Jan Krohn

I'll keep an eye on whether MS makes this download option available through the API.

Do you want to download Win 7 or Win 10? Win 10 is always available. If you download Home/Pro, you will get an all-in-one disc. If you want to preserve your data and applications, you must follow one of the supported upgrade paths: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/windows-10-upgrade-paths If your desired upgrade path is not supported, you can delete the file cversion.ini from the iso image. Afterwards, all upgrade paths will be supported. To avoid installing unnecessary applications, better ask again on the Win 10 board. It might be possible to create a custom installer for Windows 10, but I don't know how.

No.

At the start of each month. You have just missed the downloads. Only a few editions can be provided for the first 6 days of each month. As for this month, all Windows 7 downloads have been used up already. Next opportunity will be on 1 January. This is most likely the last opportunity, since Windows 7 will reach its end of life.

Yes, it's correct. They're all the same size. I suspect they include all the same installation files but different configuration files. (Saves MS a lot of work.)

Can you let me know the service tag? There's a remote chance that I can get the image through the Dell API.

There are a number of (conflicting) explanations on Google. I'm sure I also answered on the forum what I believe is the correct meaning of COEM. Only MS will know the definite answer. Use a download manager. If the error persists, wait for Dell to fix it.

About 99.9% of all prurchased and legitimate Windows 7 keys won't give you any download on that page. No, just go for whatever is available. Both COEM and retail images accept both COEM and retail keys for installation and activation. The August 2018 version would also work just fine.

Version 8.24 (18 November 2019): Added Office 2019 for Mac build 16.31; updated Serbian localization.

Version 8.23 (12 November 2019): Added Office 2019 for Mac up to build 16.30; renamed Windows 10 October 2019 Update to November Update.

Yes, November 12 here.

Thanks! I got a 400 bad request error earlier today, so I assumed that MS was in the process of uploading the files. Obviously, I was mistaken. But they've been on MSDN for maybe two weeks now, so they should be available to the public soon.

Why do you think so? I was able to use the download for installing Visio Pro before.

Version 8.22 (11 November 2019): Updated to .NET Framework 4.8; added Windows 10 October 2019 Update; added Insider and developer versions up to build 19504; added more DELL models and images; added Windows Admin Center Preview 1909; new icon for ISO Tools, re-positioned icon for downloads database; other minor bugfixes.

Excellent plan.

What's the error message?

I've never worked with the August 2018 update. I don't know whether it has all the repair options. Maybe someone else can answer that. I was actually speaking about the normal Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 English download, the link of which has already been generated by someone, and is currently still available.

Download Win 7 Ultimate SP1 English, and make an all-in-one ISO file from it (button "ISO Tools").

Requests are handled on a first-come first-served basis directly through the app. Win 7 downloads will be available until around 6 November end of day.

Most keys that are still for sale are for OEM, education, system builder, family pack, MSDN and counterfeit versions. However, the download site requires a key from a FPP retail product, or an ESD key sold by MS or one of their official partners (Digital River, Amazon etc.)

With a delay of almost two months, Windows 10 1909 has been released, only for MSDN subscribers for now. Hashes are available here: https://www.heidoc.net/php/myvsdump_name.php?family=&name=Windows+10+(consumer+editions)%2C+version+1909 Downloads will be added to the downloader once released to the general public.

The images are mostly identical (with a few exceptions). If you choose an image from the same series, you should be fine.

First come first served. Links for languages with many users are more likely to be generated: English, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Turkish, German, Spanish, Chinese.

The least requests this months were between 22:00 and 6:00 UTC (about 40% less compared to peak time). Now having revealed this information pubicly, it might no longer be the case next month.... And peak time was between 13:00 and 16:00.

October 6 was yesterday. Next chance will be 1 to 6 November. Cached download links have a green font. Apart from those, one link can be generated per hour (across all ~20,000 users who want to generate downloads).