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Greetings, I've managed to connect to some wi-fi (low signal!) and will try
to download, is it true what I read somewhere that I will need Vista
installed on the machine?

Tony. . .

No, you will not need Vista. However, if you want to do an _upgrade_, Vista
is the only pre-cursor. You can't do an upgrade from XP or XP x64. So it's
clean install time. But we are all used to that.<G>

Use Windows Easy Transfer from the Win7 DVD you create before you wipe out
your existing, and it should help with getting setup on Win7.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"Tony Sperling" <tony-sperling-at-dbmail-dk> wrote in message
news:...
> Greetings, I've managed to connect to some wi-fi (low signal!) and will
> try to download, is it true what I read somewhere that I will need Vista
> installed on the machine?
>
> Tony. . .
>
>

O.K. - Thanks Charlie. Much as I suspected, but then MS tends to dream up a
new scheme when you least exspect it? (sometimes!)


Tony. . .

Hi, Tony!
Unofficial danish language packs for Win 7 RC are available here:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...p-x86-and-x64/
though you will be surely offered it via Windows Update if you can wait.
Carlos

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> O.K. - Thanks Charlie. Much as I suspected, but then MS tends to dream up a
> new scheme when you least exspect it? (sometimes!)
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>

Carlos,

Are you confident these language pack downloads are safe? This is the
first place I have seen one for English. Windows update didn't offer an
English pack.



Carlos wrote:
> Hi, Tony!
> Unofficial danish language packs for Win 7 RC are available here:
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...p-x86-and-x64/
> though you will be surely offered it via Windows Update if you can wait.
> Carlos
>
> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>
>> O.K. - Thanks Charlie. Much as I suspected, but then MS tends to dream up a
>> new scheme when you least exspect it? (sometimes!)
>>
>>
>> Tony. . .
>>
>>
>>

Good of you to tell, Carlos. My self, I do everything strictly in
'Computerese'. The only Scandinavian tongues on my machines are for
spell-checks. But I am fairly alone, I believe - one fine day someone will
thank me for telling them.

The download is coming on nicely, though. A 16 Hour job, 14 to go. It's a
long time since I've tried anything vaguely resembling this. XP x64 took
about 12 min. incl. burning the disk!!!

Tony. . .


"Carlos" <> wrote in message
news:4E1371C3-1371-493D-922E-...
> Hi, Tony!
> Unofficial danish language packs for Win 7 RC are available here:
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...p-x86-and-x64/
> though you will be surely offered it via Windows Update if you can wait.
> Carlos
>
> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>
>> O.K. - Thanks Charlie. Much as I suspected, but then MS tends to dream up
>> a
>> new scheme when you least exspect it? (sometimes!)
>>
>>
>> Tony. . .
>>
>>
>>

Make SURE you run a CRC on the result. The single biggest source of failures
I've seen have been corrupted downloads.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"Tony Sperling" <tony-sperling-at-dbmail-dk> wrote in message
news:...
> Good of you to tell, Carlos. My self, I do everything strictly in
> 'Computerese'. The only Scandinavian tongues on my machines are for
> spell-checks. But I am fairly alone, I believe - one fine day someone will
> thank me for telling them.
>
> The download is coming on nicely, though. A 16 Hour job, 14 to go. It's a
> long time since I've tried anything vaguely resembling this. XP x64 took
> about 12 min. incl. burning the disk!!!
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Carlos" <> wrote in message
> news:4E1371C3-1371-493D-922E-...
>> Hi, Tony!
>> Unofficial danish language packs for Win 7 RC are available here:
>> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...p-x86-and-x64/
>> though you will be surely offered it via Windows Update if you can wait.
>> Carlos
>>
>> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>>
>>> O.K. - Thanks Charlie. Much as I suspected, but then MS tends to dream
>>> up a
>>> new scheme when you least exspect it? (sometimes!)
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony. . .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

Bobby,
My personal experience is that this "method" is quite safe. I have been
using it for obtaining the Spanish MUIs in advance as I am not subscribed to
MSDN or Technet.
Go for it, MUIs don't have viruses (at least to my knowledge).

Carlos

"Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> Carlos,
>
> Are you confident these language pack downloads are safe? This is the
> first place I have seen one for English. Windows update didn't offer an
> English pack.
>
>
>
> Carlos wrote:
> > Hi, Tony!
> > Unofficial danish language packs for Win 7 RC are available here:
> > http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...p-x86-and-x64/
> > though you will be surely offered it via Windows Update if you can wait.
> > Carlos
> >
> > "Tony Sperling" wrote:
> >
> >> O.K. - Thanks Charlie. Much as I suspected, but then MS tends to dream up a
> >> new scheme when you least exspect it? (sometimes!)
> >>
> >>
> >> Tony. . .
> >>
> >>
> >>
>

The thing that makes me curious is the English language pack. To the
best of my knowledge I have never heard of such an animal. Since
Windows native language is English why would you need a language pack?


Carlos wrote:
> Bobby,
> My personal experience is that this "method" is quite safe. I have been
> using it for obtaining the Spanish MUIs in advance as I am not subscribed to
> MSDN or Technet.
> Go for it, MUIs don't have viruses (at least to my knowledge).
>
> Carlos
>
> "Bobby Johnson" wrote:
>
>> Carlos,
>>
>> Are you confident these language pack downloads are safe? This is the
>> first place I have seen one for English. Windows update didn't offer an
>> English pack.
>>
>>
>>
>> Carlos wrote:
>>> Hi, Tony!
>>> Unofficial danish language packs for Win 7 RC are available here:
>>> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...p-x86-and-x64/
>>> though you will be surely offered it via Windows Update if you can wait.
>>> Carlos
>>>
>>> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>>>
>>>> O.K. - Thanks Charlie. Much as I suspected, but then MS tends to dream up a
>>>> new scheme when you least exspect it? (sometimes!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tony. . .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

Good thinking.

Yes, I was halfway regretting I couldn't use Linux 'cause that is on my
laptop, but with this speed it wouldn't matter - a CRC check, I didn't use
windows for that in a long time, is that a feature of the download manager
perchance? Or, do you have a smart idea for that job?


Tony. . .



"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Make SURE you run a CRC on the result. The single biggest source of
> failures I've seen have been corrupted downloads.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
>
> "Tony Sperling" <tony-sperling-at-dbmail-dk> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Good of you to tell, Carlos. My self, I do everything strictly in
>> 'Computerese'. The only Scandinavian tongues on my machines are for
>> spell-checks. But I am fairly alone, I believe - one fine day someone
>> will thank me for telling them.
>>
>> The download is coming on nicely, though. A 16 Hour job, 14 to go. It's a
>> long time since I've tried anything vaguely resembling this. XP x64 took
>> about 12 min. incl. burning the disk!!!
>>
>> Tony. . .
>>
>>
>> "Carlos" <> wrote in message
>> news:4E1371C3-1371-493D-922E-...
>>> Hi, Tony!
>>> Unofficial danish language packs for Win 7 RC are available here:
>>> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...p-x86-and-x64/
>>> though you will be surely offered it via Windows Update if you can wait.
>>> Carlos
>>>
>>> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>>>
>>>> O.K. - Thanks Charlie. Much as I suspected, but then MS tends to dream
>>>> up a
>>>> new scheme when you least exspect it? (sometimes!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tony. . .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>