primexx Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Is this time-limited and if so, does anyone know for how long? yes, it is, MS wont give you non-time limited. for how long? We'll have to see. RC1's released in a week so it doesnt matter all that much. Anyways, you could always revert back to beta 2 if it doesnt work good. edit: lol this topic is so hot right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flam1ngFir3ball Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Invitation to participate in Windows Vista pre-RC1 test program We would like to invite you to help test the latest build of Windows Vista. Thank you for participating in the Windows Vista Beta 2 Customer Preview Program (CPP). Your help is playing a critical role in improving the overall quality of what we believe is one of the most important OS advances in the history of PC computing. As a participant in the Beta 2 CPP, you will be able to download Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) as soon as it becomes available. In the mean time, we are inviting a limited number of CPP participants to help test a pre-RC1 build. Your timely feedback on this build will help us improve the quality of the final RC1 release that will be available to millions of customers in the coming weeks. We are only making 100,000 downloads of this build available. As soon as we reach 100,000 downloads, the program will be closed. Participation in this program is not required for participation in the RC1 CPP. Whether or not you participate in this pre-RC1 test, we will send you another email message to alert you to the availability of the final RC1 build. After downloading, please install and test the build as soon as possible. Most importantly, if there is a crash, hang or error ? please make sure that you send the information back to us using the built-in Windows Error Reporting technology. Sending this information is essential to helping us improve the overall quality of Windows Vista ? and collecting this information is the primary purpose of distributing this pre-RC1 release. As with the original Beta 2 CPP, we remind you that this is pre-release software and you should not run this on production or mission critical PCs. Support will be limited to newsgroups, and you will have to do a clean install to move from this build to the final RC1 or RTM builds of Windows Vista. You will be able to upgrade an existing Windows Vista Beta 2 or Windows XP installation to this build. However you will not be able to get back to your original installation after upgrading to this pre-RC1 build ? you will have to do a clean install in order to get back to your previous configuration. If you would like to participate in this program, here?s the download page: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/p...n/download.html Installing this build requires a valid Product ID. Please use the same Product ID that was provided to you when you signed up for the Beta 2 CPP. For your reference, here is that Product ID: Thank you very much for your help in making Windows Vista great! Sincerely, The Microsoft Windows Vista Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 hm..how did you apply for the CPP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inplode Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 sweet 50 min to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowRanger13 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 (edited) http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/p...n/download.html First 100,000 to download 5536 get pre-RC1 until RC1 is released. Hurry up, won't last too long! Thanks a lot! seems like i'm one of the first 100,000 :p :)... Just started and already 30min left. Constant speed of 1123kb/s not bad :p Edited August 29, 2006 by cloudstrife13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 its telling me it can't download the file Right click and copy the link, then download it in a download manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xUnix Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I've activated using my beta 2 key... so we are all good :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted August 29, 2006 Reviews Share Posted August 29, 2006 395k/s ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saadu Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I think i'll wait until RC1. Or maybe not download it at all and wait a few more months until final. If premium or ultimate is released to biz, i may be able to get it via my work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Natan Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 What about a serial? I lost my B2 serial... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavalyr Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 thanks for the info on this..nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morca007 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I got the email about this, I'm trying to DL it, but it keeps crapping out. 134 KB/s :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 1MB/sec for me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latitude Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 (edited) Internet Explorer reports -6%. :) Now what is this Edited August 29, 2006 by Latitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmay Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 downloading now :) thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmay Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 140kb/sec which is nearly max (1.5mb adsl) going strong 4.5 hours left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I got the invitation also. Why are they doing this--for publicity, because of all of the good reviews of this build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billthy Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 i got it and installing now, but i dont have a key. Boo i lost my beta 2 key so i dont know whats going to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 i think someone should mention that you are supposed to use the same key you got from beta 2. if you didn't download beta 2, you may not be able to use it long unless you have someone else's key (and you might as well just copy from their iso if thats the case) or a crack ; and you should in this case leave the downloads open to people who have the beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amrinders87 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Thanks, downloading it now. I dont remeber the key that I used for Beta 2. Anyway we can look it up online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AionXn_ Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 yay thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Natan Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Noone seems to answer that question, is there a way to recover a lost serial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessleym Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Just started. <30 minutes left at 1.52 Mbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I don't think there's a way to get the cd key back, but if you never deleted the email you can get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylor Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 i got it and installing now, but i dont have a key. Boo i lost my beta 2 key so i dont know whats going to happen thats why you should have gmail ;) searching = love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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