windows 7 beta – Paul's Tech Talk

Windows 7 Beta Second RC to be released in May

PaulMarch 26, 2009

According to Arstechnica, the Next version of Windows 7 Beta will be Released In May.

[ad#cricket-right-ez]It looks like someone flipped the switch a little early. The Windows 7 Release Candidate download page on TechNet has made a premature appearance, much like the beta download page did before the beta was released to the public. The public RC will apparently be coming in May 2009, and not in April as previously rumored. The RC testing program will be available at least through June 2009, and the actual build will expire June 1, 2010. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions will be available in English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish.
[Via Arstechnica]

It will be available soon to download. According to Ars this will be good until 2010, I am guessing around February or March but that is just speculation on my part.

Remember:

This is a Beta and when it is over you won’t be able to use the OS anymore

This isn’t the complete OS, Knowing Microsoft this will be limited in some way to encourage your to buy the full version down the road. Also they want to have some features for only Commercial Release.

There will always be security holes when it comes to Windows 7 so don’t use it exclusively, since this is a beta. Microsoft will not keep it up to date until it goes Commercial!

I did a podcast on this OS and if you want to hear the two discussion we talk:

Mike Tech Show Listener Round Table Topic: Symantec issue, Security, Web Hosting, Windows 7 Beta

Mike Tech Show Listener Round Table Topic: Windows 7 Beta

Both of the podcast we had a really good discussion on features and what we thought of the OS. In the future when The next RC comes out we will want to get back together to talk about what they did different. Please join use and let us know what questions you have. This will better help us connect with the listeners.

A fan wants to Release Windows 7 Now : My Security Concerns

PaulJanuary 29, 2009

After reading about this from PcWorld, I’ve went to check this site out. I went to his twitter accoun(Kelly Poe) to find out the site he put up and I am quite impressed. Here are few things that I am concerned about starting with the website.

[ad#ad2-right]I love the idea and all but I am quite concerned with the privacy of my email account. I don’t know if you have to submit your email account but I would caution people not enter one until the site says what it will do with your email address.

Now that being said that’s the only thing I can think of when it comes to security for your email address, you don’t want to someone to give out your email address to spammers. That would just make it even worse for your email account. You could however use a 10 min Email account to use but that might make it harder for Microsoft to contact you if they want to verify these accounts!!

Now my main concern is Windows 7 right now and Security. You know the Conflicker/Conflickr/Downadup Worm is currently loose on the internet. It uses the the Ms 08-067 Exploit and currently Windows 7 does not protect against this Worm in fact Microsoft has released information that you would need to install the updates manually to fix this problem.

Some vendors are yet to develop for Windows 7 beta due to it being a beta. Some others like Security Vendors are offering protection for Windows 7 Beta. This is mainly the Anti-virus software group, I would like to see more people embrace windows 7 as much as the security groups. Although this is the first step it would need to be more open response from Manufacturers and dealers alike they would need to get it to work making sure their drivers and such will work good with Windows 7. This is where it takes time, that is why I am glad it is a beta, it allows vendors and Companies a like a chance to test out their software and Hardware and even their drivers before the release.

Before I support this, I would like to see more happen to Windows 7 in some areas. For instance I’d like to see more compatability and more drivers and software that works for Windows 7. I’d also like to see Microsoft to take Windows 7 Beta Serious and Keep the Security up on it and not let it lapse. I’d want Microsoft to send out patches for Vulnerabilities just like Vista and keep people’s system updated so you don’t have to update them manually. I just hope Microsoft takes Apple’s example to heart and release Windows 7 without having to have several versions of the same Operating System.

Do you want a Windows 7 Beta key?

PaulJanuary 10, 2009

Update See bottom:

I recently got 3 beta keys for Windows 7 Beta. I decide we are going to have some fun. IF you want one of the 2 beta keys here is how you do it. I want you to twitter it up on twitter. I would like you to make a Tinyurl using your twitter account so I know who sent the most people my way. Here’s how you do it:

Go to Tinyurl.com then you put this page in and tell it you want it to be made with your twitter name without the @ sign(it would look like this : http://tinyurl.com/twitterusername). The 2 most Referrers to come to my site in this weekend and leave a comment will get a reply from my twitter account saying they won and asking for there email account. I want as many people to see this as possible. If you want a beta key for Windows 7 then advertise people to come to my site and find out how they could win themselves. I only have two extra Beta keys. I used one right now to activate this Windows Beta but I will give the other two away for who ever brings in the 2 most people to my site.

[ad#ad2-right]This end at 10pm EST Sunday Night Jan 11, 2009, so you have that long to get people to come to my site and using the tinyurl Custom Alias option to send people to my site or to this page. I say this one last time, the top 2 people using the tinyurl to bring people to my site will get the site. On the side note the other requirement is to have people leave a comment say who referred them to the site. I want to make sure people don’t just create a URL and come that way to many times. So Let’s talke about the Rules:

Use a Custome URL to bring People to my site

Leave a Comment with twitter name who brought them to my site.

I’ll add it up Sunday night 10:00 PM EST January 18, 2009, and will be twittering who wins on twitter. So go at it people send people my way.

According to a blog there seems to be sending out keys that are the same all over the place. I am going to guess that after 2.5 due an over the net activation that these will become invalid. So activate as quickly as you can. I’ve also gotten the same keys from Microsoft also exactly the same Keys this blog is posting so I guess the contest for the 2 keys is now NULL and Void. Sorry guys, didn’t know thought they were unique keys. If you need a key go to that website and get your key!!

Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, how to get it:

PaulDecember 29, 2008

It’s been leaked and some things to consider when installing this is you need to have a lot of space.[ad#tmi-right-1-1] So how do you get this elusive beta:

Rapidshare – Although I don’t know if this is the recent version it looks like it. The problem with downloading these files are they are really big and it will take some time for you to download each and everypart. You only can do 200 megs of download every 6 hours so it will take time.

Torrents site like Isohunt – The only way you can get it is through website search and downloading the torrent file. I don’t know how reliable it is. I don’t think it is safe on all of these but I want people to see it and see if it works for you.

These are the only two that I could come up with the might work for people. If someone knows of any others let me know. Be warned downloading files from unknown sources might [ad#tmi-left-1]let you get a virus. It is always dangerous to download files from unkown sources so if you want to download it and put it on a virtual system that would be the best option. I supply people with the tools I don’t link to anything that is illegal. This is provided as is and you go to these sites on your own without any help from me.

The Build of the beta build should be 7000 and is should end on 7/2/2009 or at least that is what one screenshot looks like online. It’s been leaked and should be looked closely at all the possible outcomes of this new OS. If Microsoft is going to release it would be soon because they usually only give you 6 months to use the OS. They usually only do it for each beta build, so it might be made available as soon as January 2, 2009. That’s the look on the build!!