Windows Vista Beta Open To The Public

Anybody plan on testing it from a security standpoint? Here is the link where you can get your key:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

(damn Microsoft registration)

but if you use their download page it redirects to the message:

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Thank you for your interest in Windows Vista Beta 2.

We are currently experiencing a high level of demand and cannot process your request at this time.

Please check back later for availability. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Luckily, a nice person on Slashdot gave the direct links:

Windows Vista 32bit - English
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

Windows Vista 64bit - English
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

Damn, looks like those links may no longer work, I got them from this post on Slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=187840&cid=15493556

Irongeek- I'm registered as a beta test but I've not been able to get a copy yet. I'm hoping that by the time I get home tonight somebody has gotten the full ISO and started a torrent of the beta.

I'm not planning on doing any formal testing related to security but I do have several websites that I have to start testing compatibility on, as well as some user applications that need to be tested.

I'm interested in checking out the bitkeeper encryption and also have lined up a machine that has aeroglass compatibility so I can check out the new UIs. I'm also interested to see how they handled the login as a user, get admin privileges when needed. I'm wondering how much they copied ideas from OSX.

http://download.windowsvista.com/pre...6/download.htm

No luck right now.

I need to come up with a notes page later.

Sam and Syskey still seem to work the same, except LM hash storage is off by default.

Password Renew still works fine:
http://www.911cd.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7137

I can post a link/.nzb file to a newsgroup posting that seems to have it, however I am not sure whether that would be classed as warez or not, and I don't want any neg's, which is why I am posting this first to check what you guys think about it, if I get enough approval then I will post them or if this would be classed as warez then let me know and I won't.

Cheers

James

hmmm, i tried 'USE YOUR OWN MANAGER' and i let me download...

32-bit link http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

This is an iso file so im assuming that you have to run it off a CD (i didn't finish downloading it yet)...or is there a way to get it on ur HD to boot it off that?

http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

Damn I'm good.

(Still, get a key from them before doing this link)

This link is for 64 bit systems

http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

Also, you might want to use a download manager, that has resume capabilities.. As there has been reports that it get's halfway downloaded, and it will stop and when you resume it gives and error and wants to restart..

I have downloaded both the 32bit and 64bit, and i will be making a torrent file and will seed the 2 versions..

will post up info when there ready. :)

A simple wget works fine when Microsoft does transfer you to the file. The 3.1G ISO will be on my computer in a few hours, but I'll be at home then, so I'll install that on tuesday most likely.

BitTorrent has many copies already. Even the main homepage has a link.


Always get BitTorrent from sourceforge or BitTorrent.com

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Originally posted here by .:front2back:.
http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

Damn I'm good.

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isn't that what I just posted?

i just wanted to point out the obvious to everyone, just to ensure the obvious is taken into account, and i underlined the really obvious-obvious part:

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In addition, once you install Windows Vista Beta 2 (or RC1) you cannot roll back to the previous operating system installation—you will either have to acquire and install the final released edition of Windows Vista or reinstall a previous edition of Windows. Before installing Windows Vista Beta 2 on any computer, please remember to back up all your files.

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any testing results yet? my lab is currently getting a hardware upgrade, so it will be awhile for me.

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This is an iso file so im assuming that you have to run it off a CD (i didn't finish downloading it yet)...or is there a way to get it on ur HD to boot it off that?

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Ahh.. is this question ..IS THIS A LIVE CD - OS.. answer is NO.. YOu will need to install it on your HDD, that is as in a dual-Boot with your existing os..or in a Virtual enviroment aka VM ware..or as a clean installation.. Oh there is the (as it appears from TheShad0w's warning) option of an upgrade install..
And it will be a DVD that will be going in your burner...
Realise that with all these Beta's they will only operate for a limited period of time.. but most of us are aware of this?

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Originally posted here by metguru
isn't that what I just posted?

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Oops my bad.. :p i didn't read all the posts correctly, and didn't check the urls against the ones that i had.

kris,!

oh man, i just realised that my post could have came off as a 'negative' reply. I did not meant that to be negitive at all, i just was a little confused...just so that nothing is started ;)

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Originally posted here by Und3ertak3r
Ahh.. is this question ..IS THIS A LIVE CD - OS.. answer is NO.. YOu will need to install it on your HDD, that is as in a dual-Boot with your existing os..or in a Virtual enviroment aka VM ware..or as a clean installation.. Oh there is the (as it appears from TheShad0w's warning) option of an upgrade install..
And it will be a DVD that will be going in your burner...
Realise that with all these Beta's they will only operate for a limited period of time.. but most of us are aware of this?

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ohh, thanks..I have just started experimenting with OSs, and all the ones i downloaded were ISO, and they were all live, so i assumed that they went together. :rolleyes:

Hey Hey,

I can't speak for this beta yet (at the time of typing i only have 4% downloaded) however, the Feb CTP release wouldn't install in VMWare, it's a known problem... although I believe there are work arounds... You'll need to use Virtual PC or Virtual Server (Virtual Server 2005 R2 is available free of charge to download, so it's prolly the best option) and Virtual Server also has some pretty nice functionality.. (Up to 6% now)

Anyways... I've got an hour and a half left in my download.. Then about a day for me to upload it to my server and then it will be available from there..

Peace,
HT

I just installed it in vmware server beta 1.0.0 build-24927. No problems.

VMWare tools seem to install just fine too. MUCH better performance after you install them... ;)

So far, its running very nicely on a dual core pentium d (3.2ghz) with 1.5gb ram allocated to it.

Is anyone else having problems getting the installation to recognize partitions on the harddrive. I have 44GB free to play with....more if I removed Windows XP x64 which is taking up another 30GB. I'm running AMD64 3000 overclocked 2.25G with 512 of ram. Running from the DVD from cold start, it can not fine a suitable partition that matches its specs. I formatted the partition using their option. Running the installation from X64 is a joke also. Gives me an error that I need 400Megs for temp storage. The harddrive is a popular model. The motherboard is a '2005 creation. Those Micocrap specs for a beefy machine is a martketing joke.

BTW, I see the programmers still place speed bumps and traps into windows. Even the installation felt slow. Always ups the temperature even at idle and harddrive spins at the wrong times. Beep bump.

Back to Linux....

Absolutely no problems finding partitions. Are you sure you have a good burn of the DVD? If you are getting errors saying that the files couldn't be copied to the partition that is a problem with the source DVD.

And what do you mean by speedbumps? I seriously doubt some programmer is sitting there saying lets put a 5 minute delay here just to mess with people. I'm also curious how you know when the harddrive should spin, and when it should not spin. Since it doesn't tell you each and every thing it is doing, there is no way to know "when the drive should spin." Watching a drive spin while an app loads seems kind of silly to me...

Let's keep this constructive and on topic. No need to have any of these threads turn into a linux bash of windows or microsoft....


BTW- The high CPU and system specs are to be able to fully support aeroglass and the other graphics enhancements that exist in Vista. My machine at 1.8Ghz and plenty of RAM can't run the high end aeroglass UI. There are several items I have noticed are even disabled in the non aeroglass UI because I don't have enough graphics processing power. I have an older radeon card with 128MB of ram. Not sure the exact model of the radeon.

I wanted to admin an old post of mine, but it's been too long. Looks like Sam and Syskey no longer work the same. I can dump encrypted hashes for the SAM it would seem, but I don't thing syskey is in the same place in the SYSTEM hive anymore.