Update on Windows 7 Beta Availability - Windows 7 Team Blog - The Windows ...

windowsteamblog.com - 1/9/2009

Update on Windows 7 Beta Availability - Windows 7 Team Blog - The Windows Blog

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It is very disappointing for me to see that anouncement... If you people there in Microsoft couldn't estimate that there would be such big interest in the beta, how are you supposed to know what we want? Come on, instead of telling people about it on the official Windows 7 webpage, you post a ...

microsoft.com - 1/10/2009

Download the Windows 7 Beta

— microsoft.com — Some product features of Windows 7, such as the ability to watch and record live TV or navigation through the use of "touch," may require advanced or additional hardware. You'll need a system recovery disk (and know how to use it). You're [almost] ... (more) Download the Windows 7 Beta

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technet.microsoft.com - 1/9/2009

Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview

— technet.microsoft.com — You are willing to participate as an active beta tester and provide feedback to help us complete Windows 7. You have an extra computer available to dedicate to testing beta software. You can back up your PC, install and reinstall Windows, and ... (more) Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview

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windowsteamblog.com - 1/8/2009

Information on Downloading and Installing Windows 7 Beta - Windows 7 Team Blog - The Windows ...

— windowsteamblog.com — As of today, I am running the Windows 7 Beta on several different PCs including my laptop, my work PC, and my PC at home, which I upgraded recently to Windows 7 from Windows Vista SP1. (I’ll be outlining the PCs I’m using to test Windows 7 shortly.) ... (more) Information on Downloading and Installing Windows 7 ...

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jkOnTheRun: Windows 7 Beta Over Before it Began

Today @ PC World: Windows 7 Beta Download Delayed Due to Overwhelming Demand

Gadgetell: Microsoft delays availability of Windows 7 Beta

CrunchGear: Microsoft overwhelmed by Windows 7 beta requests, will be available again soon

Coated: Gadget Reviews - Week Ending January 11, 2009

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Windows 7 Beta Over Before it Began
jkOnTheRun — ... . They source to a post on the Windows team blog, but even hitting that gets me a “Server Busy” error. The gist of Microsoft’s message: “Due to very heavy traffic we’re seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta. We want to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the beta, and I’ll be posting here again soon once the beta goes live. Stay tuned! We are excited that you are ...

Windows 7 Beta Download Delayed Due to Overwhelming Demand
Today @ PC World — ... The announcement was made late Friday afternoon in a posting at the official Windows 7 Blog . (click on image for full-sized view of Microsoft's message to downloaders.) "Due to very heavy traffic we're seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta," the message explains. The post does not give a definitive time for when the Windows 7 beta will be made available again. "We want to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the ...

Microsoft delays availability of Windows 7 Beta
Gadgetell — ... Blog, it appears that they delayed the release in order to add some additional infrastructure. It seems that would have been something they would have had in place before they announced the availability in the first place. Its a shame they did not just decide to go with Bittorent, sounds like it would have been a better option. Oh well, in the meantime, if you were going crazy trying to get that download, you can hold off and relax for a while. Read [The Windows Team Blog] Full Story » | ...

Microsoft overwhelmed by Windows 7 beta requests, will be available again soon
CrunchGear — ... . As such, Microsoft is busy adding hardware to its fledgling online operation and will re-open beta downloads when it’s got everything all set up. ...

Gadget Reviews - Week Ending January 11, 2009
Coated — ... Have a great weekend and for those of you that received error messages accessing the free windows 7 beta download webpage, the site was broken. Microsoft did not anticipate the amount of interest in this free software offer. However, the latest update on the Windows 7 Team blog does indicate that the site is back up again. ...