Windows 7 Official Public Beta

[atleeit]

my mind is ruined, drained all my energy like f4rk MS

[primexx]

for the record the x86 download link on the front page doesn't work at the moment.

fails at about 10%

[JacoL]

Time to make you all jealous. xD

Got a 32bit key within 3minutes of C4C. Ran 3 32bits, and 3 64bits. 3 32bits popped up, all with the same key.

I am trying to get another one using another Live Account. I will check them tomorrow when I install Windows 7 on a separate partition. If I have more then 1 working one, I'll be sure to give it to someone on the forum. ;)

Edited January 10, 2009 by JacoL

[MuffloN]

Time to make you all jealous. xD

Got a 32bit key within 3minutes of C4C. Ran 3 32bits, and 3 64bits. 3 32bits popped up, all with the same key.

I am trying to get another one using another Live Account. I will check them tomorrow when I install Windows 7 on a separate partition. If I have more then 1 working one, I'll be sure to give it to someone on the forum. ;)

I curse you and the day you were born etc!

(Just joking, but damn it's getting boring now...)

[JacoL]

I curse you and the day you were born etc!

(Just joking, but damn it's getting boring now...)

:(

The luck is amazing. xD

I feel sorry for the people that live far from Redmond; Vancouver does just fine.

[primexx]

guys look at this (second last post on the page, and continuing onto later pages)

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/...px?PageIndex=59

[MuffloN]

:(

The luck is amazing. xD

I feel sorry for the people that live far from Redmond; Vancouver does just fine.

If only the distance would affect the routing... I live in Sweden, but we still got pretty good routing to the US.

5h of C4C now, with a added 7 of manual refresh, this is ridiculous...

[Ji@nBing]

Got my key in about 15 mins using that check4change. Thanks a lot to the guy who posted that.

[Sculay]

Ahh, my mistake with the tricky wording. Anyways, if anyone needs it that is the md5 hash for the x86 version I got from torrents.

7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso

f9dce6ebd0a63930b44d8ae802b63825

well so far it seems all of ours match.

iirc MS will provide official hashes on the public download page?

hope this helps

EDIT: Forgot to link the source of the picture that i taken it from

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscripti...ds/default.aspx

[JacoL]

So basically what I did in order to get my key was:

1. Load 6 pages, 3 of them on 32bit's URL and the other 3 on 64bit's URL.

2. Select the Error string of each page.

3. Apply a custom 1 second interval to each page with all the change warnings enabled.

4. Come back awhile later, if one of the webpages redirect to Windows 7's main URL, your session expired.

I got mine in about 5-10 minutes, but many might not be as lucky. :(

Edit: I got a 64bit one now :D

[devize]

Well I've been trying c4c for 2 hours plus many hours of manual refresh and still yet to get a key, but luckily some kind person posted me a spare key that they got which I'm yet to try. I will leave c4c on and if I do manage to get a key I will gladly post it in this forum

[MuffloN]

So basically what I did in order to get my key was:

1. Load 6 pages, 3 of them on 32bit's URL and the other 3 on 64bit's URL.

2. Select the Error string of each page.

3. Apply a custom 1 second interval to each page with all the change warnings enabled.

4. Come back awhile later, if one of the webpages redirect to Windows 7's main URL, your session expired.

I got mine in about 5-10 minutes, but many might not be as lucky. :(

Edit: I got a 64bit one now :D

I've done that for 5 hours now, or well, very similarily. :/

EDIT: Curse you, the day you were born, and your family and your firstborn!

(Still just kidding, but after 5h, from testing 50 tabs to 2 tabs, different intervals, it gets annoying to say the least).

[atleeit]

So basically what I did in order to get my key was:

1. Load 6 pages, 3 of them on 32bit's URL and the other 3 on 64bit's URL.

2. Select the Error string of each page.

3. Apply a custom 1 second interval to each page with all the change warnings enabled.

4. Come back awhile later, if one of the webpages redirect to Windows 7's main URL, your session expired.

I got mine in about 5-10 minutes, but many might not be as lucky. :(

Edit: I got a 64bit one now :D

It's funny how all the people that said they got a key either registered today and they have 4-10 posts max.

[JacoL]

Leechers get everything. xD

Nah... you have to be lucky and have a good connection that can outperforms others. Its all down who gets there first. Going for my third now, I wish you luck on your side too. :p

I could easily be collecting many keys if I built myself a little C++ application, but it's to late in the night for me to think. ;)

[MuffloN]

It's funny how all the people that said they got a key either registered today and they have 4-10 posts max.

It's like MS have blacklisted us who've posted about Win7, too bad I'm too rational to see that it's just coincidence...

EDIT: IT WORKED! HALLELUJAH SCIENCE!! PRAISE BE THE TCP/IP PACKETS AND HTTP HEADERS THAT MADE IT BACK!

[JacoL]

It's like MS have blacklisted us who've posted about Win7, too bad I'm too rational to see that it's just coincidence...

EDIT: IT WORKED! HALLELUJAH SCIENCE!! PRAISE BE THE TCP/IP PACKETS AND HTTP HEADERS THAT MADE IT BACK!

Congrats! That's why we don't give up. When others do, it gives us a greater chance. Lol that SSL handshake is so valuable.

[MuffloN]

Congrats! That's why we don't give up. When others do, it gives us a greater chance. Lol that SSL handshake is so valuable.

Thanks! Sometimes patience do pay off!

*mummble* Guess I'll lift the curse! :p

For those who haven't got a key: Keep trying, eventually you'll get there, I did, after 12h ><

[jelli]

Guess I am stuck with 30 Days until I can get my hands on a key :/

[hoosier28]

Just picked up a 64-bit key.

[atleeit]

Just picked up a 64-bit key.

Literally from the ground or what lol

[hoosier28]

Literally from the ground or what lol

LOL After two hours of using C4C, it finally worked :)

[markyl85]

just had checked emails got some springboard welcome to windoes 7 email

[JacoL]

C4C is the best tool around atm. You're screwed if you're trying to do it by hand. >.<

[markyl85]

downloadng C4C.

[david]

C4C is the best tool around atm. You're screwed if you're trying to do it by hand. >.<

I did it by hand. 5 minutes..