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Welcome to the Official #winsupport Home Page

Thank you for visiting, we hope that you find our channel #winsupport located on the EFnet (Eris Free Network) a valuable resource. Our Staff and Users typically will help with any general technical support issue, our main focus however at this time is Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Please join and feel free to ask your question, but remain idle for an answer 99% of the time someone will be able to assist if you are paitent.

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Current OS/Software Build Numbers for the Latest Releases

For those of you keeping track, the latest build numbers for some of the currently popular software releases is listed below.

This information will be updated on a weekly basis, and we will provide downoad links for any Free Software or Public Betas

Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 RTM Released to MSDN

If any of you previously missed this announcement from MS, please see below. The wait is over, and Windows 7 will be released to the General Public on October 22nd 2009

As we previously announced, today MSDN & TechNet Subscribers will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English. On October 1st, the remaining languages will be released.

The bits are available now!

And tomorrow, our Volume License (VL) customers with an existing Software Assurance (SA) license will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English via the Volume License Service Center (VLSC). In a few weeks, the remaining languages will become available to them. If you are a VL customer without a SA license, you will be able to purchase Windows 7 through Volume Licensing on September 1st.