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Thread ID: 96368 2009-01-08 07:52:00 Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Beta as a Free Download zqwerty (97) PC World Chat
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736203 2009-01-09 11:47:00 How to Get Your Windows 7 Beta 1 on (Friday) for us, Saturday:

blog.wired.com
zqwerty (97)
736204 2009-01-09 19:55:00 Public beta is out in 5 minutes, if the link above is correct. Nermal (7077)
736205 2009-01-09 20:04:00 It's already out (and has been in since 7am when I first checked) but the servers are jammed :( jwil1 (65)
736206 2009-01-09 20:07:00 Really? www.microsoft.com says "Come back the afternoon of January 9." Nermal (7077)
736207 2009-01-09 20:10:00 technet.microsoft.com

Now rather than getting a Server is too busy message, I'm actually loading something - slowly. Promising?

EDIT: Another too busy message. :(
pcuser42 (130)
736208 2009-01-09 20:14:00 Ahhh. Well, my "informative" message above wasn't so informative after all :p Nermal (7077)
736209 2009-01-09 20:15:00 Typical MS - put a limited amount of downloads, and then their servers cant handle it. Wouldn't be at all surprised is by the time the traffic cools down the 2.5 million are gone - may just have to rearm the ones from 'other" sites.;) wainuitech (129)
736210 2009-01-09 20:16:00 Heh. I know that there is at least one torrent that has the same SHA-1 hash as the files on MSDN.

Here are the checksums, straight from MSDN:

File Name: en_windows_7_beta_dvd_x64_x15-29074.iso Date Posted (UTC): 12/30/2008 4:26:48 PM
SHA1: E09FDBC1CB3A92CF6CC872040FDAF65553AB62A5 ISO/CRC: 8E2FAD39

File Name: en_windows_7_beta_dvd_x86_x15-29073.iso Date Posted (UTC): 12/22/2008 2:41:15 PM
SHA1: 6071184282B2156FF61CDC5260545C078CCA31EE ISO/CRC: AABA5A48
Nermal (7077)
736211 2009-01-09 20:18:00 I'm trying on 3 different PCs :p, and so far, the one sitting next to me is looking promising again. ;)

EDIT: I really should stop posting that. :(

EDIT 2: I got a different error message this time - the connection was reset while the page was loading.

EDIT 3: 404? What's with that?
pcuser42 (130)
736212 2009-01-09 20:27:00 Damn. Service Unavailable...

Bugger. 404 error
bob_doe_nz (92)
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