I just checked the direct links pages and there's everything for the other versions but not ultimate. Anyone know of any? Is it even worth looking for it? Since it's just BitLocker. EDIT: I know in the guide it says you can change versions, but that's for the torrent file the guide links to. Do the Digital River ones work the same? Thanks.
Yes. To get an all-editions image you can download any original Microsoft image (except Enterprise) and open it in UltraISO. Go to the sources folder and delete the file named ei.cfg. Save the image and burn it to disk (Ultra ISO will keep the ISO bootable) or extract it to a NTFS formatted bootable USB stick. Without the ei.cfg Windows will ask you what edition you want to install.
Ok just to be clear. I was already downloading the Pro version, I can let it finish then follow the instructions and get Ultimate right? Thanks. Just want to be 100% clear since my internet is not too fast and I don't want to download 2 things.
Yes, right. As a matter of fact youll be getting all editions then. (Except Enterprise, which comes as a seperate image.)
No. 32bit and 64bit architectures always come as seperate images. (Unless you make yourself a homebrew all-architectures image, of course.)
Thanks for clearing that up, I'll download Windows 7 Professional x86 and x64 and delete the ei.cfg file on both, then I'll have all versions of Windows 7 except enterprise which is a seperate iso if i'm not mistaken, Anyone know why Microsoft included the ei.cfg file in the first place?
Allegedly because otherwise too many people would be installing the wrong version and then call support when their key doesnt work. Apparently a lot of people installed e.g. Vista Ultimate when their license was only for HomePremium so they did away with the all-editions format by adding that file to make sure a user with a HomePremium disk cannot even attempt to install any other edition.
if you see my digital river thread i even have the umgburn img file to make the iso bootable after extracting it.