Vista free to beta testers
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Topic: Vista free to beta testers
Posted By: Mikey
Subject: Vista free to beta testers
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 8:32am
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Microsoft has gone and given a full RTM version of Windows Vista Ultimate edition to invited connect beta members. If you were an invited connect vista tester then login to the connect website to answer a survey and receive your free copy  ------------- Handyman man? |
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Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 10:53am
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Link? ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 2:04pm
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You'll get an email containing the links
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 5:54pm
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I takes friggin forever to download. I started yesterday. 2 hours after it was out and got interrupted twice (of the MSDN server). Seems half the world is dowloading it. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 6:54pm
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use a download manager..like free download manager.. google it..the best free download manager i have ever come across.. integrates with IE and FF..
i have been downloading 4GB dvds over torrent..takes a few days tho because hardly i could saturate the full bandwidth pipe.. ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss"> 
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 7:01pm
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Sure but Microsoft makes you use their own BITS download manager for MSDN.... no dice. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 8:02pm
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doesnt it have resume support..useless without it?? ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss">
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 8:13pm
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sure it does. but I don't want to sit next to it for all the time. Right now it's flipping between "Trying to connect" and "Interupted" grrrr ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 9:50pm
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The sheers amount of users trying to download there free copy will be killing the speed, keep trying until you get a good connection and then it shouldn't drop out. Also you don't have to use the microsoft download manager there's instructions on the download page. ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 11:35pm
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Is this a free license for until a certain date or completely free to use for as long as its around?
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Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 11:56pm
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Completley free RTM Ultimate version of Vista, Download only. It's microsofts thank you to the better testers, i was shocked when i got the email i can tell ya. ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 17 November 2006 at 11:59pm
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OMFG if someone isnt going to use theirs can i get it please??? Pretty PLEASE? lol
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Posted By: Tegwin
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 5:02pm
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I have just logged into my MSDN subscription and it is there.. JUst going to download it . |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 5:04pm
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stop teasing! I want it so bad, i just wish it was out and i could afford it :( ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 5:05pm
Anyone have an extra one around anywhere that they will not be using? 
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Posted By: Tegwin
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 5:09pm
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Sorry they appear to only give 1 key. |
Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 5:11pm
| Ahhhh... got it. Thanks anyways! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 21 November 2006 at 9:25pm
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Yeah sorry, if i hadn't wanted it i would have given away
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 22 November 2006 at 3:01am
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That's okay. A friend of mine told me that each key can be used on up to 10 installs. So a friend of mine gave me his key and I was able to install it.
Man... vista is awesome!!!! |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 22 November 2006 at 3:18am
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stop it! lol i really want to check out Vista and IIS 7. I tried beta 2 a long time ago and it was decent, just really buggy. ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 22 November 2006 at 3:19am
| lol... dude... can't stop... you don't know what you're missing out on! lol |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 22 November 2006 at 3:22am
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If you haven't figured it out, you can get certain kinds of flash drives that speed up vista a CRAP LOAD! when i had beta 2 i messed around with it a lot, and its really worth buying a flash drive! If you have a ton of ram (2GB+) you can also do a ram trick that does the same thing as the flash drive. how does vista rate your computers? ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 22 November 2006 at 3:25am
| I only have one gig of ram on my computer and didn't actually notice any increase or decrease in speed. What I did notice however is that vista boots up a lot quicker than xp. |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 22 November 2006 at 10:03am
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The performance thingy shows on my computer as 4.7 only held back by my RAM. In previous betas my score as been both higher and lower as they have fine tuned the app. So far i've been unable to find a flash stick in the UK that works with Vista's Readyboost but as soon as i do i'll give it a test. ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 24 November 2006 at 3:48pm
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Same here RAM for some reason is the main culprit. Though its 2gb 5400er which I think is not too shabby.
Little surprised that my CPU rates as low as it does though being a Core2Duo 2.4GHz.
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Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 24 November 2006 at 7:08pm
Bugger, just rechecked mine and it only came up as 4.5   Only the memory score dropped tho by 2 points. Damn memory  ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 25 November 2006 at 4:12pm
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I am not too worried about the score, I can run FSX at roughly 20FPS around airports and 30fps over land, that is pretty good (for me at least). ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 25 November 2006 at 4:16pm
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What sorta detail settings you running it on?
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 26 November 2006 at 2:05am
My RAM came out similar to your's mikey... and i only have one gig of ram with a core duo at 1.66...
I'm gonna try the flash drive trick... to see if it speeds anything up. |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 26 November 2006 at 2:37pm
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Mikey wrote: