Windows XP Release Candidate 1 has been leaked on the web. This version of Windows XP that Microsoft sees as good enough to release to consumers.
The whole code of Microsoft's new operating system was available at Microsoft's download partner Conxion, one of the largest and best protected data centers.
At time of writing (afternoon UK time, 4th July) WinXP RC1 code was available as a download from Conxion, without any kind of password protection or validation. The Register's sources indicate that it's been possible to get the code from there since at least last night, and chatter on various bulletin boards suggests that information on how to download it has been slowly spreading for rather more than 24 hours. |
Yesterday happy downloaders were claiming speeds of 110, even 215kbps, but alas, The Register's budget DSL line only seems capable of around 47kbps, so verification took us a couple of hours. The file is wxp_pro_rc1.iso, and is a beefy 501 megs. It was created on 29th June, and presumably it's up on Conxion for the convenience of major Microsoft partners and customers - as was the case a couple of months back when people started stumbling across Win2k Service Pack 2 on Conxion prior to Microsoft's actually announcing it.
Update:
As far as I know there is nothing illegal for downloading from a site that has a little seurity glitch so thanks to [Mortal] we have the method to download this iso file.
Get Getright or another application that is able to fake the User Agent, and insert into the User Agent Part: Download Manager. Then Enter http://svmsftwxp.conxion.com/download/wxp_pro_rc1.iso as download location.
In Getright:
Configuation --> Advanced --> Protocols
If you can't find use the help function of your software.
Source: TheRegister
