Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY!

t.guilliams · 7th June 2006, 06:38 PM

Use the link below because it provides the product key necessary to install Beta 2.

t.guilliams · 7th June 2006, 06:43 PM

Edit:
This is a better link
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

**Adam** · 7th June 2006, 10:48 PM

Cool, their servers must be overloaded, it's taking AGES to download.

Bo · 7th June 2006, 10:58 PM

Oh, god I can imagine how bad its gonna be right now. I remember when XP came out, and a guy I was stationed with in Japan downloaded it, it took about a week to DL. we were on dialup there though, and you got disconnected alot. but it was great to have XP right away, bugs and all! hehe. But anything was better than ME.

**Adam** · 8th June 2006, 09:27 AM

This is a real pain in the !!!
Got to 99% using Download accelerator, amidst many cutoffs due to an overloaded server, then it failed
So I tried to resume it, nope, wouldn't have it, kept failing

Tried to download manually without any accleration, the file was 13.7mb......er....it's supposed to be 4.1GB
So now i'm downloading the same file to the server, then i'll redownload it from there
What a pain in the arseeeeeeee

**Adam** · 8th June 2006, 01:23 PM

Yay installed it

First impressions weren't great, although it's Beta 2, so it's still a ways to go before the finished product.

But darn, it took about an hour to install on my machine

2gb of ram, AMD FX55, 2 74gb 10krpm western digital drives in a raid array, Radeon X800 pro with 256mb of ram etc.

Peformance was hella slow, I turned of Windows' "Aero" thing and it was a fair bit better
Reliability was ....bad at best, it crashed twice when just doing general browsing through folders.
Oh and it doesn't have a driver for my wireless card, doh

t.guilliams · 8th June 2006, 07:19 PM

Damn Adam, youre having more problems than I've heard. My computer can't run it lol. Maybe some of the older Longhorn builds, but not Vista lol

Kurgan · 9th June 2006, 10:18 AM

Before downloading it. Get the compatablity checker for Visat Beta 2. Save yourself the headache.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...r/default.mspx
BTW. I work at Ms. Not for them. But I work there. I am waiting till RC1 or RC2. Before I install the dang thing.
I have a laptop I carry everywhere.
Toshiba Tecra M1. 1.6 Centrino 1gb mem 120GB hdd.
Everything works fine. I am able to install all drivers, using the Winxp ones. But the moment I install the Trident video driver. Poof the whole system goes down the tube..

Mapper · 13th June 2006, 09:37 AM

Im running it and its running fine, Smooth as ever, Pritty speedy too. Only issue was with sound drivers, But that was soon fixed. Really stable for a Beta OS.

7th June 2006, 06:38 PM	#1
t.guilliams I'm in your X, Y-ING your Z. Join Date: Jul 2005 Shard: Great Lakes Posts: 232 Gold: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY! Use the link below because it provides the product key necessary to install Beta 2. Last edited by t.guilliams; 7th June 2006 at 06:45 PM..

7th June 2006, 06:43 PM	#2
t.guilliams I'm in your X, Y-ING your Z. Join Date: Jul 2005 Shard: Great Lakes Posts: 232 Gold: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY! Edit: This is a better link http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

7th June 2006, 10:48 PM	#3
Adam Lead Administrator Owner Join Date: Oct 1990 Posts: 6,441 Gold: 980 My Mood: Thanks: 61 Thanked 958 Times in 318 Posts	Re: Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY! Cool, their servers must be overloaded, it's taking AGES to download. Get your own personal forum Like these ones - Personal forum listing Bored @ work? Play in our arcade! Useful Tips on how to use UOForums Open your own blog

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Bo semi-retired from gaming..... Join Date: Sep 2005 Shard: Baja Posts: 2,526 Gold: 691 My Mood: Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY! Oh, god I can imagine how bad its gonna be right now. I remember when XP came out, and a guy I was stationed with in Japan downloaded it, it took about a week to DL. we were on dialup there though, and you got disconnected alot. but it was great to have XP right away, bugs and all! hehe. But anything was better than ME.

8th June 2006, 09:27 AM	#5
Adam Lead Administrator Owner Join Date: Oct 1990 Posts: 6,441 Gold: 980 My Mood: Thanks: 61 Thanked 958 Times in 318 Posts	Re: Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY! This is a real pain in the !!! Got to 99% using Download accelerator, amidst many cutoffs due to an overloaded server, then it failed So I tried to resume it, nope, wouldn't have it, kept failing Tried to download manually without any accleration, the file was 13.7mb......er....it's supposed to be 4.1GB So now i'm downloading the same file to the server, then i'll redownload it from there What a pain in the arseeeeeeee Get your own personal forum Like these ones - Personal forum listing Bored @ work? Play in our arcade! Useful Tips on how to use UOForums Open your own blog

8th June 2006, 01:23 PM	#6
Adam Lead Administrator Owner Join Date: Oct 1990 Posts: 6,441 Gold: 980 My Mood: Thanks: 61 Thanked 958 Times in 318 Posts	Re: Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY! Yay installed it First impressions weren't great, although it's Beta 2, so it's still a ways to go before the finished product. But darn, it took about an hour to install on my machine 2gb of ram, AMD FX55, 2 74gb 10krpm western digital drives in a raid array, Radeon X800 pro with 256mb of ram etc. Peformance was hella slow, I turned of Windows' "Aero" thing and it was a fair bit better Reliability was ....bad at best, it crashed twice when just doing general browsing through folders. Oh and it doesn't have a driver for my wireless card, doh Get your own personal forum Like these ones - Personal forum listing Bored @ work? Play in our arcade! Useful Tips on how to use UOForums Open your own blog

8th June 2006, 07:19 PM	#7
t.guilliams I'm in your X, Y-ING your Z. Join Date: Jul 2005 Shard: Great Lakes Posts: 232 Gold: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY! Damn Adam, youre having more problems than I've heard. My computer can't run it lol. Maybe some of the older Longhorn builds, but not Vista lol

9th June 2006, 10:18 AM	#8
Kurgan Join Date: Apr 2006 Shard: Napa Valley Posts: 132 Gold: 92 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY! Before downloading it. Get the compatablity checker for Visat Beta 2. Save yourself the headache. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...r/default.mspx BTW. I work at Ms. Not for them. But I work there. I am waiting till RC1 or RC2. Before I install the dang thing. I have a laptop I carry everywhere. Toshiba Tecra M1. 1.6 Centrino 1gb mem 120GB hdd. Everything works fine. I am able to install all drivers, using the Winxp ones. But the moment I install the Trident video driver. Poof the whole system goes down the tube.. Last edited by Kurgan; 9th June 2006 at 10:25 AM..

13th June 2006, 09:37 AM	#9
Mapper Europa for the win! Join Date: Jul 2005 Shard: Europa Posts: 284 Gold: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Download Windows Vista Beta 2 LEGALLY and FREELY! Im running it and its running fine, Smooth as ever, Pritty speedy too. Only issue was with sound drivers, But that was soon fixed. Really stable for a Beta OS.

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