beta testing

I'm a casual user of the internet and enjoy working with Beta's and I'm tempted to install W7 and get rid of my Vista Home Premium and stick with 7 until the release.....is this an OK move or will I regret it? I'm assuming I could roll back and reinstall Vista and of course I would back up my...

So I got into Windows Media Center last night and struck gold. I found a really cool concert video by Alanis Morissette. It went on for about an hour and a half. I'm still learning how to use WMC, so it's acting quite clunky for me. But it does have some interesting content. I'm curious...

Hello, I signed up for the beta and was able to get a key for 32 bit version of windows 7 beta very exiting, Recently I purchased a new computer, ordered everything before feburary 10th, but wasnt able to get it togeather after some hardware issues. I have a considerable amount more ram and as I...

Windows 7 build 7048 DOES EXIST ***updated*** As the title says im very close to the blog of window seven from spain and i know the admins the of the site, it happens that they got information from an old beta tester from Microsoft.. ill translate the information for you.. P.S sorry if my...

Hi, I had some problems first of all with getting printer driver to install, unplugged the USB Cable, reformatted the hard drive about 3 times still to no avail, until the last time and problem solver directed me to HP for the correct driver, it seems that I was trying to install a photsmart...

Hi guys I'm now reasonably satisfied with build 7022 but unless I can get gold of RC1 I really doesn't see much point doimg any more testing -- . Updates are still being issued for VISTA so I'll keep that up to date for eventual transfer update. However if we don't get any updates for...

well this is for anyone that doese not know about this. if you are using windows 7 there are already anti viruses from the bigger companies made specificlly for windows 7 and they end when the beta is over. so they are free for you to use fully and legally. Norton 360 v3 Win7 : Link Removed...

Thank you for the chance to test 7! I had never even seen Vista prior to this, let alone work with anything like it. Due to operator error, I tried to reload Windows Me (don't ask) on a separate drive, but had left the 7 beta drive plugged in. The Me install created some funky partition on the...

I have a little money designated to build a cheap pc. Going with... -MB GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3HP AM2+ RTL -Mobo -VGA EVGA 256-P2-N733-LR 8400GS 256M-vid card -MEM 2Gx2|GSK F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ R-4 gig GSkill Ram -CPU AMD|A64 X2 5000 2.6G AM2 65N R-cpu using with a Antec case w/500 watt ps and a 250...

I am not sure where to post this but will try here. As an XP user who is now trying the Win 7 Beta, I have found most things work well and software installation and configuration has worked for most applications. I set up Win 7 as a clean install on a second hard drive, thus creating a dual...

Hi guys I agree absolutely that in general a Clean install is usually a better approach however in the case of a Beta that might not always be a good idea. In the case of Windows XP ===> W7 X-32 there are some drivers that Vista hasn't got yet - even though though in some cases the XP version...

Please dont harass microsoft to rush windows 7. this is what happened with vista.. people got all weak at the knees and whinged for it. SO ms releases it..full of bugs.. and its STILL being fixed 3 years later. I say we hold it out. WAIT for win7. And keep trying the beta. and give FEEDBACK to...

Hey, i have not been able to find this so. I have Windows XP home on my computer and was planing on being apart of the Windows 7 beta testers. I am kinda tech savey (Enough to put 7 beta on my pc and install everything) but i also want to go back to XP when the beta closes. I no longer have...

Please accept my apology ahead of time for any breach of protocol I may unknowingly commit. I'm a newby to the forum and didn't want to wait any longer than necessary before posting this thread for help with a problem I've just encountered. The first thing I did after installing Windows 7...

Whilst I'm very positive so far with W7 apart from some networking issues on the X-64 version there are a few things that to me seem a total waste of time -- each to their own but it would be interesting to see what irritates / frustrates users most with W7. 1) The Diagnose Network connection...

Using Windows Server 2008 to manange my network with XP SP/3 clients, i was able to create in the domain GPO mappings to auto map drives when a user logged in based on what OU the pc belonged to, who the user was, and / or what Security group the user belonged to. Just to play around, we...

Hey all, I know its a beta, and I now its for testing, but I have a usb wireless card by sprint, they told me they don't have drivers for windows 7 yet (crap) so after reading a lot of forumns with people who have the same problems and not seeing any of them getting helpful answers, are theyre...

I am running a small home network that includes the following devices. 1. win7 (build 7000), dual booting vista 2. Win XP 3. Win vista Laptop 4. Xbox 360 See the network map below. Link Removed due to 404 Error As you can see all the devices are being recognized automatically and i am able...

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I am trying to install Windows 7 on an older laptop, which does meet the minimum requirements. The problem is that the laptop cannot boot from DVD. I have tried a few things thus far, like: 1. Connected an external DVD drive via USB only to find that the laptop is not able to boot from USB...