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[jfar]

Welcome.

 

[Barman58]

Hello Archer6, and welcome to the Seven Forums,

enjoy your stay, check out the FAQ link above when you have time, and the best place for general info is the comprehensive tutorials section

 

[archer6]

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome,

I will be exploring the forum and soaking up all the knowledge I can on Win7. I look forward to contributing back to the forum once I'm up to speed and have some experience with this new OS that I'm eager to implement.

Since I've not had time until now to install a beta of it, does anyone have any suggestions as to a good place to find it and what build to try? I am ready to go....

Cheers...

 

[NosferatuX]

The only official sources available would be to get it from MS Connect with an Ecosystem invite, a TechNet or an MSDN subscription.

All others, you'd be turning your head to torrent shares.

As for the build to start in, if you know what you're doing, you can just go ahead and try the latest Build 7057 or Build 7048 that has been reported to be more stable than the others, though user experience is varied. So, we'll let you decide. If you just want the full Windows 7 experience, Build 7000 is a great place to start as it's the official beta release.

Cheers

 

[Lordbob75]

The only official sources available would be to get it from MS Connect with an Ecosystem invite, a TechNet or an MSDN subscription.

All others, you'd be turning your head to torrent shares.

As for the build to start in, if you know what you're doing, you can just go ahead and try the latest Build 7057 or Build 7048 that has been reported to be more stable than the others, though user experience is varied. So, we'll let you decide. If you just want the full Windows 7 experience, Build 7000 is a great place to start as it's the official beta release.

Cheers

Is 7000 still available?
I just got 7057, but haven't installed it yet...

Welcome to the forums archer6!

~Lordbob

 

[DiamondNRG]

Is 7000 still available?
I just got 7057, but haven't installed it yet...

Welcome to the forums archer6!

~Lordbob

7000 is available from the same place you got 7057 as well

 

[garysgold]

Welcome to the Seven Forums, archer6. Lots of friendly and knowledgeable people here. Enjoy your stay.

Gary

 

[Lordbob75]

7000 is available from the same place you got 7057 as well

Lol. I meant is M$ still offering it as beta?

~Lordbob

 

[Barman58]

Hi David,

when you discount the "unofficial" leaked builds the 7000 Beta build is the only one that Microsoft has released officially .

They will keep it available for the corporate testers until they replace it with the release candidate

 

[Lordbob75]

Ok. But as a private user I can't download it again?

And we can download the R1 when it comes out too right?

~Lordbob

 

[Barman58]

Hi David,

The way it's been explained to me the RC will be "widely available" which should be fully public, but that is in the lap of M$ so anything is possible

 

[Lordbob75]

Got it thanks Nigel.

Lol so whats to stop us using RC1 instead of buying it?

~Lordbob

 

[Barman58]

The RC will be "timebombed" just as the Beta copies are - after a certain date they just won't work, not even boot, the date is normally 30 days after the Activation ends to allow you to save any files elsewhere after the system goes into reduced functionality mode.

 

[Lordbob75]

Well couldn't you just change your BIOS clock?

Not that I am trying to get around this, just want to use it until I have the money to buy the real thing.

~Lordbob

 

[Barman58]

The 7057 is good for a year anyway

The clock thing may work until you go online but even then i think the timebome has all sorts of triggers - if it can't find a internet link for so long it will operate and stuff like that.

So it's not likely to be a simple thing

 

[Lordbob75]

Hmmm. Good for a year will work just fine.

Thanks

~Lordbob

 

[SmOkM]

Hi folks , will be on the Forums allot hopefully, it looks very comprehensive

 

[mansrm81]

Hello SmOkM enjoy your stay here.

 

[Orbital Shark]

I've been signed up for days & haven't said hello yet......

Hello every1 ...... LOL

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

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