How to Get Your Windows 7 Beta 1 on Friday

darkassain · 09 Jan 2009

Ace38 said:

Here's an interesting question...since its painfully apparent that we can download the .iso, but keys are short..and the EULA states you can put it on as many machines as you want....would it be against rules/etiquette/ect to maybe start a thread of keys?

3% complete here.

z3r010 said:

Lets not go down that route just yet

yes thats in the worst scenario where
almost no one here gets a key....
the EULA also states you cant share keys....

iwantwindows7naw said:

Use IE. I had the same problem with Firefox. With IE it's gone.

hmmm i still have it....

iwantwindows7naw · 09 Jan 2009

deltacain38 said:

A quick question to whoever may answer. Is this 32 bit Windows 7 EXACTLY the same as the previous 'leaked' 7000 build ?

yes I checked and it's EXACTLY that one.

And we are EXACTLY in the same position as we EXACTLY HAVE NO KEYS.

This is the most horrible joke that Bill ever did to us.
and I still have to have my dinner.

TheImperial2004 · 09 Jan 2009

Brink said:

It should already be there for you:

Each version is available in five languages: Arabic*, English, German, Hindi*+(32-bit only), Japanese

I meant a direct link to the ISO file ... cuz that page is already broken because the server is busy

Thank you for your efforts :)

anditwasgood · 09 Jan 2009

Some users wanting to get the Windows 7 beta from Microsoft Connect, MSDN, and TechNet have been having trouble getting the beta keys they need. The actual downloads are working fine, but users are unable to activate their beta copies. Microsoft has issued the following official statement on the problem:

We've had some reports over the last few hours where customers have been receiving errors when requesting Windows 7 Beta product keys. We can confirm that we are having trouble distributing Windows 7 Beta product keys right now. Since Windows has a grace period built in before a product key is required, please don't hesitate to download and use the Beta without the product key.

We will keep you posted and let you know when Microsoft fixes the issue.

It looks like they were having problems yesterday as well!

garbanzo · 09 Jan 2009

ok the server must be up, i just heard a report on another forum of a successful product key retrieval!

DiamondNRG · 09 Jan 2009

z3r010 said:

Download: Windows 7 x86 (32bit) and x64 (64 bit)

Right click and copy link and paste into a new window to download as otherwise the links will forward to Microsoft.com

These wont work for me neither will the one in your signature. Nothing works! help

ittech · 09 Jan 2009

another microsoft dog and pony show...no one does adverts better. mine has finally started but reads x86 version 2.44gb, dont know where some are getting 3+gb at.

linuzo · 09 Jan 2009

DO you think MS would see if your using Windows 7 already.. or is the whole world just trying to get a legit copy of Windows 7?

Day24 · 09 Jan 2009

Well, thanks to the direct link in this topic, I managed to download the x64 version in about 10 minutes (love my connection.
But....like everybody else, still waiting on that key thing. can't get past the server is too busy notification. I think I will burn the iso at some point during the weekend and do a dual boot install with vista....I'm getting way too curious to wait till RTM....

Brink · 09 Jan 2009

TheImperial2004 said:

I meant a direct link to the ISO file ... cuz that page is already broken because the server is busy

Thank you for your efforts :)

You can use this, but I do not know how you would get a product key number though.

How to Get Your Windows 7 Beta 1 on Friday