Windows 7 Official Public Beta

[Snowl]

YES! I LOVE YOU krustylicious FOR POSTING THAT LINK! I LOVE YOU!!!

Link & Source to get Win 7 Beta 1 key

THIS WORKS EVEN IF YOU DIDNT FILL OUT THE FORM :D

How-To receive a valid Windows 7 key

Because of the overloaded Microsoft servers it can be hard to get a valid key. To get a valid key the fastest just follow these simple steps :

Step 1 : Logon to http://technet.microsoft.com (click on Sign in in the upper right corner)

Step 2 : Copy (Don?t CLICK IT!) one of the links below to the address bar and press enter :

64-bit key : https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/sc...w&LCID=1033 (don?t click, Copy and Paste!)

Tip : You can use the 64-bit during a 32-bit installation and a 32-bit key during a 64-bit installation (I only put the 64-bit one in because its immediate, unless you get error message.)

Step 3 : If you receive the error below, just press F5 to refresh (Got it immediatley!) (Usually not needed)

If you followed the steps correct you should see your key .Have fun!

[ThePokedPenguin]

http://blog.hznet.nl/2009/01/10/how-to-rec...-windows-7-key/

Worked like a charm for me in Firefox for the 64bit key

Cheers :)

(wow, been following this thread for 2 days lol)

[Boo Berry]

Yep, got my key. :)

[Steven77]

Why is 64 bit working first time for everyone and i have done it twelve times already!

[sasint]

finally got mine! :D

[Roger H. Veteran]

Got me key too but neowin was too busy to post! See ya guys later - gotta go finally eat now.

[kraken]

It worked!!!!!!!

THANKS ALL!

[subigo]

I seriously don't know how you guys are getting a key page using that znet method. I've been trying over an hour and just keep getting the error page... this is for the 64 bit key.

[NiallG]

Followed that tutorial but got the following message...

The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day.

Thats the error i got but if you keep refreshing you'll hopefully get a key ;)

[Steven77]

Ok 64 bit worked thank jesus h christ!

[theyarecomingforyou]

Are you guys doing this in 7 or Vista?

Vista with Firefox. I've just booted into Win7 and the key activated straight away.

[krustylicious]

From the news article on the main page... I am getting the error page, so this seems to work

Follow it as described, hopefully I'll get a key... didn't fill in the form before, so no idea :p... maybe I won't get the key right now, but at least I'm not being forwarded to that main Windows 7 page, i see the error page

Heres my piccie of the key page (obviously minus key :p)

[pepsihabbit]

finally got my key holy crap

[dmb219]

Thanks, worked for me 2nd try (x64).

[Steven77]

Am i the only one who thinks this is sad/pathetic/ridiculous that we are going thru all this for a freaking software key :p hey i'm doing it too! i'm not knocking no one!

[krustylicious]

Yes probably sad. But hey with only 2.5million keys - we might as well..

[bagpus]

Woot i just got mine.. from doing this

http://blog.hznet.nl/2009/01/10/how-to-rec...-windows-7-key/

WOOT WOOT

and used firefox.

I didnt even get an error. Went right to it.

Worked First time for me also

[krustylicious]

Now to get the x64 build. 3rd attempt (2 died :()

[NEVER85]

Says to check back the next business day (tried the x64 link).

[Loso]

It's 1:32am GMT and I just got a key by signing in and following the link: https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/sc...w&LCID=1033

I GOT MY KEY! BEEN WAITING FOR ALMOST 6 HOURS.

what you posted here i just copied the link and pasted it and right away my key popped up. why couldnt it work the first 100 times i tried?

[Steven77]

Krusty your right. All of these things we are doing is all MS fault. They should have never scared the living daylights out of us into thinking we might not get a key.

I can imagine the MS employees sitting over there going

"OK we have the site down, yet we are still getting hammerred almost as bad as before, wonder why?" :p

[Deathray]

If you get the error page, you're on the right track, just keep pressing F5 until you get your key... patience

64 bit key will work for you faster, although that page may be getting hammered now as well lol

[Raptor7]

http://blog.hznet.nl/2009/01/10/how-to-rec...-windows-7-key/

WORKED!!!!

Thanks :)

WORKED GREAT !!!!!!!

[Steven77]

I GOT MY KEY! BEEN WAITING FOR ALMOST 6 HOURS.

what you posted here i just copied the link and pasted it and right away my key popped up. why couldnt it work the first 100 times i tried?

Pretty sure cause 1 the link is slightly different and second we are using the technet page(i'm guessing has something to do with the cookie) as the page right before it. Think it's just a lucky coincidence that it's working this way.

[SuperStu]

I don't suppose anyone has any tips for actually downloading the client?

I've tried numerous times and, without fail, it craps out anywhere between 10 and 20% every time. I must have clocked around 5gig of downloading now, getting various sizes of the iso before the download fails.

I'd really rather try and avoid unofficial means of obtaining it, but MS aren't making this easy.