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Vista RC1 on MSDN

Is there any news on when Vista RC1 will be posted on MSDN?

Steve

[86 byte] By [SB] at [2007-12-24]
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# 1

It's meant to be this week. Aparently they are expecting 5 million people to test RC1. With each ISO weighing in at 3.6GB that's going to be a lot of data travelling around the net.

I wonder if a legal torrent will be set up this time to ease the load on the servers? If so then you could probably grab the file that way and then compare the SHA1 hash against the one you see on the MSDN download page.

To calculate SHA1 do this:

string sha1;

using (FileStream stream =newFileStream(filename,FileMode.Open))

{

SHA1 sha1 =newSHA1CryptoServiceProvider();

byte[] hexResult = sha1.ComputeHash(stream);

sha1 =BitConverter.ToString(hexResult);

}

JohnStewien at 2007-10-7 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Orcas,Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)...
# 2

Yes, from http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/sep06/09-05WindowsVistaIndustryPR.mspx:

Microsoft to Broaden CPP Program for Windows Vista RC1

Microsoft is broadening the scope of the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program, which began last quarter with the release of Windows Vista Beta 2. The CPP enables developers and IT professionals who do not have access to Windows Vista RC1 through other channels to obtain the code and begin testing. Also as part of the CPP, technology enthusiasts are able to obtain pre-release code and begin testing the various consumer scenarios Windows Vista enables. Current CPP participants are scheduled to have access to the RC1 code beginning this week, and Microsoft will be opening the CPP program to new participants in the following days. Microsoft will post RC1 to its MSDN? and TechNet Web sites for subscriber download, and is working with publishers in various markets around the world to distribute RC1 DVDs to readers of a number of technology publications. In total, Microsoft estimates that 5 million users around the world will have access to Windows Vista RC1 across all distribution channels.

Thx, Rob Relyea
Program Manager, WPF Team
http://rrelyea.spaces.live.com

RobRelyea at 2007-10-7 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Orcas,Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)...
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