Windows 7 Beta Public Release Gets Delayed Due to Heavy Traffic

Shou Miko · Jan 10, 2009

Castiel said:
Ok, I think my F5 key is going to be broken before tonight is over.

then it means u pushing it too hard or too easier :rolleyes:

but if it's redirect you to microsoft.com maybe all the keys have been taken or there server is too much loaded, and i will not think about loaded with what :roll:

Castiel · Jan 10, 2009

puma99dk| said:
then it means u pushing it too hard or too easier

but if it's redirect you to microsoft.com maybe all the keys have been taken or there server is too much loaded, and i will not think about loaded with what

Im giving up for tonight. I have hit F5 so many times my fingers hurt.

Shou Miko · Jan 10, 2009

Castiel said:
Im giving up for tonight. I have hit F5 so many times my fingers hurt.

oki, then you can try later maybe, i did mean to hurt you by making some fun in my previous tread i hope u cool with it :cool:

Kursah · Jan 10, 2009

Castiel said:
Hey, I did all the steps and I get the error over and over.

I did all the steps too...I end up at a page that says:

We're sorry, the page you requested cannot be found.

This is usually after about 10-20 refreshes tho...maybe it's too late tonight to get a key...

DrPepper · Jan 10, 2009

u2konline said:
w2k = best OS ever.
Sorry, just had to say that.

But i guess alot of people will enjoy windows 7, but one question, what happens to Vista?
Or am i missing something here?

Vista was an excellent OS just everyone felt like hating on the fact that most companies didn't have proper drivers out on time.

Nick89 · Jan 10, 2009

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ERR I want a key!!!! :mad:

binsky3333 · Jan 10, 2009

I kno so do i, i have been waiting forever and pressing the f5 key for so long... arrrgg microsoft... is there going to be a limited number of keys?

Kursah · Jan 10, 2009

DrPepper said:
Vista was an excellent OS just everyone felt like hating on the fact that most companies didn't have proper drivers out on time.

It is an excellent OS, but it took a lot of patching from day one and a service pack to get it to be that way. I used it from release day, and did a lot of fighting, mind you with new hardware, new drivers, etc. It would be stupid things like my mic not working at all with the x-fi, or crap performance from ati drivers (I had ATI for my first year w/vista). Instability, etc, it was all there, and I half expected it remembering the days of XP when it was a new OS, that took many updates and 2-3 service packs depending on who you talk to, to get it where it is today. Drivers are always an issue, and always will be, but they are always improving too, it's a give-and-take in this industry. Vista x64 is what really won me over, been running it since March of 08, and I gotta say it has been very solid, I never tried it pre SP1, but post SP1 was an overall great experience.

7 impresses me greatly because it seems like MS listened and actually took the time to chisel a good base (vista), down to something that is a well tuned os. I'm excited to see this become a reality and hit retail with a bang, so far it seems to be doing quite well, and I hope it keeps that way. I think MS learned a lot from Vista, good and bad, and we'll get to reap some pretty good rewards from that OS. I will keep it as a backup if 7 beta has issues I no longer wanna deal with, like PunkBuster, but for now I'm pretty damn content.

:toast:

Kursah · Jan 10, 2009

binsky3333 said:
I kno so do i, i have been waiting forever and pressing the f5 key for so long... arrrgg microsoft... is there going to be a limited number of keys?

2.5 million iirc. :toast:

binsky3333 · Jan 10, 2009

crud... when is microsoft offically going to release the product keys? does anyone know?

qubit · Jan 10, 2009

I'll second that

Kursah said:
It is an excellent OS, but it took a lot of patching from day one and a service pack to get it to be that way...

Yeah, I agree with everything there, Kursah. I bought it in March07 and it was still very much a beta and ended up staying with XP until last October. Vista has now had so many patches that it's great. For me, it boots up more quickly than XP and seems to have less niggly problems, as well. I love the Aero interface, too. Even on old hardware, such as a 1.8GHz P4 it didn't run too badly and was much faster than previously.

My main gripe until recently, was that DirectX performance (framerate) was much better in XP (we're talking 130fps v 85fps here, typically on TrackMania) which I found when I benchmarked the two with the same hardware and game settings. However, on a few informal tests recently, even that problem seems to have been finally ironed out and it games very smoothly. Incidentally, I tried Fallout 3 on the 64-bit version and it seemed even faster there, too. I'm gonna do a more thorough check soon.

It's just that now unfortunately, the VISTA=CRAP mentality has set in and there's no budging it with the great unwashed, hence the complete change of name. I would have liked the next OS to be called Vista SE or similar - something that keeps the Vista name, which I always liked.

truehighroller1 · Jan 10, 2009

binsky3333 said:
crud... when is microsoft offically going to release the product keys? does anyone know?

Puma's way works, it took me alot of patience and about 200-300 clicks of the f5 button and I got a 64bit key and it is valid, I activated my copie of 64bit that I downloaded from the direct Microsoft link that Microsoft leaked on purpose when this whole thing started so some peolpe like me would be happy and apparently it seems as if some one leaked these links for the keys as well from Microsoft because they are dishing them out and activating them they have to know I mean they are seeing these activations coming across and the keys adding up to I am 110% sure of this because I work around servers and there are people watching the logs and what not. Just keep pressing f5 if you want one of these 2.5Million keys, that I am sure will go fast.

mep916 · Jan 10, 2009

Windows 7 Public Beta 32 bit Download

Windows 7 Public Beta 64 bit Download

The links are to ISOs directly from MS.

johnspack · Jan 10, 2009

Patience is a virtue! I've dled it today, keyed it and activated. By the way, try flashget on those links, it will help!

qubit · Jan 10, 2009

Truncated 32-bit downloads

Just so you all know, the 32-bit link results in a truncated download of about 210MB or so - it changes every time I tried.

I used the latest Firefox too, so it's not an IE gremlin causing this. I've found the same thing with 32-bit links from other sites, so don't waste your time trying.

The 64-bit link works just fine.

Might be a good idea to wait until Microsoft fix their server capacity problem. Or just torrent the damn thing...

kid41212003 · Jan 10, 2009

I'm downloading at maximum speed (300KB/s) without any download manager.

mep916 · Jan 10, 2009

I'm currently burning the 64 bit version. It's ~3.2GB. Haven't bothered to check out the 32 bit package.

qubit · Jan 10, 2009

Plextor burner makes coasters. Reliably.

Oh and the 64-bit iso I did get I can't burn - my intermittently malfunctioning out of warranty Plextor 760A rubbish burner is making coasters again - Nero burns, but fails the verify several times over now. :banghead:

RadeonProVega · Jan 10, 2009

Alright, but i don't get it, what is going on with Vista, or is people suppose to upgrade from vista to windows 7?

johnspack · Jan 10, 2009

Vista is ME, upgrade....

Kursah · Jan 10, 2009

Vista x64 is good stuff, takes a little work and tweaking, but beyond that it's a very solid OS. 7 x64 beta 1 (7000) is amazing for a beta. Almost as solid as current Vista. UAC is more tunable, if you turn it all the way down/off it doesn't have a nagging message that it's off, etc. Though I used a Vista tuner program on all my Vista installs, it was more basic tweaks than anything.

7 seems to be more about ease of use and speed, which is great considering I still feel they have a very solid base, Vista. We wouldn't be here right now without Vista, or if say Vista never happened and we were going from XP to 7 which I guess would be 6 (lol), there would be a lot of pissing and moaning, DX10 would be new in 7, unoptimized, games not ready, hardware not ready, etc...just think, even you nay-sayers out there how differently things would be of Vista didn't exist....personally I think we'd re-enter 2007 in some areas...what if the 8800GTS 320/640 was still stop dog with the 2900XT on it's heels! Crazy to think that way...I'm really bored atm lol!

mep916 · Jan 10, 2009

qubit said:
Oh and the 64-bit iso I did get I can't burn - my intermittently malfunctioning out of warranty Plextor 760A rubbish burner is making coasters again - Nero burns, but fails the verify several times over now.

You can run the OS in a VM if your optical drive crapped out. I used PowerISO to burn the image.

LiveOrDie · Jan 10, 2009

Castiel said:
Hey, I did all the steps and I get the error over and over.

how long does the key last? the pubilc verison is that build 7000?

mep916 · Jan 10, 2009

Live OR Die said:
the pubilc verison is that build 7000?

yes

qubit · Jan 10, 2009

When everything just WORKS...

mep916 said:
You can run the OS in a VM if your optical drive crapped out. I used PowerISO to burn the image.

I had wanted to run it native, but I might just do that. I've probably got another burner kicking around here somewhere if I look hard enough. lol.

I've also got the first ever dual layer burner model released, in this rig but disconnected (the Lite-On SOHW 832S from 2004 for the train spotters among us) that does actually work properly, but isn't quite Vista compatible and has trouble reading discs sometimes.

Awe heck, now I think about it, these problems could also be my motherboard or it's drivers. Time to get into troubleshooting mode. Again. :rolleyes:

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