Support conversion between ISO images of 64-bit (圆4) Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate.Support conversion between ISO images of 32-bit (x86) Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Professional.Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher supports the following conversions, together with its features, limitations and restrictions: Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher is a binary patcher that converts an image of one Windows 7 edition into image of another edition automatically. Users who don’t want to go through the hassle to manually change the ei.cfg file can use the alternative Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher free utility to do the job instead. One downside of the manual modification of ei.cfg file is that user will either need to copy all Windows 7 installation files from DVD, or unpack and extract all content of Windows 7 ISO image to local hard disk drive. The trick to modify ei.cfg to install any or another different edition of Windows 7 is been used to modify Windows 7 installation file so that user can install desired edition of Windows 7.
In fact, all Windows 7 image is almost similar, if not the same, regardless of license type, channel, SKU or edition (with the exception of Windows 7 Enterprise), except for probably ei.cfg file which makes Windows 7 installation ISO differs in a few bytes of data. Worse, if user want copies too for allegedly retail, upgrade, oem or volume license editions.
And for people who wants to backup and archive Windows 7 ISOs or DVDs will now have to allocate more disk storage or cabinet space to save and store multiple ISO images or DVD discs, instead of just two – one for 32-bit Windows 7 and another for 64-bit Windows 7. For example, TechNet or MSDN subscribers will have to use and waste unnecessary bandwidth to download multiple ISO images for each editions of Windows 7. The one-edition only of Windows 7 ISO or DVD may bring inconvenient and challenges to some people. Instead, each Windows 7 installation ISO or media is specific for a channel and distribution and can be used to install an edition of Windows 7 only. Windows 7 no longer has “One Disc to Rule Them All” universal installation DVD disc media or ISO image which allows users to select whichever editions of Windows 7 they prefer to install during setup.
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