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Old August 19th 15, 07:20 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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Default I am downloading the Windows 10 ISO (is that all I need)

Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , ceg
escribió:

Does Microsoft provide a checksum?


They don't seem to. I wish they did, just about everyone else does.


They can't. The encryption on the payload is
custom on each download. Even if the same
customer downloads the same object twice,
the checksum is not the same.

I learned about this, with my first Win8 downloads,
when buying my copy of Win8 for $39.95. I downloaded
the file twice, and the hashes I generated were
not the same. Since encryption is still being used
on Win10 delivery, I see no reason for this
behavior to have changed.

If you Torrent an MSDN subscription Win10 installer
DVD, *that* has a consistent checksum.

Paul
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