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    Windows 7 Wallpaper: Dirty Trick Exposed

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by pixelot, Apr 29, 2009.

  1. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    The other day I came across a link to a web page that purported to make available various wallpapers included in the Windows 7 releases to date. That page is located here. More specifically, the downloads referenced are located here.

    However, if you were to open that link, you would likely find yourself confronted by an unsightly window requiring you to complete an online survey prerequisite to access of the wallpapers. I hate online surveys. The corrupted, beastly things are laden with bloated spam offers. Never, NEVER sacrifice your personal email address to these bloodsucking devices (if the need should arise, I suggest a disposable email such as offered by mailinator.com).

    Ha. Allow me to provide anyone interested with the direct download links to the zip packages containing the wallpapers. Actually, even if you have no interest in the wallpapers, I would suggest pure spite as a motivation to avail yourself of the downloads. A protest of the sick and juvenile institution of an online survey.

    So, to get down to business. There are a few methods available to circumvent the undesirable restrictions. Being the rookie operation this apparently is, you can simply view the source of the page, and pick out at your leisure the download URLs which they carelessly leave lying around. Alternatively, you can copy the source, edit the scripts out, and reload the then uninhibited page. Furthermore, I imagine the use of NoScript or some such apparatus would effectively render the script nugatory.

    For your convenience, though, I will post the links here:

    http://windows7-wallpaper.com/wallpapers/windows7wallpaper.zip
    http://windows7-wallpaper.com/wallpapers/rc1wallpaper.zip
    http://windows7-wallpaper.com/wallpapers/win7build7000.zip

    Note: Included in the RC1 package you can find content as referenced here. :D

    -pixelot :cool:
     
    pixelot, Apr 29, 2009
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Thank you for taking the time to provide these links... I'm taking a look at the pics right now.
     
    Bog, Apr 29, 2009
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  3. MidnightSun

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    Thank you, pixelot, for uploading these!
    Editing the source popped into my mind the instant you mentioned that ;)
     
    MidnightSun, Apr 29, 2009
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  4. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Some of those RC1 wallpapers are seriously psychedelic. :p
     
    pixelot, Apr 29, 2009
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