Windows 7 beta - 9th January

[Will Lucky]

Well my download freezed and now whenever I try to get a Key I seem to get 404 erroe.

 

[chronic86]

ah, think i'll leave it now, ovbiously not going to get any where tonight, even looks like they have closed the beta download/sign up down

 

[Mobius 1]

Seems microsoft have caught onto the direct links being posted everywhere and have stopped the lot.

still doesnt explain the key link not working for a lot of people.

 

[mick4545]

If I get it frem usenet how do I then get a key?

 

[NightSt@lk3r]

still doesnt explain the key link not working for a lot of people.

Seems microsoft have caught onto the direct links being posted everywhere and have stopped the lot.

 

[Mobius 1]

hmmm true.. shame. but i guess they should have known it would happen

 

[Rackerz]

Worked for me guys!

 

[sleeman99]

@http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx now saying:

"Windows® 7 Beta coming soon!" :S

 

[Datamonkey]

This is 2009 you know

Im not downloading it lol, if you knew what my rig was i would be shot for running a 32bit os on it

I was just being cheeky lol the 32bit version is a smaller download.

 

[No-One]

got the 64 bit download from the direct link posted here. no joy with the key thing though. why does a beta even need a key in the first place? surely just a built in expiry date would be good enough

 

[Glaucus]

I think Microsoft are a bit of a bigger organisation than Ticketmaster

*Think I'll give up and watch porn instead.

As if that makes any difference. why set up hundreds of servers for just a few hours.

 

[knowledge123]

Hopefully they are putting more servers onto it to cope with demand.

 

[p0rks0da]

@http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx now saying:

"Windows® 7 Beta coming soon!" :S

Strange, the page still looks the same for me, the links all go nowhere however.

edit: nevermind it's changed now.

 

[hamesy]

Beta sign up page now displays this:

Windows® 7 Beta coming soon!

 

[AWPC]

Got to 99% then it just stopped!

 

[sleeman99]

these links work: 32bit - 64bit

 

[Mobius 1]

lol. typical. oh well, i still have 29 days left

 

[GJ02]

were is the link on the windows 7 page ?

 

[NightSt@lk3r]

As if that makes any difference. why set up hundreds of servers for just a few hours.

Becasue a few hours turns into a few days when the demand is this high.

 

[Glaucus]

54bit download working
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...0_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO