Leaked Windows 7 Ultimate Pre-Beta Build 6801 Activation Keys Available In the wild

[shan]

Immediately after Microsoft delivered Windows 7 Ultimate, pre-Beta Build 6801 at the Professional Developers Conference in las Vegas, at the end of October 2008, the bits were leaked and made available for download from various sources, including the top worldwide torrent websites. Product keys accompany Windows 7 Milestone 3, and are used to activate the operating system. Multiple keys for Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 have been leaked, and are up for grabs in the wild.

Initially, the Windows 7 bits leaked post PDC 2008 failed to offer users any chance of completing the activation process. This happened simply because Microsoft offered product keys only to the conference's participants, along with a package of goodies containing the Milestone 3 of Windows Vista's successor on a 160 GB drive. The Redmond giant served the pair of Windows 7 pre-beta releases on the original 160 GB drive, namely: Windows 7 32-bit - 6801.0.080913-2030_Client_en-us_ULTIMATE-ULTIMATE_GB1CFRE_EN_DVD.iso and Windows 7 64-bit – 6801.0.080913-2030_Client_en-us_ULTIMATE-ULTIMATE_GB1CXFRE_EN_DVD.iso.

According to reports, the Windows 7 leaked product keys can be used to activate both the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of the operating system. Furthermore, even though the leak occurred at the end of the past week, the keys are still valid, namely they will indeed activate successfully Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801. Once activated, Windows 7 M3 will have its time-bomb date pushed back to January 2009.

The users who leaked one of the product keys have revealed that there is no limit to how many development milestones of the operating system can be activated. Furthermore, while there is always the possibility that Microsoft will blacklist the key, for the time being, users that have tried it report that it functions without any issues on Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801.

[bahirzaheri8]

I am surprised by all the leaks, a company like Microsoft should have better regulations. ANyway this good for testers

[brayden]

they are probably deliberately leaking the program so that they can get reviews from the average user without asking anybody to try it.

[bahirzaheri8]

they are probably deliberately leaking the program so that they can get reviews from the average user without asking anybody to try it.

Oh yeh, you are right

[utkarsh30june]

Yes, Microsoft is deliberately giving a chance to the world to have a look at their work.

If you ask me, I'll say that Windows 7 is just too flashy. I like plain jake or even Vista Aero but the new Aero in Windows 7 is just too much overdone and will confuse many people.

[brayden]

yer a lot of n00bs in workplaces will not understand it because they will be used to the old fashioned xp and vista aero toolbar