Hello,

I would like to know what is the difference betweeen downloading the regular windows 7 and windows 7 August 2018 (version?) in HeiDoc.net windows ISO downloader ? I would really appreciate your answers.

Those are garbage. 5GB+ iso for a single edition and integrated updates are a mess. Better download regular 7 SP1 media refresh iso and manually update it with simplix updatepack.

Edited April 10, 20204 yr by shhnedo

21 minutes ago, shhnedo said:

Those are garbage. 5GB+ iso for a single edition and integrated updates are a mess. Better download regular 7 SP1 media refresh iso and manually update it with simplix updatepack.

Those integrated updates are broken or what?

No, just multiple cumulative updates integrate for no reason. For reference, my own x64 AIO (Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise) made using simplix updatepack and abbodi's addons(directx, visual c++, .net framework) is the same size as the single index x64 Ultimate, Pro and Home Premium images. Mine are even more up-to-date than these "official homebrews"...

Edited April 10, 20204 yr by shhnedo

1 hour ago, shhnedo said:

No, just multiple cumulative updates integrate for no reason. For reference, my own x64 AIO (Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise) made using simplix updatepack and abbodi's addons(directx, visual c++, .net framework) is the same size as the single index x64 Ultimate, Pro and Home Premium images. Mine are even more up-to-date than these "official homebrews"...

So, should I save the August 2018 setups just to be safe, wait for may 1st and then download the regular Windows 7 setups? Cause I don't have any official windows 7 installations, and I want to save them.

You can find Windows 7 iso on other sites, just check the hash database to be sure to download an untampered iso file.

 

Example: Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1 (x64) - DVD (English) search the SHA1 in your favorite search engine, yous should find a download link.

1 hour ago, mooms said:

You can find Windows 7 iso on other sites, just check the hash database to be sure to download an untampered iso file.

 

Example: Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1 (x64) - DVD (English) search the SHA1 in your favorite search engine, yous should find a download link.

Will try. Tank you.

On 4/10/2020 at 9:53 PM, shhnedo said:

Those are garbage. 5GB+ iso for a single edition and integrated updates are a mess. Better download regular 7 SP1 media refresh iso and manually update it with simplix updatepack.

that 856 MB thingy tho… lol

And your point is?

1 hour ago, kliop said:

that 856 MB thingy tho… lol

It kinda adds up, if you want to archive all of them on your hard drive.

Edited April 12, 20204 yr by dens22

No point then. Have fun with the "latest" images.

Simplix update pack contains 32 and 64 bits updates, hence the size.

 

You can also use rhahgleuhargh update list:

 

 

the Aug. 2018 Win7 SP1 ISOs are only available in USA English - not available for foreign (non-English) languages.  they are also "standalone" editions that bundle a single edition and are NOT AIOs (so the ei.cfg removal trick won't work with the Aug 2018 ISOs because ei.cfg is actually not present in these ISOs)
they also contain certain win7 "telemetry" updates which some people despise 

original Win7 SP1 ISOs (not the Aug 2018 ones) can be used as AIOs with the ei.cfg removal trick - and these older Win7 ISOs are available in many languages

Edited April 17, 20204 yr by erpster9

On 4/17/2020 at 5:49 AM, erpster9 said:

the Aug. 2018 Win7 SP1 ISOs are only available in USA English - not available for foreign (non-English) languages.  they are also "standalone" editions that bundle a single edition and are NOT AIOs (so the ei.cfg removal trick won't work with the Aug 2018 ISOs because ei.cfg is actually not present in these ISOs)
they also contain certain win7 "telemetry" updates which some people despise 

original Win7 SP1 ISOs (not the Aug 2018 ones) can be used as AIOs with the ei.cfg removal trick - and these older Win7 ISOs are available in many languages

Ty for the info.

As far as I know, there isn't any major difference between them.

I've just learned from abbodi that MS has recently removed the August 2018 Windows 7 ISO downloads.
so the links to them are now broken and produce 404 file not found errors in late March 2023
(yup, Windows ISO Downloader can't download them anymore)

another "stake knife" driven onto the heart of Win7

Edited March 26, 20232 yr by erpster9

Not a big loss imo (the 2018 iso I mean).