Windows 7 Beta Goes Public

I just refreshed for another 64 bit key for a buddy and got a different one, if there are actually 2.5million keys wont it die soon ? lol
 
Stopped trying after about an hour last night... first try this morning is GOOD! Activated and done.
 
Yah, mine is working now too. All my tabs now had keys. I now have 2 64-bit keys and 2 32-bit keys. Guess its a good thing I know of a few other people trying to get the keys.
 
to me win7 can look like windows 95 as long as it performs a bit better than vista/xp.

I got my cd key but my slow internet is stopping me from downloading it :(
 
how long after the busy cursor disappears does it normally take for the next step to appear? i waited 10 minutes and got nothing :(
 
I started the 32 bit download but is said complete after only 420 megs ? what do I do .... burn the 420 megs to iso and open that to continue ?
 
jynxycat said:
You can install it and activate later :p

I've been using it all day, and just now spamming refreshing the page for about 2 hours -_-


I'm slowly getting used to the task bar, but honestly I don't really see this as any more efficient than the regular task bar.
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You're joking right?

You get to see the entire window of a app just buy hovering over it and being able to switch between windows quickly by hovering is very useful. Plus you can now move the items around in the task bar, including the notification area.
 
C4C method 3 pages back works like a charm, 3 refreshes and a key.
 
heatlesssun said:
You're joking right?

You get to see the entire window of a app just buy hovering over it and being able to switch between windows quickly by hovering is very useful. Plus you can now move the items around in the task bar, including the notification area.
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Yah, at first I didn't like this but now that I'm getting used to it I'm finding it pretty useful.
 
Got it installed on 1st try under VMWare virtual machine and on new HDD.

The install went without mistake and without errors. It correctly identified all my hardware.

I tried installing the lateat NVIDIA drivers and it BSODed on me. Now I wont boot up. It BSODs before the Login screen.

Well, i will try to uninstall it to see what happens.
 
ok, thanks trying to re download again, now after its downloaded how do i get the key ?
 
Most people probably don't know about Aero Peek (put the cursor on the far right side of the Taskbar and just let it hover; the Desktop appears because the windows all go transparent with just outlines... also that's the new "Show Desktop" method by clicking it, click it again to return the windows to previous state.

Or Aero Shake... grab any window by the titlebar and do a quick "shake" of the mouse, up or down, left or right, back and forth, while holding the left mouse button... it'll cause all the other windows to minimize leaving only that one selected window visible. Shake it again, the other windows return...

Or the window snapping horizontally or vertically. Grab a window border, at the top or bottom, and take it all the way to the top or bottom of the screen - the window will "snap" to fill vertically. Do the same thing by grabbing the window title bar and when you drag it to the left or right side of the screen, it'll snap to fill half your screen instantly. Grab the title bar again and move it, it returns to the previous position/size.

Grab a window title bar and drag it to the top of the screen, it'll maximize - dragging the title bar off the top will restore the previous position/size.

There are tons of simple usability enhancements in Windows 7 that the overwhelming majority simply don't know about yet, but will discover as time goes by... there's a whole lot goin' on under the hood this time... :D
 
Confederate said:
The only thing I have found that didnt work after I installed Windows 7 is my card reader, which Vista did Find when It was installed..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820131008
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I have one of those, the exact model, purchased a few weeks ago at Fry's here in Vegas, and Windows 7 x64 (and x86 too) both had it up and running after the installation. The USB ports worked without issues, and I tested the card reader with an SD card (microSD in an adapter, an 8GB Memory Stick Duo Pro, and a 128MB CompactFlash card). All recognized and functional from the gitgo... wonder why it's not picking it up in your situation. Hmmm...
 
Joe Average said:
I have one of those, the exact model, purchased a few weeks ago at Fry's here in Vegas, and Windows 7 x64 (and x86 too) both had it up and running after the installation. The USB ports worked without issues, and I tested the card reader with an SD card (microSD in an adapter, an 8GB Memory Stick Duo Pro, and a 128MB CompactFlash card). All recognized and functional from the gitgo... wonder why it's not picking it up in your situation. Hmmm...
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I probably should have unplugged them from MB and then installed Windows 7 then re plugged them in MB and maybe it would have reconized it. .
By the way if anyone needs a key, Ill pm one to you , i got like 6 lol, just by refreshing page.
 
Just got it up and running. Wouldn't activate with my key for some reason. Seems the Nvidia driver works for me.
 
From the looks of it, they are only handing out about 5-6 different keys, I've seen keys posted that are the exact same as the one I got
 
leezard said:
From the looks of it, they are only handing out about 5-6 different keys, I've seen keys posted that are the exact same as the one I got
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Maybe that was their "solution" to the key problem
 
I had multiple tabs open with Firefox and C4C last night when I went to bed and they all generated a different key to use this morning.
 
mnmgri4 said:
I had multiple tabs open with Firefox and C4C last night when I went to bed and they all generated a different key to use this morning.
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and they are probably the same keys everyone else that got multiples got
 
Hmm, so I tried installing, and I seem to be having a problem. Install gets to the screen where it says "Installation is Starting" or something, after the first screen where you pick language. Well, when it's at the next screen I get an error message that says something to the sort of can't find install.wim. Happened on my computer and my friends computer, and we both had our own discs. What could be causing this? The file is on the DVD. I re-downloaded the ISO file, so I'm gonna burn another one and see if I have better luck. The other thing is that both ISO files I downloaded don't have a matching MD5 to what was posted earlier in this thread. Anyone know what the problem could be, or what I should do?
 
CLock3 said:
Hmm, so I tried installing, and I seem to be having a problem. Install gets to the screen where it says "Installation is Starting" or something, after the first screen where you pick language. Well, when it's at the next screen I get an error message that says something to the sort of can't find install.wim. Happened on my computer and my friends computer, and we both had our own discs. What could be causing this? The file is on the DVD. I re-downloaded the ISO file, so I'm gonna burn another one and see if I have better luck. The other thing is that both ISO files I downloaded don't have a matching MD5 to what was posted earlier in this thread. Anyone know what the problem could be, or what I should do?
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sounds like a corrupt download or a bad burn, burn the iso at a slower speed
 
I burned it as slow as I could. I'm wondering why my MD5s aren't matching. Someone who checked it earlier, who downloaded it from the same link, had matching MD5. Hmmm. I'll keep trying I guess, haha.
 
well i just came back and my keys were there :) but since people are saying some keys fail activation, i refreshed a few times and got eleven different keys :p

im going to download and install 7 later, so if i do have any keys left over, ill post up so some people who cant get their hands on one can :)
 
I've got two more going. One more from the MS direct link, and one torrent. I don't really want to get it from a torrent site, but I'm just curious to see if I get a good file that way as I'm not having much luck with the direct links. Question though, if the MD5 from the torrent file matches, that means there's no way anyone tampered with the file right? If it matches, then it's perfect?
 
CLock3 said:
I've got two more going. One more from the MS direct link, and one torrent. I don't really want to get it from a torrent site, but I'm just curious to see if I get a good file that way as I'm not having much luck with the direct links. Question though, if the MD5 from the torrent file matches, that means there's no way anyone tampered with the file right? If it matches, then it's perfect?
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aye, if just 1 bit was changed in the iso then the md5 hash wouldn't match :)
 
hmm, so those direct links are still working for people? yesterday they cut out for me at random times saying download complete, guess ill try again.
 
speedy523 said:
hmm, so those direct links are still working for people? yesterday they cut out for me at random times saying download complete, guess ill try again.
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mine finished started it at 12am est. and i woke up it was done...after multiple tries of getting incomplete downloads
 
now it seems it just stops at around 60 megs. its start the download off downloading at around 1.2MB/s but then when it hits 60 megs it just stops. the downloads still going but im not getting any data, and the download buttons where i got my key arent working either. Guss ill just try rapidshare later, but in the mean time, does anyone know how to fix this?
 
This is how it looks, this is around my 9th time attempting to download in a row in which it stops at 60 again. This time i just decided to put two at the same time so it just maybe keep the link alive. And heres what i got

It hangs like this (the download window) for a couple minutes after passing 60 megs

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Then after a while it becomes like last night saying download complete

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Any ideas?
 
damn for no edit......hit reply to quick.I just realized maybe its supposed to look that way...Im a noob..:)
 
iirc, in other parts of the world they favor using the day first in a date/time stamp, so 10/1/2009 in those other parts of the world means January 10th, 2009... so it's probably accurate, he's just not in the US/North America more than likely.
 
Crosshairs said:
yeah, fix your calendar.... its not 10/1/2009...:)
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Crosshairs said:
damn for no edit......hit reply to quick.I just realized maybe its supposed to look that way...Im a noob..:)
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haha its supposed to be that way, its my sis's laptop so im just using it as a temporary since my hard drives just started freezing up lately. All i need to do i survive around 3 weeks on this until the new 17" macbook pro's are released !

And i know, i thought it was 10/**/2009 at first too, until i noticed the ** never changed haha
 
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