Monday, August 31, 2009

Free Download Windows 7 Full Version

Windows 7 is the current release of Microsoft Windows, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, and media center PCs. Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and reached general retail availability worldwide on October 22, 2009, less than three years after the release of its predecessor, Windows Vista. Windows 7's server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 R2, was released at the same time.

Unlike Windows Vista, which introduced a large number of new features, Windows 7 was intended to be a more focused, incremental upgrade to the Windows line, with the goal of being compatible with applications and hardware with which Windows Vista was already compatible. Presentations given by Microsoft in 2008 focused on multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements. Some standard applications that have been included with prior releases of Microsoft Windows, including Windows Calendar, Windows Mail, Windows Movie Maker, and Windows Photo Gallery, are not included in Windows 7; most are instead offered separately at no charge as part of the Windows Live Essentials suite.

Minimum System Requirements:

1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 GB of RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
DVD-compatible drive

Guidelines for downloading and installing this full version of windows 7 free.

For downloading you will asked to signin with your MSN Hotmail, MSN Messenger, or Passport account. So create one if you don’t have it yet.

Requires Java applet to be installed since the windows7 download manager is java based.

Choose between 32-bit (x86) version or 64-bit (x64) version.

Product key: This download of Windows 7 Enterprise has a product key built in, so there is no need to enter one.

Select the suitable language: English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish.

After downloading the windows 7 iso file,you can either burn this image into a DVD and install from the DVD or use a virtualization software like Vmware for installing within your current OS.

Download Final version of Windows 7 Enterprise

[2.68 GB]

Windows 7 Download Links UPDATE

The download links are directly available from microsoft’s high speed servers. The Download contains three parts, one main setup files(.exe) and other two .box files. You must download these three files and then copy to the same folder. Then run the .exe file which starts the extraction or unpacking and installation process.

32-bit Windows 7 Professional x86

http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-79643/Win7-P-Retail-en-us-x86.exe
File Size: 69.78 MB
MD5: 204D02EA3AB587B70621A7EC99B3F1B8

http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-79643/setup1.box
File Size: 2.04 GB
MD5: D5CC1E45D6EB57B8500DBCF622F39637

http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-79643/setup2.box
File Size: 137.59 MB
MD5: FAB28838A97E875D27E4E7239F42131C

64-bit Windows 7 Professional x64

http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-79946/Win7-P-Retail-en-us-x64.exe
File Size: 75.9 MB
MD5: 73D13A1000069E372F7478CF1C426B7A

http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-79946/setup1.box
File Size: 2.66 GB
MD5: 7B29E21B7F6BC0850E65085205B5EAFE

http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-79946/setup2.box
File Size: 160 MB
MD5: 87DCC913A7BBBFCFA2C2526C2E894F97

You can also download the direct ISO DVD images of Windows 7 Home, Premium or Ultimate Editions

Windows 7 ISO Direct Download Links

Windows 7 Home Premium x86:
http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65732/X15-65732.iso

Home Premium x64:
http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65733/X15-65733.iso

Windows 7 Professional x86:
http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65804/X15-65804.iso

Professional x64:
http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65805/X15-65805.iso

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 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

LATEST UPDATE

Microsoft have now officially released Windows 7 SP1 Full version, and also updated the Windows 7 DVD media ISO image which distributed by Digital River for all the online orders. All the contents hosted on Digital River [Official Microsoft Partner] are original and legal version of Win7 SP1.

So here are the links for downloading official full version of Windows 7 SP1 from Microsoft. Select the version you require, Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate; Windows 7 SP1 Professional; Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium.

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

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

The official versions of Windows 7 SP1 downloads contain only certain languages, but you can download the additional language packs from Microsoft to switch to another language.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Assign IPv6 addresses in Linux

It is inevitable that IPv6 addresses are going to eventually take over. When that happens you will need to know just how to assign an IPv6 address in your Linux operating system. Of course this will only be necessary on a system that uses a static IP address, but when you’re using Linux that can happen fairly often. Having this knowledge on hand will make this transition seamless.

Of course you will have to have a kernel that is compiled with IPv6 support. Most modern Linux distributions already have this built in. You also have to have your IPv6 addresses handy. I use this simple web-based IPv6 calculator. With that tool select the IPv4 to IPv6 conversion and you should be good to go. So with everything in hand, you are ready to configure.

IPv6 support

First make sure your kernel supports IPv6. To do this you can first run the command:

sudo lsmod|less

and search the listing to see if ipv6 is there. If not try loading it with the command:

sudo /sbin/modprobe ipv6

Now issue the lsmod command to see if it is there. It should be.

Configuration

The file you want to configure will be the standard network interface configuration. Remember you are going to configure for static IP addresses. The file in question is /etc/network/interfaces. Most likely this is either not configured (if you are using DHCP) or set up for IPv4. We are going to blow that away now. We are also going to add something to this file that will ensure IPv6 is loaded properly and that your networking us making use of the new address scheme.

The details of our configuration:

IPv4 address: 192.168.1.10

IPv6 Address: 2002:c0a8:10a::

IPv4 gateway: 192.168.1.1

IPv6 gateway: 2002:c0a8:0101::

Now let’s add this to the /etc/network/interfaces file. The new file will look like this:

#IPV6 static configuration
iface eth0 inet6 static
pre-up modprobe ipv6
address 2002:c0a8:10a::
netmask 64
gateway 2002:c0a8:0101::

Notice the “pre-up” command. That is where we ensure that IPv6 is added to the kernel, otherwise you run the risk of attempting to use an IPv6 address in a system that is looking for an IPv4 address.

Now you will want to restart networking with the command:

/etc/init.d/networking restart

You should now have an IPv6 address enabled.

Testing

Before you assume everything is working, let’s make sure first. You can check your IP routing with the command:

ip -6 route show

The above command should return something like:

2002:c0a8:0100/64 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 2002:c0a8:10a

You can also check by pinging with the ping6 tool. A good IPv6 address to try is the Google address. Issue this command:

ping6 ipv6.google.com

If IPv6 isn’t working you will get error:

Network is unreachable

If IPv6 is working you will see the standard ping results in your terminal window.

Final thoughts

It’s only a matter of time before IPv6 is the defacto standard for network addressing. When that happens you do not want to be behind the curve or you’ll lose out fast. Make sure you know how to configure your Linux servers for IPv6 static addressing. You’ll be glad you do when the time comes.

Monday, June 15, 2009

What Is Port Forwarding? How Do I Set My Own Port Forwards?

Question: What Is 'Port Forwarding'? How Do I Set My Own Port Forwards?

You hear about 'port forwarding' as a way to improve your download and game speeds, but what exactly is port forwarding?

Answer: Port forwarding is the redirecting of computer signals to follow specific electronic paths into your computer. If the computer signal can find its way into your computer a few milliseconds quicker, it will add up to be dramatic speed increases for your game or your downloading.

Related: Best Torrent P2P Software
Related: How To Spot Fake Torrent Files

65,536 paths to choose from: that pencil-thin network cable (or wireless network adapter) at the back of your computer contains 65,536 microscopic pathways inside it. Your network cable is the same as a major highway, except your network cable has 65,536 lanes, and there is a tollboth on each lane. We call each lane a 'port'.

Your Internet signal is comprised of millions of tiny little cars that travel on these 65,536 lanes. We call these little cars "transfer packets". Computer transfer packets can travel very quickly (up to thousands of kilometers per second), but they do observe a stop-and-go set of rules, where they are required to stop at each major network intersection as if it were a border crossing between countries. At each intersection, the packet must do three things:

Find an open port,
Pass the identification test that will allow it through that port, and if not,
Move to the next port and try again, until it is allowed to pass through the toll.

In some cases, packets sent by hackers will be caught and held at the intersection, where they will then be dissolved into random electrons. When this happens, it is called "packet filtering" or "packet sniping".

Ques: What Ports Do Computer Packets Like to Use?

Ans: every software in your computer is usually programmed to send its packets through a specific port. These port choices are often established as programming standards in the computer industry. Accordingly, your router needs to be commanded to allow packets through these ports, lest you slow down the speed at which they transfer to/from your computer:

HTML pages: port 80
FTP file transferring: port 21
World of Warcraft: port 3724
POP3 email: port 110
MSN Messenger: port 6901 and ports 6891-6900
Everquest: port 1024
Bit Torrents: port 6881

Ques: So How Does 'Port Forwarding' Factor Into This?

Ans: Port forwarding is when you command your network router to proactively identify and redirect every packet to travel on specific electronic lanes. Instead of having every packet stop at each port in turn until it finds an open port, a router can be programmed to expedite the process by identifying and redirecting packets without having them stop at each port. Your router then acts like a type of hyper-fast traffic policeman who directs traffic in front of the tollbooths.

While this electronic identification and forwarding only takes milliseconds, the time involved adds up quickly as millions of electronic packets enter and leave your Internet computer. If you program your port forwarding correctly, you can speed up your Internet experience by several seconds. In the case of downloading large files, like P2P torrent sharing, you can save yourself hours of download time by programming your port forwards. A song that used to take 3 hours to download can now finish in less than 10 minutes, if your port forwards are set correctly.

Ques: How Can I Learn How to Program My Router's Port Forwarding Commands?

Ans: While the programming of port forwarding can be somewhat intimidating, there are tutorials on the Internet that can certainly help beginners. The most common reason for programming port forwarding is to improve the speed of bit torrent downloads, followed by improving the performance of computer games and streaming media. Towards these ends, there is a splendid resource by the folks at www.portforward.com. To speed up your specific downloading client, game, or software program: find the exact name of your router and your software, and then visit this page for a visual tutorial on how your router takes port forwarding commands.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Crack WEP using BackTrack

Lifehacker wrote a guide for cracking a WiFi network’s WEP password using BackTrack. BackTrack is a Linux live CD used for security testing and comes with the tools needed to break WEP. Not just any wireless card will work for this; you need one that supports packet injection. The crack works by collecting legitimate packets then replaying them several times in order to generate data. They point out that this method can be hit-or-miss, especially if there are few other users on the network, as the crack requires authenticated packets. We covered cracking WEP before, but using BackTrack should smooth out compatibility issues.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

10 Popular Windows 7 Themes

Are you tired of the default themes that comes with your windows 7? then you'll want to give some of this carefully designed themes a try. Downloading these themes is simple. Click the theme link that you like to head on over to the designer’s page, where you will find the installation details along with other information. The download link should be in the left sidebar of the designer’s page. I am sure you’ll enjoy them all.

Waterbomb and Windows 7 by ~Adrenalize81