Windows Vista Beta 2 is NOW available!!!

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IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!!

Here's the link! Link
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"WINDSOWS" .....aerial sows? .....flying pigs?......Spell checker

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
it was two types of links for 32-bit and 64-bit...what's the difference and how do know which ones run for my computer?
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"WINDSOWS" .....aerial sows? .....flying pigs?......


sorry..fixed it
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
fix the all-caps as well....
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
did you order a 32-bit or 64-bit computer?
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
it was two types of links for 32-bit and 64-bit...what's the difference and how do know which ones run for my computer?


64-bit windows are for 64bit processors (AMD Athlon 64)
32-bit windows are for 32bit processors. (Not Athlon 64)
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
is windows vista a trial?

It's beta software at the moment. It will stop working once Vista ships.


Have anyone been able to download? All day long I've gotten a message saying: "We are currently experiencing a high level of demand and cannot process your request at this time.

Please check back later for availability. We apologize for any inconvenience."
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Information on Vista and Office 2007 downloads. https://www.wincustomize.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=1&AID=118479#927480
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Have anyone been able to download? All day long I've gotten a message saying: "We are currently experiencing a high level of demand and cannot process your request at this time.

Please check back later for availability. We apologize for any inconvenience."


ya me too....i think because a lot of people are downloading it.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Didn't help that it was posted on Slashdot either... But it's allright anyways. I gotto reformat my harddrive and set it all up for dualboot.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The Vista beta expires on 1 July 06, not when Vista ships.

I'm in no rush to download it. For starters, it said that you won't be able to install the final version as an upgrade to Beta 2, and even more importantly, my XP is nice and stable and I see little need to throw all that away just to be the first kid on the block with the new toy.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Please do as the instructions say and don't install on your only machine or in a mission critical situation. It isn't likely to be anywhere near as stable as your XP installation.

I for one will be installing it on a spare machine i have. You do know that hardly any 3D games will run on this release of Vista. Apparently something to do with the OpenGL release.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Didn't help that it was posted on Slashdot either... But it's allright anyways. I gotto reformat my harddrive and set it all up for dualboot.


thomassen...you will need a separate hard-drive, not partitions, to dual boot any Windows OS successfully. A how to can be found by doing a search on the MS site (can't enter right now to provide link), but Windows does not like being on the same disk as another OS, and you must install previous editions prior to newer ones.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
starkers: yup! I know. I've done it before, but thanks anyway. The reason I reformat now is that I've had the system for 3 years now and I'd like to do a clean start. Gonna install XP first and then leave a partition to test Vista on.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I was going to reformat in a week or so, so I think I'll reformat, install Vista, play around with it, reformat again with XP and be on my merry way.

Too bad I keep getting the 'high demand' message.


...I have too much time on my hands.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Gonna install XP first and then leave a partition to test Vista on.


thomassen...you will need to intall the Vista beta first, according to MS, then your copy of XP.

What I'm going to do is 'ghost' my XP to another 'SATA' drive, then disable it in device manager, reboot and install the vista beta on my C:// drive, then re-enable my SATA drive with XP on it....viola, a triple boot Vista/XP Pro/XP Home (my gaming OS).

Well I got the email from MS with my product code, D/L link, etc, now it's just a matter of being able to access the link without getting the 'high demand' message.

The Vista beta expires on 1 July 06, not when Vista ships.


I read 1 July 2007, but in the meantime we'd also get the release candidate (RC1) a little later this year. Okay, so Vista beta testers won't get the full version free, or even at a reduced price (as far as I know), but that doesn't matter to me. I'll have a bit of a head start for when it is officially released at full purchase price, no complaint here.

.I have too much time on my hands.


Same here, Adamness.....27/7 x 365/6 in a leap year. Funny, that.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Gonna install XP first and then leave a partition to test Vista on.


thomassen...you will need to intall the Vista beta first, according to MS, then your copy of XP.

What I'm going to do is 'ghost' my XP to another 'SATA' drive, then disable it in device manager, reboot and install the vista beta on my C:// drive, then re-enable my SATA drive with XP on it....viola, a triple boot Vista/XP Pro/XP Home (my gaming OS).

Well I got the email from MS with my product code, D/L link, etc, now it's just a matter of being able to access the link without getting the 'high demand' message.

The Vista beta expires on 1 July 06, not when Vista ships.


I read 1 July 2007, but in the meantime we'd also get the release candidate (RC1) a little later this year. Okay, so Vista beta testers won't get the full version free, or even at a reduced price (as far as I know), but that doesn't matter to me. I'll have a bit of a head start for when it is officially released at full purchase price, no complaint here.

.I have too much time on my hands.


Same here, Adamness.....27/7 x 365/6 in a leap year. Funny, that.
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Same here, Adamness.....27/7 x 365/6 in a leap year. Funny, that.


27/7? I knew things were a bit different down there in 'Oz,' but I didn't know you had 3 extra hours in a day.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
hm... Reading from this thread http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=102000&SiteID=1 everyone installs XP first. And that's how things has worked before as well. Oldest OS first.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Im running XP and installed it in another partition, and it's working just fine, I can choose between XP and Vista while booting...
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
27/7? I knew things were a bit different down there in 'Oz,' but I didn't know you had 3 extra hours in a day.


Bugger...a typo, and I missed it! An extra 3hrs a day would be great, don'tcha think, more time on WC...pity a typo can't be converted to reality.

Im running XP and installed it in another partition, and it's working just fine, I can choose between XP and Vista while booting...


Microsoft does not recommend this - although it may work initially - two OSes on the same physical drive, different partitions can cause conflicts/instability
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The Vista beta stops june 1st of 07 rather than july 1st of 07 or the public release, and you should be able to use the 64 bit or the 32 bit version with the AMD64 proc...Though there is less driver support for the 64 bit. If you have a 32 bit CPU, then you will only be able to use the 32 bit Vista version. Of course many a smarter man before me have been wrong and I am in no way immune to falicy. Did I spell all that write?
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Has anyone been able to download it? I've been getting the 'high demand, go away' error all day.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Anyone like to send me it on DVD?

My dl speed and the Beta would expire before it finished downloading...