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Got my email today :)

Okay, n00b MS beta tester question. Where do I submit bugs, suggestions, etc?

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Submit bugs to betaplace. All comments/suggestions go on the onecare newsgroups.

Anyone can tell me anything about it. Whether you can turn off the antivirus, firewall etc?

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Yes you can turn off the firewall. I haven't found a way to turn off the A/V other than actually stopping the onecare service.

does anyone know when this beta will be available in the UK?

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Right now it is a north america only beta. But it is supposed to be a world wide rollout when it is released.

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Well I guess then this is a pretty worthless piece of software if I cant use my avast antivirus. But i guess since I cant use it in x64 yet ill just use vmware and test it out that way and not use avast..

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Two trojans blew right past OneCare on my box. I was running trend micro's free online scan just to make sure OneCare was up to snuff...and it's not. Reinstall of NOD32 picked up a few more things, at which point I decided to reinstall XP. I made sure I filled out a feedback email on it. Once they work all the kinks out of OneCare it should be a fine product.

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One warning, OneCare can be a bear to uninstall completely. I have a close friend in the beta and he ended up wiping his test machine to get rid of it totally.

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i keep getting this when trying to download the setup:

Action failed

Windows OneCare was unable to complete your request. Please try again later.

and when i do get past that part, it says my passport password is wrong. O_o i emailed them about it and they didn't help at all, just said i wasn't in this weeks group of testers, yet i was invited ?_? is it because i'm in group 3? does that mean i have to wait?

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I haven't had any problems yet with OneCare -- outside of no remote backup. It'd be nice to backup to another drive/machine instead of just dvd/cd's (from within OneCare that is). I've mailed them my suggestion... we'll see if it hits the left or right side of their trash can.

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Do we have any pricing speculations? I'm thinking 29-39 USD per year.

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HAHA, omg that made me laugh. This is Microsoft not some small company. 100+ USD a year.

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HAHA, omg that made me laugh. This is Microsoft not some small company. 100+ USD a year.

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For a consumer target audience? I disagree.

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i'd really like to get started on testing this but i keep getting that error. one on one help with someone from microsoft didn't help. i can't create a password for the newsgroups because it says "password is not a strong password." and my password isn't even that. O_o

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HAHA, omg that made me laugh. This is Microsoft not some small company. 100+ USD a year.

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You must be insane. That would never work in the consumer market and this app is obviously directed there.

All testers should check their email for a message about an upcoming beta tester live chat.

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You must be insane. That would never work in the consumer market and this app is obviously directed there.

All testers should check their email for a message about an upcoming beta tester live chat.

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I don't think I'll be able to get in on the chat. Could you ask them if they plan to add a "scan individual files" feature, a way to backup to hard drives, and most importantly if they plan to improve real time protection. Thanks in advance.

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Finally Microsoft selected me to be a beta tester. Its for OneCare and it will be the first time I offically :whistle: got chosen by Microsoft to test their stuff.

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