Windows 7 Rc officially released .. Free for a year

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Tuesday May 05, 2009

Microsoft released windows 7 rc today - The key for it is good for a year. To get go here to the download site :

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... nload.aspx

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Tuesday May 05, 2009

just be aware that once the year is up, it sounds like you need a fresh install if you want to keep it.

Colton · Post by **Colton** » Wednesday May 06, 2009

'is thred is teh funneh.

but then again i forget people pay for software, and/or dont format regularly

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Wednesday May 06, 2009

I only reformat if I have to. Thats the way it should be unless the user is doing something wrong constantly

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday May 06, 2009

I reformat every couple of months whether it needs it or not.

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JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Wednesday May 06, 2009

Why? I'm honestly intrigued and baffled; would like to know more.

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Wednesday May 06, 2009

Because your registry fills up worse than a colon on red meat day.
With regular backups and files and settings transfers formats are too easy anyways, ill go a year and then douche.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday May 06, 2009

^^ What he said ... But not in those words lol ..

There is a lot of things that get cached and filed in the registry from use. Not to mention when you install a program and uninstall it there will still be traces of it on your pc. It is a good way to clean out all of the crap that is left behind. Sure Ccleaner is a great tool to use - But, it can only do so much and a reformat is the best to do it ..

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Wednesday May 06, 2009

The last time I installed a program I didn't keep was a year or more ago... Testing programs out before I install them is what the VMware is for

Then its just a 1-click roll-back that takes at most a few seconds.

I see your points, but in my experience, thats totally overkill.

Besides I don't think I could put that much time into computer maintainance anymore. I need to have my computer up and running at any given time. The hours of downtime while I reformatted and reinstalled everything would literally cost me money...

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday May 06, 2009

JackANSI wrote:The last time I installed a program I didn't keep was a year or more ago... Testing programs out before I install them is what the VMware is for Then its just a 1-click roll-back that takes at most a few seconds.

I see your points, but in my experience, thats totally overkill.

Besides I don't think I could put that much time into computer maintainance anymore. I need to have my computer up and running at any given time. The hours of downtime while I reformatted and reinstalled everything would literally cost me money...

That is where an image file would come in handy. Takes 5 minutes instead of 5 hours or days ..