miercuri, 2 mai 2012

Office 2010 SP1 Official Download Links

Microsoft has officially released the first service pack (SP1) for Office 2010 productivity suite. The Office 2010 SP1 includes the roll-up of all previously released updates, in addition to several new updates which improve security, performance, and stability.

Here’s the official download pages and direct download links for Office 2010 SP1. The SP1 will be available through Windows Update and Microsoft Update, automatically for people with Automatic Updates turned on, although the update will be at later date.
The Office 2010 SP1 is released as KB2460049.
32-bit (x86) Office 2010 SP1
Microsoft Download Center: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d2e1282-8b69-418b-afa0-9f61239ec8be
64-bit (x64) Office 2010 SP1
Microsoft Download Center (US English): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e9f3c2d0-c321-4910-a4ce-b2f294b42d65
Note that you have to download the correct version of 32-bit or 64-bit that matches the installed Office 2010 product, and not Windows operating system. For compatibility, Microsoft has recommended most users to install 32-bit version of Office 2010 even though they have 64-bit Windows 7 or Vista.
To check if you have x86 or x64 version of Office 2010, just run any Office application such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and etc, and go to File menu to select Help. The 32-bit or 64-bit version of the Office product will be listed under the About section. Nonetheless, the Office 2010 SP1 setup installer is smart enough to detect the version of the installed Office applications and prevent installation from proceeding if the version is incorrect.

Windows 8 Developer Preview (Pre-Beta) Build 8102 Released

Microsoft has officially released the developer preview version of Windows 8 during the BUILD developer conference. The Windows Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers, and thus is not suitable for those looking for stable or intending to run on production system, as the downloads include prerelease software that may change without notice.

The released Windows 8 Developer Preview has the build version of Windows 8.8102.0.WINMAIN_WIN8M3.110824-1030, or full build string for x86 edition of version 6.2 (Build 8102.101.x86fre.winmain_win8m3.110830-1739), or indicating it’s compiled and signed off on August 30th, 2011, and is still a build within M3 development brand. Meaning it’s pre-beta.


3 versions of downloads are currently available officially from Microsoft on MSDN. If you decides to install Windows 8 Developer Preview, do read the Windows Developer Preview guide.
1. Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64)
Size: 3.6 GB
SHA-1 Hash: 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9
Direct Download Link: WindowsDeveloperPreview-64bit-English.iso
Note: Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 64-bit PC.
2. Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86)
Size: 2.8 GB
SHA-1 Hash: 4E0698BBABE01ED27582C9FC16AD21C4422913CC
Direct Download Link: WindowsDeveloperPreview-32bit-English.iso
Note: Includes a disk image file (.iso) to install the Windows Developer Preview and Metro style apps on a 32-bit PC
3. Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)
Size: 4.8 GB
SHA-1 Hash: 6FE9352FB59F6D0789AF35D1001BD4E4E81E42AF
Direct Download Link: WindowsDeveloperPreview-64bit-English-Developer.iso
Note: All of the following come on a disk image file (.iso): 64-bit Windows Developer Preview, Windows SDK for Metro style apps, Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Developer Preview, Microsoft Expression Blend 5 Developer Preview and 28 Metro style apps including the BUILD Conference app
Windows 8 has the similar system requirements with Windows 7:
  • 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
  • 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
  • DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
  • Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch
As it’s a prerelease software, some features are not available yet. According to Building Windows 8 blog, the preview build does not include the Windows Store, Windows Live Metro style apps, and some of the user interface features; and tha the focus of the preview is the API and development tools for building Metro style apps. In fact, Microsoft gives the following warning: The software is provided as is, and you bear the risk of using it. It may not be stable, operate correctly or work the way the final version of the software will. It should not be used in a production environment. The features and functionality in the prerelease software may not appear in the final version. Some product features and functionality may require advanced or additional hardware, or installation of other software.

 via MDL forums

miercuri, 25 ianuarie 2012

Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River

With the release of Windows 7 SP1, Microsoft has also updated the Windows 7 DVD media ISO image distributed by Digital River for online order fulfillment. Digital River is Microsoft’s partner for fulfillment on online distribution for downloadable Microsoft products.

The Windows 7 ISO images hosted on Digital River is genuine and official version, and the downloads from the server is legal. It’s after all one of the official channel where end-users who purchase a license (product key) for Windows 7 get the setup installation files.
Anyway, without a genuine and legally purchased product key, you can’t get Windows 7 activated, and Windows 7 will only run as evaluation copy for up to 30 days.
The latest version of Windows 7 DVD image available is of media refresh version, which commonly known as Windows 7 SP1-U (Media Refresh). Microsoft released the media refresh version of Windows 7 DVD media to fix a rare bug related to invalid computer name when small set of computer names returned error when used to install Windows 7. Otherwise, the Windows 7 with SP1 and Windows 7 with SP1-U (Media Refresh) is completely the same.
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1-U ISO
English x86: X17-59463.iso
English x64: X17-59465.iso
French x86: X17-59477.iso
French x64: X17-59479.iso
Spanish x86: X17-58877.iso
Spanish x64: X17-58879.iso
Windows 7 Professional SP1-U ISO
English x86: X17-59183.iso
English x64: X17-59186.iso
German x86: X17-59886.iso
German x64: X17-59885.iso
French x86: X17-59195.iso
French x64: X17-59197.iso
Spanish x86: X17-58866.iso
Spanish x64: X17-58868.iso
Italian x86: X17-59212.iso
Italian x64: X17-59215.iso
Portuguese x86: X17-59246.iso
Portuguese x64: X17-59247.iso
Swedish x86: X17-59271.iso
Swedish x64: X17-59273.iso
Norwegian x86: X17-59229.iso
Norwegian x64: X17-59231.iso
Finnish x86: X17-59192.iso
Finnish x64: X17-59194.iso
Dutch x86: X17-59233.iso
Dutch x64: X17-59236.iso
Danish x86: X17-59891.iso
Danish x64: X17-59883.iso
Traditional Chinese x86: X17-59295.iso
Traditional Chinese x64: X17-59297.iso
Korea x86: X17-59299.iso
Korea x64: X17-59300.iso
Windows 7 Professional N SP1-U ISO (Note: N editions come without media components)
English x86: X17-59335.iso
English x64: X17-59337.iso
German x86: X17-59323.iso
German x64: X17-59327.iso
French x86: X17-59348.iso
French x64: X17-59351.iso
Spanish x86: X17-58871.iso
Spanish x64: X17-58874.iso
Italian x86: X17-59364.iso
Italian x64: X17-59366.iso
Portuguese x86: X17-59395.iso
Portuguese x64: X17-59398.iso
Swedish x86: X17-59418.iso
Swedish x64: X17-59424.iso
Norwegian x86: X17-59380.iso
Norwegian x64: X17-59383.iso
Finnish x86: X17-59344.iso
Finnish x64: X17-59346.iso
Dutch x86: X17-59384.iso
Dutch x64: X17-59387.iso
Danish x86: X17-59318.iso
Danish x64: X17-59320.iso
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1-U ISO
English x86: X17-58996.iso
English x64: X17-58997.iso
Spanish x86: X17-58857.iso
Spanish x64: X17-58859.iso
French x86: X17-59007.iso
French x64: X17-59009.iso
While the official Windows 7 SP1 DVD media ISO images are only available in limited sets of languages and editions, it’s possible to install a language pack to switch to another display language, and use Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher to change to another edition. The ultimate solution is to create an all-edition Windows 7 ISO image with ei.cfg Removal Utility.
via MDL Forums

Download Windows 7 ISO (Official 32-bit and 64-bit Direct Download Links)

Below is an updated the compilation of official direct download links for various versions and editions of Windows 7 ISO images in various language combination. Microsoft typically does not provide official downloads for Windows 7 operating system, neither through HTTP nor through P2P file sharing such as BT (BitTorrent). So how’s the official direct download links of Windows 7 come about?

Various web-based online storefronts and retailers (e.g. Digital River) sell Windows 7 licenses, and to fulfill the orders, the online stores host and provide digital downloads of Windows 7 setup installation files in the form of ISO image, which can then be unpacked and extracted, or used to mount on virtual drive and burnt to a DVD media disc to clean install Windows 7 on a blank PC or upgrade a system from existing operating system.
Here’s a list of available direct download links for Windows 7 ISOs. As not all editions of Windows 7 is sold online, and not all language versions is sold online, only a few editions or language versions of Windows 7 ISO images’ download links are available.
Windows 7 Professional x64 (64-bit)
English: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65805/X15-65805.iso
German: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65813/X15-65813.iso
French: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65811/X15-65811.iso
Spanish: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65843/X15-65843.iso
Windows 7 Professional x86 (32-bit)
English: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65804/X15-65804.iso
German: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65812/X15-65812.iso
French: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65810/X15-65810.iso
Spanish: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65842/X15-65842.iso
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (64-bit)
English: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65733/X15-65733.iso
German: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65741/X15-65741.iso
French: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65738/X15-65739.iso
Spanish: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65771/X15-65771.iso
Windows 7 Home Premium x86 (32-bit)
English: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65732/X15-65732.iso
German: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65740/X15-65740.iso
French: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65738/X15-65738.iso
Spanish: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65770/X15-65770.iso
Windows 7 Enterprise [English 60 Days Trial] – Source]
32-bit (x86): 7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_enterprise_en-us_EVAL_Eval_Enterprise-GRMCENEVAL_EN_DVD.iso
64-bit (x64): 7600.16385.090713-1255_x64fre_enterprise_en-us_EVAL_Eval_Enterprise-GRMCENXEVAL_EN_DVD.iso
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (64-bit)
[Unofficial] English: http://91.121.99.184/paolo/win7-64bit.iso
Windows 7 Ultimate x86 (32-bit)
[Unofficial] English: http://91.121.99.184/paolo/win7.iso
Windows 7 N Version Direct Download Links [Windows 7 N English for Europe - No Windows Media Player (WMP12)]
Windows 7 Home Premium N x86 (32-bit): http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X16-13457/X16-13457.iso
Windows 7 Home Premium N x64 (64-bit): http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X16-13459/X16-13459.iso
Windows 7 Professional N x86 (32-bit): http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X16-13548/X16-13548.iso
Windows 7 Professional N x64 (64-bit): http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X16-13550/X16-13550.iso