IIS 7 Preview Program

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holy s**t :woot:

I just applied for IIS 7 Preview Program on connect and it also adds you into Vista, Longhorn Server and IE7 :woot: :woot:

I know it makes sense, considering IIS 7 is in Vista and all...but that was a nice surprise :D

You can get cd-keys for Business, Home Premium, and Home Basic ...no Ultimate cd-keys? What the crap is that? And, where is 5342? The newest build I am seeing is 5308? What the crap? Is this some type of Vista/Longhorn server basic beta tester access?

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xxdesmus, i noticed this alittle earlier about 1 1/2hrs ago but i was not on my pc but my reaction was mainly the same - Vista, Longhorn Server and IE7 was OMG and was this the IIS7 program i noticed and applied - my impression was am i illusinating and dreaming and like Xmas has came early/ or late. Me as well as you was not expecting freebies :p but freebies are good. I known IIS7 likely be Windows Vista and IE7 is XP and Vista. there are some older CTPs and builds in downloads on the program that gave ultimate keys but they older builds.

Like you say there no 5342 at the moment or the number of the recent build. 5308 is there yes - likely be a matter of time and in the near future the new build comes to us that if the program is not changed due to there being a error. but i doubt that as the program been going on since Mid 2005 - strange how they reopened. do they tend to reopen many betas?

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  xxdesmus said:

holy s**t :woot:

I just applied for IIS 7 Preview Program on connect and it also adds you into Vista, Longhorn Server and IE7 :woot: :woot:

I know it makes sense, considering IIS 7 is in Vista and all...but that was a nice surprise :D

You can get cd-keys for Business, Home Premium, and Home Basic ...no Ultimate cd-keys? What the crap is that? And, where is 5342? The newest build I am seeing is 5308? What the crap? Is this some type of Vista/Longhorn server basic beta tester access?

same here the last build I see is -> FebCTP_5308_32bit_Main_Staged_DVD.iso

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  xxdesmus said:

well, as far as I know IIS 7 was going to be backported to XP and 2003 Server. It's built into Vist obviously, but perhaps they aren't backporting it anymore :unsure:

maybe its true IIS is stay as Vista for now - cause surely if this was an IIS7 Windows XP trial there be no vista and if IE7 was needed they give the Beta 2 Preview for XP (20th March) or something similar me beliefs.

downloading Vista5308 32bit (x86) on Europe @78.3-84.4kb/s ~9 hrs remain - at least it be there for when i wake up :rolleyes: :D

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Staged means the install will go faster, I don't know all the specifics behind it, but it basically means the install process is optimized.

Checked, this means that a lot of the debugging things are still turned on for the developers. This means the build will be a little more sluggish than it would be if you got a build that wasn't checked.

Core...uh, I think that just means it's the bare minimum to install it, I think this only applies to Longhorn Server, but I am not sure.

All this info could be wrong, I am just going on what I can remember off the top of my head. And yes, the download speeds off of connect aren't anything spectacular :whistle:

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Staged means the install will go faster, I don't know all the specifics behind it, but it basically means the install process is optimized.

Checked, this means that a lot of the debugging things are still turned on for the developers. This means the build will be a little more sluggish than it would be if you got a build that wasn't checked.

Core...uh, I think that just means it's the bare minimum to install it, I think this only applies to Longhorn Server, but I am not sure.

All this info could be wrong, I am just going on what I can remember off the top of my head. And yes, the download speeds off of connect aren't anything spectacular :whistle:

Im pretty sure your right.. And yea I personally havent seen speeds go past 200kb/s myself.. and it doesnt stay there for long..
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Staged means the install will go faster, I don't know all the specifics behind it, but it basically means the install process is optimized.

My suggestion would be to read the FAQs on Connect, as they're certainly helpful (although you've given the gist of it, as you've said)

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