Windows 7 Official Public Beta

[atleeit]

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40084742

Noon Tomorrow. G'Nite fellaz.

Yes i saw that myself :p I'm MS Partner ka ching

[Snowl]

Yes i saw that myself :p I'm MS Partner ka ching

What time is that for Australia, Victoria?

Thanks,

David.

Ill be waking up just then (7:00 AM)... Urgh :(

[atleeit]

Well it's 10pm over there now, so add 14hrs onto us and that is 8am-ish in the morning :D look like i will need an alarm i dont want to miss out :D

[redeemed]

What time is that for Australia, Victoria?

Thanks,

David.

Ill be waking up just then (7:00 AM)... Urgh :(

Yeah, that's about right :/

[Snowl]

Well it's 10pm over there now, so add 14hrs onto us and that is 8am-ish in the morning :D look like i will need an alarm i dont want to miss out :D

Haha. I doubt the keys will be gone in 2 hours... and I wake up at around 8 :D

*creates script to get free key while asleep.. mwahaha*

[atleeit]

Haha. I doubt the keys will be gone in 2 hours... and I wake up at around 8 :D

*creates script to get free key while asleep.. mwahaha*

lol a script that works and pushs the power button to your PC, you could script your kid to follow instructions lol, too bad my daughter is 3 months old she wouldn't even know the word windows

only dum dum or milky milky

[Snowl]

haha, its good she can use words though ^_^

only... 12 hours? :D

[Bioran]

Do you think the keys would be gone after 7 - 9 hours? 'cuz I live in Hong Kong, and the BETA is kinda released in midnight. :-/

Speaking of BETA, since this is my first OS BETA, do excuse me for this n00bish question, but after we finish BETA testing Win 7, and downgrade back to Vista, I know that we would have to perform a clean install. After that, would I be able to use the System Restore Image made by the Backup Center to restore my programs and files?

[atleeit]

Do you think the keys would be gone after 7 - 9 hours? 'cuz I live in Hong Kong, and the BETA is kinda released in midnight. :-/

Speaking of BETA, since this is my first OS BETA, do excuse me for this n00bish question, but after we finish BETA testing Win 7, and downgrade back to Vista, I know that we would have to perform a clean install. After that, would I be able to use the System Restore Image made by the Backup Center to restore my programs and files?

LOL now on on Windows 7 i wont be downgrading back to Vista, i will be upgrading to the RC.

:)

[scaramonga]

[Late]

Made me LOL

[atleeit]

Made me LOL

LOL stupid but hilarious

[jelli]

That is rather amusing, oh and according to my knowledge of time zones Pacific is GMT-8 so we should be expecting the beta to go live sometime around 8pm GMT? Or has my mind played tricks with the time zones?

[FloatingFatMan]

That is rather amusing, oh and according to my knowledge of time zones Pacific is GMT-8 so we should be expecting the beta to go live sometime around 8pm GMT? Or has my mind played tricks with the time zones?

Yes, 8PM in the UK, assuming the 12pm PST is correct.

[Strayer]

I'm confused about the WDDM 1.0/1.1 stuff... I guess the current Vista drivers are WDDM 1.0, so if I install a recent Nvidia driver I wont have WDDM 1.1.

So... whats the difference between WDDM 1.0 and 1.1?

[Unimatrix Xero]

Did you try these drivers?

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/windows7/support.mspx

haha wicked!! thanks

[t0mbi]

now when i do get the key, how do i activate it? i don;t see the option...i may or may not have re-armed..?

what teh fack? wont show to picture..anyway i don't see an option to activate windows 7 in my system properties

[Unimatrix Xero]

ok so its 10:20am (UK) when is it going public?

[Brad.]

ok so its 10:20am (UK) when is it going public?

If it goes live at 12pm PST then I'm guess around 8pm GMT (PST is -0800 hours right?)

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

ok so its 10:20am (UK) when is it going public?

Around 20:00 GMT.

[Unimatrix Xero]

wicked thanks i'll have to make sure i get a key :)

[Ci7]

oh damn it would be midnight here >:(

[rob.derosa]

damn, can't download it at work :p

[jamesclarke555]

...So go back from the rock you came from and understand some people don't want to be bothered with screens letting them know they are about to install a piece of software

You do realise that Windows 7 gives you the ability to disable all UAC notifications and still leave protected mode intact?

[Snowl]

Haha. Thats not true but very funny ^_^