beta testing

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...

Don't know if anyone can help but I installed the windows 7 beta and now my xbox 360 doesn't fit the media player to the TV size, bizarrely all the other xbox features are the right size so I can only assume it's something to do with the new version of media centre.

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...

Current Beta: x64 Build 7000 Hardware: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N Laptop Model: Asus F8VA-B1 Symptoms: -Some CD/DVDs will lock up the drive and keep spinning (eject will not work) -Whatever action i was doing from that CD/DVD (installing, copying, etc) will be seen as "not responding" but i...

Hello, I'm a new beta tester and i've been trying to get Windows 7 on a machine running XP. I have two drives, one for XP one for Win 7, and i've partitioned then correctly (I think). When i try to install win 7 it says, "Setup was unable to create a new system partition..." Please Help...

I'm new to installing multiple versions of Windows on my PC. I have a 500GB and a 250GB hard drive installed. I was thinking about making a 120GB partition from my 250 and dual booting. I have tried to make the partition in advance with Vista's Disk Management console in the Administrator Tools...

I still have the old nice MS game Midtown Madness 2. Now it works perfectly on XP even though it's thought to be used on Win98. I tried it on VIsta but it doesn't really work. At least not that much that it's fun to play. So I'm gonna test it on Win7 when I get the BETA. I'll write details here...

before i start, let me say that i have never used Vista. in fact, i have never even seen a computer running Vista. i love my XP. it's old enough and stable enough that it can be hacked and customized to a very great extent, and i have it set up to look and work exactly how i want it to. the main...

Humm, a first of sorts. A no minute no day Final Release. You will find this at Speedfans Web Site under downloads. As I understand it some new chip sets or set added and some tweaks and thats it. So much for beta testing.

I can see I am already disagreeing with a couple of the views, unfortunately that includes Paul Thurrot.. When I read his blog, I almost felt that I had been given a different release. If you want to do it for the experiment, then good luck. You will get nothing out of M3 that you cannot get in...

There is a way to apply to become a beta tester with Microsoft. No one knows when the Windows 7 beta will be out, but you can apply at this address: Link Removed

Saw this press release yesterday, just wondering if anyone else's tried it yet. I know it's shareware but I'm too lazy to download :P Major Unofficial Upgrade for Microsoft® Windows® Vista and XP Released by Extensoft Extensions for Windows® provides the ‘missing...

So, do you think that the reason that Microsoft is keeping quiet about Windows 7 is because they don't want people to get excited, see it in beta for 1 or 2 years, and when it comes out, there so bored that they bash it, like with Windows Vista. So, think they prefer the Apple approach, where...

Hi All: Please go to Link Removed - Invalid URL and read the official story on Windows Vista SP1 availability. It clearly states that March is when it will be available through Windows Update. This is from Mike Nash of Microsoft on February 4, 2008. We are going to stage our rollout of SP1...

Hi guys, When recently browsing the web, I came across this: http://www.joejoe.org/forum/index.php?s=f7dda7865865f48f994ae44494cb4e4d&showforum=59 First off, I need to tell a bit of history. Back in 2002, Microsoft started work on the next version of Windows, so called "Longhorn". This...