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Windows Vista Public Beta 2 Available, Servers Down

Seems that the public beta of Windows Vista is now available for download - at least when the servers are allowing downloads again.

English x86: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...86/download.htm

English x64: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...64/download.htm

German x86: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...86/download.htm

German x64: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...64/download.htm

Japanese x86: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...86/download.htm

Japanese x64: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/b...64/download.htm

Windows Vista Public Beta 2 Available, Servers Down

Reply #1 –
For those who prefer torrent files, there is now an official website : http://vistatorrent.com/

Windows Vista Public Beta 2 Available, Servers Down

Reply #2 –
From some Q&A with a Microsoft guy:

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Q: What's taking so long for me to get my download?
A: Demand for Beta 2 has been huge - which was expected. But we are hitting ceilings on bandwidth. Right now we are serving out product keys 10x faster than we can serve the downloads. Already this is the biggest software download event in history. We are pumping out bits as fast as we can. If we pushed out bits any faster there would be a measureable impact for the Internet.

Q: What about BitTorrent?
A: We thought about Bit Torrent a lot, especially in the planning stages for this. There are legal and privacy issues which unfortunately make that not an option for Microsoft to officially sponsor a BitTorrent. I really wish we could do it, but we can't. If someone BitTorrents we can't guarantee that they've got an unaltered copy, etc.

Windows Vista Public Beta 2 Available, Servers Down

Reply #3 –
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Q: What about BitTorrent?
A: We thought about Bit Torrent a lot, especially in the planning stages for this. There are legal and privacy issues which unfortunately make that not an option for Microsoft to officially sponsor a BitTorrent. I really wish we could do it, but we can't. If someone BitTorrents we can't guarantee that they've got an unaltered copy, etc.

MS bullshit.


i would just download them, so i make MS loose some more money

Windows Vista Public Beta 2 Available, Servers Down

Reply #4 –
vistatorrent.com has been there for a few days but had to pull the links.

http://www.vistatorrent.com/
Nothing but a Heartache - Since I found my Baby ;)

Windows Vista Public Beta 2 Available, Servers Down

Reply #5 –
If you're using an in-box audio driver (well, in-Beta...) click on the 'effects' tab in the audio control panel, and look around. Change your endpoint and look around some more.
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J. D. (jj) Johnston

Windows Vista Public Beta 2 Available, Servers Down

Reply #6 –
how come I wasn't provided with a product key when I downloaded the Beta 2 iso? Help?