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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2009, 11:19:58 AM »
That's Mr. Deception to you.

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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2009, 11:26:10 AM »
for those of you that want to actually try it out... quickly go here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/10/psstheres-how-to-get-your-windows-7-beta-key

worked great for me... i got both 32 and 64bit iso images and both 32/64 product keys.

MS has said the first 2.5 million users will get keys, then they are done.
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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2009, 11:52:15 AM »
Hey thanks for the tip!  Got both my keys and am DL'ing the 32bit iso right now.
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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2009, 01:06:37 PM »
I dunno what the deal is with that site, but when I am DL'ing the ISO's they just stop randomly, never finishing.  Is there anywhere else I can get these ISO's, other than bit torrent - I want an official ISO not something that someone could have messed with.
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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2009, 01:06:54 PM »
No problem...

Also, pay close attention to the bottom of the neowin site regarding the MP3 corruption bug in Windows 7.  It will corrupt all your mp3s if you don't patch it first.

32bit patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a754008b-d574-4e39-b4ba-67b859a242b7&displaylang=en

64bit patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0c56bf3c-9370-4fda-b4c8-5dc63d55626d&displaylang=en
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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #20 on: January 10, 2009, 01:09:47 PM »
Decepticon, i sent you PM
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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #21 on: January 10, 2009, 03:27:19 PM »
they just posted the official beta site... http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx
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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #22 on: January 12, 2009, 08:53:24 AM »
"We have clearly heard that many of you want to check out the Windows 7 Beta and, as a result, we have decided to remove the initial 2.5 million limit on the public beta for the next two weeks,"

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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2009, 11:58:00 AM »
Has anyone tried the Windows 7 beta yet?

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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #24 on: January 22, 2009, 12:17:13 PM »
Downloading now. :)

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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #25 on: January 22, 2009, 12:18:57 PM »
Hehe I downloaded it awhile ago, but not sure if I want to test it out yet

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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #26 on: January 22, 2009, 12:25:48 PM »
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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #27 on: January 22, 2009, 12:31:50 PM »
I am wondering how the dual booting would go..

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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #28 on: January 22, 2009, 12:34:12 PM »
And Google answers me in less than 5 min.
http://www.techspot.com/guides/143-dual-boot-windows7/
I would like to also note... I didn't realize Vista could resize partitions.

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Re: Microsft tries again......Epic fail??
« Reply #29 on: January 22, 2009, 01:32:00 PM »
It can only re-size partitions to a certain degree. I think as much as 4gb; can't really remember.
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