Vista Beta 2 Goes Public Today

csmager · 15 Jun 2006 at 12:41

Chronictank said:
Duno if this has been mentioned already,

The Beta 2 is only a 14 day trial, and you cant activate it online

It hasn't been mentioned because it's incorrect.

It's a 1 year trial, or a trial until June 2007 (whichever comes first. Obviously that's June 2007 now). It's very easy to activate online using your CD Key you obtained from MS, or over the phone if you can't get internet access.

Chronictank · 15 Jun 2006 at 12:42

csmager said:
It hasn't been mentioned because it's incorrect.

It's a 1 year trial, or a trial until June 2007 (whichever comes first. Obviously that's June 2007 now). It's very easy to activate online using your CD Key you obtained from MS, or over the phone if you can't get internet access.

i installed it yesterday (32bit version), and it comes up with a prompt you have 14 days to activate etc etc.. but when you click activate it doesnt let you using the cd key i was emailed
this is using a install from 14th June, using the microsoft downloader

Ali-Longden · 15 Jun 2006 at 12:44

Chronictank said:
The Beta 2 is only a 14 day trial, and you cant activate it online

No its not and yes you can!

Chronictank said:
I also have the same issue as everyone here, my 70Gb raptor seems to be working all the time doing.. er something

I think its something to do with the the new vista indexer doing its job. Apparently if you leave your pc on for a few hours it will finish and settle down!

Chronictank · 15 Jun 2006 at 12:47

Ali-Longden said:
No its not and yes you can!

As above, using the newest install

I think its something to do with the the new vista indexer doing its job. Apparently if you leave your pc on for a few hours it will finish and settle down!

tnx, will give that a go

csmager · 15 Jun 2006 at 13:37

Chronictank said:
i installed it yesterday (32bit version), and it comes up with a prompt you have 14 days to activate etc etc.. but when you click activate it doesnt let you using the cd key i was emailed
this is using a install from 14th June, using the microsoft downloader

A couple of suggestions then:

1. Check you actually have internet access (my wireless occasionally doesn't work when i boot up for unknown reasons!)
2. If it still doesn't work, goto the ms website for another key (link in the OP). You're allowed 2 different keys for this beta, so you should get a different one. Goto system properties, click 'change product key' and type the new one.
3. If it still won't activate using the second key, try ringing ms (i believe there's an option for phone activation). Should just be a machine dishing out activation keys if you give it the number it requires from your screen.

FUNTY · 15 Jun 2006 at 13:46

mmm

Its a 1 year trial and i activated it fine.

Ali-Longden · 15 Jun 2006 at 13:51

Ali-Longden said:
I think its something to do with the the new vista indexer doing its job. Apparently if you leave your pc on for a few hours it will finish and settle down!

Read here : http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=202563

Burly · 15 Jun 2006 at 14:49

if I go to download it, its only recognising 13.7MB of it??! same for IE and Firefox

Darkwave · 15 Jun 2006 at 14:59

Kerplunk said:
Havnt the torrent files been withdrawn by MS request though?

Just checked the site, seems so. Why must MS ruin everything for everyone?

These guys only started VistaTorrent because MS are so ******* useless at distributing their own damn software.

Ali-Longden · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:24

Exsomnis said:
Just checked the site, seems so. Why must MS ruin everything for everyone?

These guys only started VistaTorrent because MS are so ******* useless at distributing their own damn software.

Whats going on with you lot? I used the download manager and it downloaded direct from microsoft at a steady 230kbps in 5 hours.

Whats wrong with your connections?

Substance · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:31

Yeah i got it on day of beta release from MS and i got 260kb/s all the way,
I used the x64 edition but had problems with my soundblaster live, think i will wait for more support before i install it again, im back on good old xp64 now

Ali-Longden · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:43

SuBsTaNcE said:
Yeah i got it on day of beta release from MS and i got 260kb/s all the way,
I used the x64 edition but had problems with my soundblaster live, think i will wait for more support before i install it again, im back on good old xp64 now

What problems did you have? Jerky? my sounblaster card installed fine!

doran1801 · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:49

Does anyone know if you can take the games from vista beta 2 and run them with xp? I know the x64 vista will not work but if i can get the x86 version maybe they will ?

R B Customs · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:15

hmm, all im gettign is a 14mb iso, i searched this thread for 14mb, and it appears soemone else has the same problem. search aint gettign me anywhere, anyone know the solution ?

R B Customs · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:20

oh it appears some of us use 'meg' instead of MB, found a few results but gotta shoot off now...
im on NTL

Beansprout · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:23

R B CUSTOMS said:
hmm, all im gettign is a 14mb iso, i searched this thread for 14mb, and it appears soemone else has the same problem. search aint gettign me anywhere, anyone know the solution ?

Search 13.7 instead

Darkwave · 15 Jun 2006 at 17:42

Ali-Longden said:
Whats going on with you lot? I used the download manager and it downloaded direct from microsoft at a steady 230kbps in 5 hours.

Whats wrong with your connections?

Downloaded fine for me, but I am seeing a hell of a lot of people having trouble even with the download manager. VistaTorrent was a nice alternative for those people, and in-fact doing Microsoft a favour, but Microsoft are just ***** I guess.

Oracle · 15 Jun 2006 at 18:10

can i ask a quickie question? Can I mount this to an external HDD and then still have the option to dual boot!?

If so, how would I go about doing it!?

I have Daemon Tools...

Thanks

turtle3 · 15 Jun 2006 at 18:23

I navigated to a link to a Vista compatable driver list yesterday, stupidly didnt mark it :rolleyes:

anyone have the link? Ive searched for ages. Im looking for a wireless adapter thats drivers will work with vista...

THANKS

BillytheImpaler · 15 Jun 2006 at 18:32

Oracle said:
can i ask a quickie question? Can I mount this to an external HDD and then still have the option to dual boot!?

If so, how would I go about doing it!?

I have Daemon Tools...

Thanks

I don't really know what you mean by mount to an external drive. To dual boot you have to use a bootloader. If you do not install outright, you will have to come to the party with your own bootloader like Grub. I imagine you do not intend on messing with that.

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