Windows 7 Home Premium (32)

Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit Version

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Windows 7 Home Premium is a two disk set.
Both the 32 bit version and the 64 bit version are included.
Both versions use the same product key.

Additional information on Windows 7 Home Premium
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Upgrading	Upgrading ... from Windows Vista to Windows 7
Hard Drive Preparation Before Installing Windows 7	Unplug all hard drives except the one that you are working with. In the ROMBIOS set the remaining drive to be the boot drive. I used a 40 GB drive but you might wish to uses and 80 GB drive. Boot from the Windows DVD. At the first screen from the DVD press Shift + F10. At DOS prompt type DISKPART At DISKPART>list disk /* see what hard drives are attached At DISKPART>select disk 0 /* work with the first hard drive At DISKPART>list disk /* the asterisk will be set to the disk you selected At DISKPART>clean /* all partitions on this disk will be removed At DISKPART>create part prim /* create a new primary partition At DISKPART>sel part 1 /* select this partition At DISKPART>active /* make this partition bootable At DISKPART>format quick label=sam40 /* name this disk sam40 At DISKPART>assign /* assign a letter to this drive At DISKPART>list volume /* show all volumes attached At DISKPART>exit /* depart DISKPART utility At DOS prompt type exit Commands for DISKPART
Installing	Proceed with a standard install. I did not provide a Product Key with the inital install. Windows 7 allows you a 30 day grace period.
Motherboard Drivers	Next the specific drivers for my MSI X58 Pro-E Motherboard were installed. Then the drivers for the Nvidia 9400 GT video interface.
Anti Virus Backup	Lastly AVG 9.0 and Acronis True Image 11 are installed. A working image is created on my backup hard drive.
Applications	Office 2007 HomeSite 5.0 PhotoShop 6.0 Power DVD 6 Nero 7.10.1.0 Trillian 3.1 September 2009 date. Various samll utilities and timers.
Using SLMGR	slmgr -ipk [Product Key] = Installs the Produck Key that came with your DVD. slmgr -ato = Activate your copy of Windows Vista. slmgr -xpr = tells you how long the current install is good for. slmgr -rearm = Extends the grace period by 30 days. This can be done only 3 times. A Product Key can also be provided via the Control Panel > Sytem utility.
Upgrading	Windows Anytime Upgrade makes it easy to evolve to a higher edition of Windows 7.
Privileges	Run the Command Prompt as Administrator: Start > All Programs > Accessories > Right click on Command Prompt and select Pin to Start Menu To make this a "privileged task: Start > Right click on Command Prompt > Select the Shortcut tab > Click the Advanced... button and check the box Any Windows task like editing invoked from the "DOS Box"will of course run with Administrator privileges.
"Aurora" Exploit	More ... on the attack in January of 2010. Both my rotating hard drive and my solid state drive were impacted by this exploit.
Solid State Drives	Windows 7 and SSD ... Windows 7 is engineered to use Solid State Drives.

Installing via USB Flash Disk Do not Install This Way to a Quad Boot Hard Drive
Copy Change Launch & Select Install	Copy DVD to Flash drive by using Command Prompt as administrator and entering `xcopy dvd:\. usb: /s /e /x` Change directory and rename `usb:\sources\ei.cfg to ei.old` Launch `usb:\sources\setup.exe`. Then select the version you wish to install. Install this version from the USB flash drive. This will go much faster than a DVD install. When you are done you will have a 30 day trial of the code. If you have an activation key you must activate after 30 days.
Write Up	Make Boot Flash \| File \| SSD Tweaker The above text file may be viewed or printed. As a test Windows 7 was installed on a Dell Instron e1705. Everything worked normally and there were no "got-yas". After installing the Home group was joined with to provide both common photos and documents as well as print service.

Installing via USB Flash Disk
Do not Install This Way to a Quad Boot Hard Drive

Copy

Change

Launch & Select

Install Copy DVD to Flash drive by using Command Prompt as administrator and entering xcopy dvd:\*.* usb: /s /e /x

Change directory and rename usb:\sources\ei.cfg to ei.old

Launch usb:\sources\setup.exe. Then select the version you wish to install.

Install this version from the USB flash drive. This will go much faster than a DVD install.

When you are done you will have a 30 day trial of the code.
If you have an activation key you must activate after 30 days.

Write Up Make Boot Flash | File | SSD Tweaker

The above text file may be viewed or printed.

As a test Windows 7 was installed on a Dell Instron e1705. Everything worked normally and there were no "got-yas". After installing the Home group was joined with to provide both common photos and documents as well as print service.

Keyboard sourtcut key combinations
Source is Ed Bott	ZD Net article
Creating the Folder	On your desk top create a new folder. Select this folder by clicking it one time then press F2 and rename it to: `GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}` Then double click the folder and you will see a number of "godMode" icons and tasks. These can save you a lot of time when you are customizing an installation for your clients.

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