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post #1 of 39
1/9/09 at 3:49pm
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available for public download.

Your thoughts and plans?

. I am dual booting it on my old eMachines, removing XP partition and replace it with Windows 7

oh joy (heartburns )

cheers ...
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post #2 of 39
1/9/09 at 4:17pm
Are you on the Win 7 site? I don't see the beta download up yet - it says sometime this afternoon
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post #3 of 39
1/9/09 at 9:00pm
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It should be out by the afternoon on your side. I have been using the test version (pre 7000 build) since day one. Link from Europe won't be up until early a.m. here

cheers ...
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post #4 of 39
1/9/09 at 9:15pm
Seems it's delayed here.
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*Update on Windows 7 Beta Availability
Due to very heavy traffic we’re seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta. We want to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the beta, and we will be updating this page once the beta goes live. Stay tuned! We are excited that you are excited!
http://blogs.technet.com/springboard...-launched.aspx

I'm in the same time zone as NBF, and it's quarter after 6PM here now, quarter after 4PM in Redmond, Washington. Hopefully they'll figure stuff out before it stops being afternoon and starts being morning
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post #5 of 39
1/9/09 at 9:26pm
Or to quote the direct download link,
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Thanks for your interest in the Windows 7 Beta. The volume has been phenomenal -- we’re in the process of adding more servers to handle the demand. We’re sorry for the delay and we’ll re-post the Beta as soon as we can ensure a quality download experience.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/e.../dd353205.aspx
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post #6 of 39
1/10/09 at 6:43am
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Another (important) note.

Windows 7 might damage your MP3s collection, a patch (KB961367) is available, do not know if it is included in this public release or not.

cheers ...
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post #7 of 39
1/10/09 at 1:51pm
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ISO links:

. 64bits:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

. 32bits:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

cheers ...
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post #8 of 39
1/10/09 at 1:55pm
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To get a product key, recommending using IE explorer.

1) Go to http://technet.microsoft.com/ and sign in with your passport, live account (hotmail account also works). This will not work unless you sign in FIRST!!!

2) Copy and paste the following into your address bar:

https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperi...4-ww&LCID=1033

This is a 64 bit key, but it will work with the 32 bit version.

cheers ...
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post #9 of 39
1/10/09 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post
To get a product key, recommending using IE explorer.

1) Go to http://technet.microsoft.com/ and sign in with your passport, live account (hotmail account also works). This will not work unless you sign in FIRST!!!

2) Copy and paste the following into your address bar:

https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperi...4-ww&LCID=1033

This is a 64 bit key, but it will work with the 32 bit version.

cheers ...
or you can get an official 32-bit key by replacing "64" in the previous link with "32" like this: https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperi...2-ww&LCID=1033 (this is what I did)
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post #10 of 39
1/10/09 at 8:18pm
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Actually all keys are 64bits (default) - But they will work for 32bits.

And dont forget, very important, the patch to support MP3s files.

Drivers: I recommend leaving W7 cycling your comps and update first, before going out hunting for them. And all Vitsa drivers will work on W7.

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post #11 of 39
1/11/09 at 6:50am
this beta has WEI scores up to 7.9 now. it doesnt seem the testing utility itself is programed for it tho, still getting the old max of 5.9 for GPU. anyone else get higer numbers? also seems they screwed up hard drive score calculation im getting only a 2 now and a number of people are reporting only 2-3.

im also having a problem where every other interval of loading into 7, I cant use keyboard and mouse. very annoying.
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post #12 of 39
1/11/09 at 7:24am
I'm getting 7.5's for everything, but the 250gb partition I made from my 1tb backup drive.
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post #13 of 39
1/11/09 at 7:34am
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^^ 7.5 - almost at max (7.9)

Mine is fluctuating between 4-6, even after many re-run assessment and refresh. Gonna stick in another drive and let W7 goes fresh.

Other than that, it is snappier than current Vista set up.

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post #14 of 39
1/11/09 at 9:55am
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Originally Posted by GbrilliantQ™ View Post
I'm getting 7.5's for everything, but the 250gb partition I made from my 1tb backup drive.
d'oh, that never even crossed my mind, i bet my horrifically low score is becuase its running in an only 40 GB partition
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post #15 of 39
1/11/09 at 4:18pm
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Originally Posted by sRc//Conda View Post
d'oh, that never even crossed my mind, i bet my horrifically low score is becuase its running in an only 40 GB partition
Yeah, I'm getting a 2.5 from my hdd. Wonder what my raid0 raptorX's would do...
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post #16 of 39
1/11/09 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by sRc//Conda View Post
d'oh, that never even crossed my mind, i bet my horrifically low score is becuase its running in an only 40 GB partition
That makes sense. I'm running it in a 30GB partition and I get a 2.0 hard drive score.

And so far it's also snappier (to use Q's terminology ) than XP in boot and shutdown time, program installation, and window management.
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post #17 of 39
1/11/09 at 11:12pm
UPEK based readers (like in my 1530) have beta drivers out for the new Biometric API that 7 uses:

http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archi...Lenovoetc.html

works nicely, and processes faster than the UPEK software does in Vista actually
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post #18 of 39
1/12/09 at 3:51am
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Originally Posted by GbrilliantQ™ View Post
I'm getting 7.5's for everything, but the 250gb partition I made from my 1tb backup drive.
Gaming graphics and hard drive performance seems to be a tough rating. I can't believe you are getting 7.5 in gaming graphics score . With a single velociraptor 300 and a single GTX280 I get a 6.0 in both of those scores (but could be my system I guess). The rest is from 7.7-7.9. That's on a core i7 @ 4ghz. Buddy has two veloci in raid and still only got 6 (but that is on the older intel 975 chipset). Guess that means we have to pick up some ssd's or what? Eh it's a beta, but runs great so far. I'm sure drivers will help out down the road too.
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post #19 of 39
1/12/09 at 10:00am
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Most of utilitties and apps running under Vista are working correctly, with the exceptions:

. Installations sometimes cannot be called direct from IE (run option), but needed to be saved on local folders, and then to be called manually.

. Desktop items context menu cannot be easily (or blokced) updated. Example is cCleaner cannot add context menu on to Recycler Bin. App must be called from Programme Files.

UAC is no longer so intrusive as under Vista, that one can actually accept and live with it, as a benefit.

Installing and running in compatibility mode are not always functioning - they pretty much depend on the current installer scripts of the apps in question.

Currently running basic apps like FoxitReader, VLC, Java 6.11, Flash updates, Firefox 3.0.5 (Minefield is having tough time installing correctly and running, since it is pretty much a 32bits??? - will investigate some more)

Overall, it is a brilliant answer from Microsoft, to its critics after the snafu of Vista's implementation.

cheers ...
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post #20 of 39
1/12/09 at 5:51pm
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Apps currently not working:

. Magic Jack, if anyone ever uses it.

. Built-in camera no go, W7 keeps seeing it as Lenovo Q350 cam. Manual installation no go, even the system recognises the DLLs

cheers ...
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