Comments on: Hack to Upgrade Windows 7 From Beta or Pre-RC to RC (70xx to 71xx) Version Directly

By: How to Direct In-Place Upgrade Windows 7 Beta or RC (Prerelease Version) to Windows 7 RTM » My Digital Life

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:51:24 +0000

[...] the hack similar to upgrade from Windows 7 Beta to RC can be used to hack the Windows 7 RTM installation DVD ISO to circumvent and bypass the blockage, [...]

By: Dadniel

Dadniel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:25:24 +0000

if this is not working than try to setup compatibility mode of setup.exe from windows dvd with vista service pack 2.

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By: Windows 7 Supported and Non-Supported Upgrade Paths Test Matrix » My Digital Life

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:16:13 +0000

[...] Windows 7 Beta to Windows 7 RC in-place upgrade is NOT supported (can in-place upgrade using Windows 7 Beta to RC). [...]

By: james

james — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:32:59 +0000

MICROSHAFT just can’t get it.
they must have a bunch of knuckel heads.to much work to list all there screw ups.

By: Reminder: The Windows 7 beta will begin bi-hourly shutdowns next week | Windows 7 Center

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:36:18 +0000

[...] Remember that the Windows 7 beta (build 7100) will begin to shut down ever two hours starting on July 1st. The user will also be recommended to install the most recent release of Windows 7. Also, on August 1st the beta license will expire and Windows will switch over to a non-genuine experience. The RC release will only be available until August 15th, so if you want to continue using Windows 7 through or past the retail release in october then I recommend you download and install it. Keep in mind that you can upgrade directly from build 7000 (Beta) to 7100 (RC) using this hack from mydigitallife.info. [...]

By: va9rant

va9rant — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:43:54 +0000

great tip, however, if the final version comes out. will this hack still work or will the folks at MS still include the cversion.ini file in the final release? i wouldn’t mind upgrading from the RC to the Final just in case, it’s a hassle for me to redo installing from scratch…

By: John Drescher

John Drescher — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:36:38 +0000

I was wrong about this method not working. For some reason the .iso I downloaded on May 5th was corrupted as a clean install failed as well. After redownloading the .iso all was well.

By: John Drescher

John Drescher — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:36:34 +0000

The reason why I wanted this has nothing to do with backups. I did not expect windows to trash my files, however after spending 20+ hours to install and setup my machine I do not want to have to do that again. Anyways this hack did not work on the copy I downloaded on May 5th. The install got to 100% of the copy phase and then said it could not continue so I guess I either reinstall or do not use the rc. I am leaning on not using the rc because I do not have the time to spend on that at the moment.

By: Vadim Cool

Vadim Cool — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:17:36 +0000

Yo, what’s everybody talking about?
I’ve tested it. The installation backs up ALL of your files into Windows.old folder, files that matching the default windows named folder names. And all other folders or files that are made by you and are in C:\ directory, they are just left untouched. And that was THE cleanest installation I performed with Windows 7.

So chill! Why upgrading and mixing everything up with bs, when you can just install a new and clean RC version without even having to backup anything yourself?
Windows 7 does everything for you!;)

By: Windows 7 RC ISO Official Microsoft Direct Download Links (32-bit and 64-bit) » My Digital Life

Tue, 05 May 2009 08:21:12 +0000

[...] Microsoft also provides free product key to activate Windows 7 RC. Beside, direct build-to-build in-place upgrade from earlier pre-RC or Beta phase of Windows 7 is not allowed. For users who insists on upgrading instead of fresh installing, use this hack to allow Beta upgrade to Windows 7 RC. [...]

By: Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) Public Download Begins » My Digital Life

Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) Public Download Begins » My Digital Life — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:26:47 +0000

[...] Users running the Windows 7 Beta will need to do a clean installation of the Windows 7 Release Candidate as direct build-to-build in-place upgrade from earlier pre-RC Windows 7 is not allowed. For users who insists on upgrading instead of fresh installing, use this hack to bypass version check to allow Beta upgrade to Windows 7 RC. [...]