Windows 7 BETA

[xmastree]

For some reason, Micro$oft doesn't like to play well with Firefox. Those bastards!

That's interesting. I'm trying it and I couldn't open this site with IE but it works fine with firefox (3.0.5).
Well, I could open the forum but if I tried to view a thread, I got a blank page.

What I don't have is sound.
http://support.asus.com/download/dow...K8V-VM%20Ultra

And where does one get a product key from?

[Killdrath]

The product keys for the beta are gotten through the same MS page where you download the bits.

I may not be one of the developers, but seeing the beta going so well makes me proud. I'm just the hardware guy, buy I know everyone on the team has put a lot of love into the new version.

And yes, your analysis of the kernel was pretty darned spot-on. As for the network discovery and the print server, well, if I recall, that process has changed slightly and is still being tweaked internally.

[xmastree]

The product keys for the beta are gotten through the same MS page where you download the bits.

I downloaded the ISO's from here

[Killdrath]

OK, to get a beta key, go HERE.

According to the FAQ, when you download the beta (after signing in with a live account) you will be given a key that works on up to 3 machines.

[xmastree]

OK, thanks. got it now.

[crenn]

OK, to get a beta key, go HERE.

According to the FAQ, when you download the beta (after signing in with a live account) you will be given a key that works on up to 3 machines.

Wrong, you've be given a key that everyone is getting from that site. Don't believe me? I'm PM you the start of all the keys (not the full keys).

EDIT:

What's bad?
When you have all windows 7 BETA keys.
What's worse?
You have them all memorised.
What's even worse?
You know the date and time when you got each one.

[XcOM]

.......
What's bad?
When you have all windows 7 BETA keys.
What's worse?
You have them all memorised.
What's even worse?
You know the date and time when you got each one.

whats worse than that,

when you have the following keys memorisied, along with the build numbers to match:

Windows 98SE,
Windows 2000 Pro
Windows 2000 Server
Windows XP Pro
Windows Vista Prem
Windows Vista Ulti
Windows Server 2003 Standard

Office 97
Office 2003
Visual Studio 6 Enterprise Edition

never had to look at a product key sticker in quite a few years.

edit:

what can i say, i like reinstalling my pc, and i also like playing with different OS's, one month i may fancy playing with win98, next month i may fancy playing with vista.

the only pc that remains is my laptop, has ubuntu on it, even though acer said it couldn't be done, all i did was e-mail them asking for the exact hardware inside as the gfx card wasn't detected and windows showed me the generic nvidia chipset drivers and would'nt tell me what it was.

[nevermind1534]

I didn't have sound until I downloaded the HD audio codec from realtek.

[xmastree]

I didn't have sound until I downloaded the HD audio codec from realtek.

Ooh, got a url for that? I have a realtek sound chip (I think) and no sounds with Win7.

Why is it 7 anyway?
There was 3, (incl. 3.1, 3.11,) then 95(4), 98(5), ME(6), XP(7), Vista(8) so we should be on 9 by now.

[nevermind1534]

Ooh, got a url for that? I have a realtek sound chip (I think) and no sounds with Win7.

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...3&DownTypeID=3

Download the Vista .exe

Why is it 7 anyway?
There was 3, (incl. 3.1, 3.11,) then 95(4), 98(5), ME(6), XP(7), Vista( so we should be on 9 by now.

no, they're going by the NT kernal versions (NT 3.1, NT 4, 2000 (NT 5), xp (NT 5.1 or something like that), vista (NT 6), windows 7 (NT 7)

I hope that answers your questions.