Windows Vista Beta 2 is NOW available!!!
Thursday, June 8, 2006 by Bash2cool | Discussion: New Releases
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starkers
Reply #22 Thursday, June 8, 2006 10:32 PM
Bugger...a typo, and I missed it! An extra 3hrs a day would be great, don'tcha think, more time on WC...pity a typo can't be converted to reality.
Microsoft does not recommend this - although it may work initially - two OSes on the same physical drive, different partitions can cause conflicts/instability
Reply #22 Thursday, June 8, 2006 10:32 PM
| 27/7? I knew things were a bit different down there in 'Oz,' but I didn't know you had 3 extra hours in a day. |
Bugger...a typo, and I missed it! An extra 3hrs a day would be great, don'tcha think, more time on WC...pity a typo can't be converted to reality.
| Im running XP and installed it in another partition, and it's working just fine, I can choose between XP and Vista while booting... |
Microsoft does not recommend this - although it may work initially - two OSes on the same physical drive, different partitions can cause conflicts/instability
Drzues
Reply #23 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:14 AM
Reply #23 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:14 AM
The Vista beta stops june 1st of 07 rather than july 1st of 07 or the public release, and you should be able to use the 64 bit or the 32 bit version with the AMD64 proc...Though there is less driver support for the 64 bit. If you have a 32 bit CPU, then you will only be able to use the 32 bit Vista version. Of course many a smarter man before me have been wrong and I am in no way immune to falicy. Did I spell all that write? 
Adamness
Reply #24 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:27 AM
Reply #24 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:27 AM
Has anyone been able to download it? I've been getting the 'high demand, go away' error all day. 
Jafo
Reply #25 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:30 AM
Reply #25 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:30 AM
Anyone like to send me it on DVD?
My dl speed and the Beta would expire before it finished downloading...
CerebroJD
Reply #26 Friday, June 9, 2006 1:50 AM
Reply #26 Friday, June 9, 2006 1:50 AM
Cant order it in Oz? Damn, if I'd have read this like, 15 minutes ago, I would have put in an order for 2 and fired one your way, Jafo. 
starkers
Reply #27 Friday, June 9, 2006 3:57 AM
According to the email I got from MS with d/l link and product code, yes it can be ordered from Oz....
In fact, my d/l began, but IE encountered a problem (damned Adobe Reader plugin), had to close, and upon returning to the link, I kept getting an 'access denied' page. Can't email MS directly about it so I rang MS in Oz to find out why, etc....
The support guy said that I'm eligible, my link and key were/are valid, that it's most likely due to a server error/overload at the MS home site and to try again later. However, I'm wondering if the interrupted d/l, IE crash, may have resulted in invalidating my link somehow? Wouldn't think so, though.
Hope not, but the guy at MS (Oz) said that I could re-apply if there were to be the case.
Love new toys...hate it when I can't get at 'em
Reply #27 Friday, June 9, 2006 3:57 AM
| Cant order it in Oz? |
According to the email I got from MS with d/l link and product code, yes it can be ordered from Oz....
In fact, my d/l began, but IE encountered a problem (damned Adobe Reader plugin), had to close, and upon returning to the link, I kept getting an 'access denied' page. Can't email MS directly about it so I rang MS in Oz to find out why, etc....
The support guy said that I'm eligible, my link and key were/are valid, that it's most likely due to a server error/overload at the MS home site and to try again later. However, I'm wondering if the interrupted d/l, IE crash, may have resulted in invalidating my link somehow? Wouldn't think so, though.
Hope not, but the guy at MS (Oz) said that I could re-apply if there were to be the case.
Love new toys...hate it when I can't get at 'em
thomassen
Reply #28 Friday, June 9, 2006 7:28 AM
Reply #28 Friday, June 9, 2006 7:28 AM
Right! Downloading the beta now. TRying to download via MS's downloader gives me a message that's the server is too busy, but downloading the other link works perfect. 800K/s!
But I was wondering is there's any CRC checksums for the download so I can make sure it's not corrupted when it's done. Anyone?
But I was wondering is there's any CRC checksums for the download so I can make sure it's not corrupted when it's done. Anyone?
NightTrainthedark
Reply #29 Friday, June 9, 2006 7:37 AM
I can confirm that.
Reply #29 Friday, June 9, 2006 7:37 AM
| TRying to download via MS's downloader gives me a message that's the server is too busy, but downloading the other link works perfect. |
I can confirm that.
Corky_O
Reply #30 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:14 AM
Reply #30 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:14 AM
| Anyone like to send me it on DVD? |
Jafo,
Send me an e-mail [email protected] with all the address information.
I can send it tomorrow morning at the latest.
thomassen
Reply #31 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:21 AM
Reply #31 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:21 AM
Right! Got it now. One of the fastest downloads I've ever done. 3GB in a couple of hours. 
But I want to make sure it's allright before I try to install it. Still looking for a md5 or crc value. Can anyone here who has downlaoded it (32bit english) post the crc or md5 checksum of their iso image?
But I want to make sure it's allright before I try to install it. Still looking for a md5 or crc value. Can anyone here who has downlaoded it (32bit english) post the crc or md5 checksum of their iso image?
thomassen
Reply #32 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:26 AM
Reply #32 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:26 AM
Found this at iexbeta http://board.iexbeta.com/index.php?showtopic=23258
That matched my download.
| Build 5384 (MSDN/Connect/WinHEC original, staged Workstation distribution): *NEW* - File Size = 3.12 GB (3,355,598,848 bytes) *NEW* - CRC Value = 0x67E089E0 *NEW* - MD5 Value = 0E733AB1A8E8FF9A8684FD3639332773 *NEW* |
That matched my download.
Adamness
Reply #33 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:09 PM
Reply #33 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:09 PM
Okay, I've found that using Firefox doesn't work when downloading this. I keep getting the 'high demand, go away' message. When going to the same link in IE, it brings be to a page where I can choose to use their download manager, which gives me the above message. If I try to download the ISO with out their manager, it works. So in 2 hours and 48 minutes, my Vista cherry will be popped. 
thomassen
Reply #34 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:37 PM
Reply #34 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:37 PM
Adam: hit Ctrl+F5 to force refresh the page. Same thing happend to me but it was because the page was cached. After I did that I got the page where I could download, but the link to download via the MS d/l manager still brought that busy page.
thomassen
Reply #35 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:37 PM
Reply #35 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:37 PM
And I'd recommend everyone to do a CRC or md5 checksum as such large downloads can easily get errors on them.
MadDeez
Reply #36 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:47 PM
Reply #36 Friday, June 9, 2006 12:47 PM
btw, here's a free AV app for Vista. I'll install it after I finally get the OS installed.
KenzieZero
Reply #37 Friday, June 9, 2006 1:25 PM
Reply #37 Friday, June 9, 2006 1:25 PM
Great! All I need now is an updated beta of WindowsBlinds to install on it....
Jafo
Reply #39 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:16 PM
Reply #39 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:16 PM
Corky ....thanks for the offer...email is winging its way...
thomassen
Reply #40 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:49 PM
Reply #40 Friday, June 9, 2006 8:49 PM
I came across an article about the high amount of downloads of Vista. Apparently MS is afraid that if they increase their bandwidth they'll 'break the internet'. http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewstory.php?t=77525
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Reply #21 Thursday, June 8, 2006 7:27 PM