LEGAL Windows 7 Download Links (Just like Vista before!!!)

[BondEternal]

Some parts are missing definitely because you didn't follow the steps.

Please follow this,
Short and simplified solution:
1.) Put all the downloaded file into a Folder.
2.) Right Click and select Properties on each of them. Select Unblock(General Tab) for each of them.
3.) Run the Windows 7-HP-Retail-en-us-x86.exe or Windows 7-HP-Retail-en-us-x64.exe or Windows 7-P-Retail-en-us-x86.exe or Windows 7-P-Retail-en-us-x64.exe as administrator. It will begin to extract the Windows 7 Installation files from the setup1.box and setup2.box.
4.) You will see expandedSetup folder after the extraction. Delete the 3 files because you're not using them anymore(they're just like unrar/unzip something, which you will delete the rar/zip file after extracting the content).
5.) All the Windows 7 Installation files are inside expandedSetup folder.
6.) You can either do a CD image and burn them into a Disc or you can make a bootable USB flash drive and copy the file into the USB flash drive. Both method works.

I did read the instructions and I did try to find the "Unblock" button. There is no "Unblock" button anywhere. I searched in all the tabs too. I think that that button only appears in Windows 7 (which you are using and therefore why you found no problems in extracting the files) . I'm using Vista 32-bit.

I should also mention that even without the "Unblock" button, I managed to extract the 32-bit version of Windows 7 installation files just fine. No error, no hiccups, no anything. The creation of the ISO also went smoothly.

According to this page on MyDigitalLife http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/1...unloading-box/, if I read it correctly enough, the workaround is to create the ISO from the created expandedSetup folder, regardless of the error. Can anyone verify this?

[DarkSilver]

I did read the instructions and I did try to find the "Unblock" button. There is no "Unblock" button anywhere. I searched in all the tabs too. I think that that button only appears in Windows 7 (which you are using and therefore why you found no problems in extracting the files) . I'm using Vista 32-bit.

I should also mention that even without the "Unblock" button, I managed to extract the 32-bit version of Windows 7 installation files just fine. No error, no hiccups, no anything. The creation of the ISO also went smoothly.

According to this page on MyDigitalLife http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/1...unloading-box/, if I read it correctly enough, the workaround is to create the ISO from the created expandedSetup folder, regardless of the error. Can anyone verify this?

If you have no problem(no error message) of extracting the files, means you can use the windows 7 installer already.
If you have problems, then, maybe you should go to the security tab and change the owner(to you)? After that, only extract.

[Cobra03]

Is this the retail version or is it the RTM build 7600? What I mean is this the version you can buy from stores now?

[DarkSilver]

Is this the retail version or is it the RTM build 7600? What I mean is this the version you can buy from stores now?

The RTM and the Retail version have the SAME build.
RTM is before packaged into Box. While Retail is packaged RTM only.
Windows Update will update your Windows 7 Build. So, you don't need to worry about RTM or Retail.

[Cobra03]

The RTM and the Retail version have the SAME build.
RTM is before packaged into Box. While Retail is packaged RTM only.
Windows Update will update your Windows 7 Build. So, you don't need to worry about RTM or Retail.

Thank you, +1 for you my friend.

[Baserk]

Anyone else having trouble getting the setup1.box files?
Both .exe and setup2.box links work just fine but I'm having trouble with the 2GB+ files.
Probably the servers are at max but anyone else in NL or Europe having trouble or is it worldwide? (fyi, happens both in FF and IE, for 32 and 64).

[DarkSilver]

I have no problem download them this morning(my time zone).
The speed was like 200kbps for me since my internet connection slow.
It takes me 2 hours I think to finish download. By the way, I was using FF 3.5.3 that time.
Now, I am on G.Chrome. Baserk, try G.Chrome?

[megadl]

Upgrading mine currently --- not clean install. i hope i'll face no problem.
It was weird that I couldn't find ei.cfg when extracting the box on desktop. But when i extract them on computer > C: > downloads , i find the ei.cfg and changed the windows version i wanted.
World of warcraft is just damn slow to install so i chose to just upgrade hehe.

tnx for this thread and op

[DarkSilver]

Upgrading mine currently --- not clean install. i hope i'll face no problem.
It was weird that I couldn't find ei.cfg when extracting the box on desktop. But when i extract them on computer > C: > downloads , i find the ei.cfg and changed the windows version i wanted.
World of warcraft is just damn slow to install so i chose to just upgrade hehe.

tnx for this thread and op

I suppose WoW can be copy and paste from PC to PC or Partition to Partition and it can be played.
Just copy and paste your WoW into non-boot Partition.
So, you don't need to install WoW again. I hope I am right. LOL. Correct me if I am wrong.

[Luke1708]

Anyone else having trouble getting the setup1.box files?
Both .exe and setup2.box links work just fine but I'm having trouble with the 2GB+ files.
Probably the servers are at max but anyone else in NL or Europe having trouble or is it worldwide? (fyi, happens both in FF and IE, for 32 and 64).

downloading at 250kbps...it stopped at 2.0gb...im restarting the download...was using ff...now trying ie..