privileged MSDN, TechNet, Volume Licensing (VL), Microsoft Action Pack, Connect, OEM or Gold and Certified partners or subscribers get Windows 7 RTM? (Windows 7 Release and Availability Schedule)
July 24, 2009 (2 days after RTM): Microsoft OEM Online (MOO) Software Order Center (original equipment manufactures and system builders)
August 6, 2009: [English Only] MSDN and TechNet Subscriber Downloads and Microsoft Connect (Subscribers, ISV (independent software vendor) and IHV (independent hardware vendor))
August 7, 2009: [English Only] Volume License Service Center (VLSC) (Volume License (VL) customer with an existing Software Assurance (SA) license)
August 16, 2009: [English Only] Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) Portal (Microsoft Partner Program Gold/Certified Members)
August 23, 2009: [English Only] Microsoft Action Pack (Subscribers)
September 1, 2009: Volume License customers without a SA license can purchase Windows 7 through Volume Licensing (VL) channel.
By October 1, 2009: All remaining language-specific Windows 7 RTM versions will be available through all channels.
October 22, 2009: General availability of Windows 7
I have less premium and cheaper version of Windows 7, can I upgrade to higher edition and more premium edition? (Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade)
Windows 7 users with less-premium edition of Windows 7 (not Windows 7 Ultimate) is also allowed to upgrade to higher edition through Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU), a quick and easy upgrade process by simply purchasing an upgrade key to unlock additional features. Other than usual Windows Anytime Upgrade link contains in installed Windows 7 operating system, customer can purchase Windows Anytime Upgrade retail box with Media-Less Key (MLK) to perform upgrade anytime.
Can I directly in-place upgrade from Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 Beta and RC to Windows 7 RTM? (Windows 7 Supported and Unsupported Upgrade Paths)
Microsoft has published Windows 7 Upgrade Paths document which outlines the upgrade paths that are supported and not supported by Windows 7.
Note that do not confuse “upgrade” as in upgrade paths with “upgrade” as in Windows 7 Upgrade license. Windows 7 Upgrade license is eligible for everyone who owns Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system to purchase at cheaper price compared with full version license (FPP), even though the upgrade path may not be supported (e.g. Windows XP to Windows 7).
Do I need an activated Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 RC to upgrade from Windows 7 Upgrade media disc?
Windows 7 Upgrade versions are selling at cheaper price for end-users with genuine Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 on your PC. Some blogger quoting anonymous source obviously thinks that there will be a new upgrade process for Windows 7 where end-user is required to activate the current version of Windows prior to upgrading to Windows 7, where supported Windows versions are Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC).
However, according to Microsoft IT Pro Evangelist Harold Wong on his TechNet blog post, only the original media (CD/DVD of Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista is required for Windows 7 Upgrade. The Upgrade media will ask user to insert the media from Windows 2000, XP or Vista so it can perform a check of the physical media before proceeding. For computer already has Windows Vista installed on the machine, the setup it will just allow user to perform an in-place upgrade. If this is the case, the Windows 7 Upgrade process will be even more easier than Windows Vista, which requires an existing (activated or non-activated) Windows OS to install first.
Is there family pack for Windows 7?
Yes. Family Pack of Windows 7 allows installation of Windows 7 Home Premium on 3 computers.
How much is the Windows 7 Family Pack?
No official price yet, but the leaked price of Windows 7 Family Pack indicated price range between $136.95 to $147.
What is the build version of Windows 7 RTM? (Windows 7 RTM Signs Off and Windows 7 RTM Officially Announced)
6.1.7600.163856.1.7600.16385.090713-12557600.163857600.16385.090713-1255
Can I download Windows 7 RTM now?
Download 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 RTM Build 7600.16385 original and official untouched and unmodified DVD ISO images.
Note: Microsoft may release the same ISO for Windows 7 RTM in many different names for different channels, such as MSDN, TechNet, Connect, OEM, Volume Licensing and etc.
How to verify the authenticity of Windows 7 ISO? (Windows 7 ISO SHA1 and MD5 Checksum Values)
All SHA1 and MD5 checksum hash value, which is unique to each and every file, for Windows 7 RTM is listed on MSDN or TechNet Subscriber Downloads section, which is accessible to anyone even without a paid subscription. The checksum can be used to compare and verify the originality of ISO images. Easier, check out the SHA1 and MD5 checksum for popular Windows 7 ISO.
Is there any way to bypass or skip activation in Windows 7? What’s the best activation crack for Windows 7?
As usual, rearm Windows 7 for up to 120 days of activation free usage.
It’s expected that offline OEM instant activation method, which has long been the best activation crack for Windows Vista and will continue to be best activation crack for Windows 7, will continue to work for Windows 7, even though SLIC to embed in BIOS has been updated to version 2.1 for Windows 7 OEM offline activation to work. OEM activation not only can activate Windows 7 properly, but also pass all WGA validation. OEM offline activation without the need to activate online requires also new Windows 7 OEM certificate to match the new SLIC 2.1, and a Windows 7 SLP (System-Lock Preinstallation) key. OEM activation can be done in two forms, softmod (such as WoW and Vista Loader) which emulate a BIOS with SLIC, or biosmod (hardmod) which physically modify and flash motherboard BIOS to insert the required Windows marker.
In the meantime, visit Windows 7 forums for more information.
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