Windows 7 Official Public Beta Might Start Friday 9!

[Chicago]

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1792

[OG]

http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/

[ct2k7]

Not might, but will. Steve just said so!

But at what GMT time I don't know....

[Chicago]

Yeah! I can't wait 4 it!!!
!

[Kenneth]

Remember it's only the first 2.5 million users.

[Ambig]

Remember it's only the first 2.5 million users.

I think all the geeks who want to try it will have no problem getting in.

* I use the term geeks playfully.

[Chicago]

I just wanna ask a simple question hehe, where would the dll become available?

[tomwalter]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

[Chicago]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

Thanks!!
heh, I was not able to find a thing at the connect site, nor technet (for non subscribers)
so... hehe
Thnks

Edit:
Will the Dll be the current B1 we have? The torrented one?
Because that way I'd only get a serial no, and done!

[ajdesign419]

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[logicaL]

Remember it's only the first 2.5 million users.

I really hope I get in this, since I missed the Vista beta.

[IsaacD]

Edit:
Will the Dll be the current B1 we have? The torrented one?
Because that way I'd only get a serial no, and done!

It's the same as the torrent.

[Chicago]

Edit:
Will the Dll be the current B1 we have? The torrented one?
Because that way I'd only get a serial no, and done!

It's the same as the torrent.

Thank you!!
That simplifies things a lot for me ! hehe

[happy dude]

So how do you get a serial, seeing as I'm in no position to download the beta again, thanks to my fantastic ISP

[Tilka]

Er... lol, I always thought MS servers had some backup bandwidth

Server is too busy

[Emir214]

So how do you get a serial, seeing as I'm in no position to download the beta again, thanks to my fantastic ISP

That's also the same and only reason that I'm waiting for the beta program to start, which won't be open till another 2 hours more.

[Chicago]

So how do you get a serial, seeing as I'm in no position to download the beta again, thanks to my fantastic ISP

I suppose you'll have to enter some data, and when you finish you'll get a "here's your download, the serial is xxx-xxx-xx..." blah blah blah.
so I'll just write it down and there we go!

[viper]

You need to enter your email addy & they will email you the seriel # & (maybe) a Dl link or you get the Dl link after you register w/ your email addy.

[hounsell]

I hope they offer DVDs like they did with the public Vistas.

[Chicago]

I hope they offer DVDs like they did with the public Vistas.

uNfortunately, They won't.

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/default.aspx
I can't access it now, but it specified clearly ("no dvds will be sent").
edit: finally appeared:

The Windows 7 Beta is going to be available download-only (we’re not sending out physical media) and available for a limited time to the first 2.5 million people who download the beta.

Because the Windows 7 Beta will be offered download-only, it will be provided to you as an ISO image (an .iso file) that you download.

So...

Unfortunately we won't

[hounsell]

I hope they offer DVDs like they did with the public Vistas.

uNfortunately, They won't.

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/default.aspx
I can't access it now, but it specified clearly ("no dvds will be sent").
So...

Unfortunately we won't

That's a shame

[Chicago]

I hope they offer DVDs like they did with the public Vistas.

uNfortunately, They won't.

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/default.aspx
I can't access it now, but it specified clearly ("no dvds will be sent").
So...

Unfortunately we won't

That's a shame

sure it is.
It's soo different to have your nice sealed, etc etc Beta Disk, than having a Sony DVD you burnt yourself.
The disk is part of the magic of it, but unfortunately we won't get it.

[Tilka]

English x86: https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysPro ... &lcid=1033
German x86: https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysPro ... &lcid=1031
English x64: https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysPro ... &lcid=1033
German x64: https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysPro ... &lcid=1031

Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/eval ... 53205.aspx
They don't work for me, I'm always getting time-out errors.

[doffen]

Server is too busy

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/
Service Unavailable
HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.

[Rob Jansen]

The links provided are e-mail specific and the servers are to busy right now.