Tech Bytes7 | Tech Bytes http://www.manast.com A Personal Technology Blog Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:12:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Official Windows 7 Beta Download from Microsoft http://www.manast.com/2009/01/11/official-windows-7-beta-download-from-microsoft/ http://www.manast.com/2009/01/11/official-windows-7-beta-download-from-microsoft/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:47:53 +0000 Manas http://www.manast.com/?p=153 Windows 7 LogoFinally Microsoft has put together its act and made Windows 7 Beta available for download (along with the product keys). No secret links are required, just visit the official Windows 7 site and get the product key and the ISO of Windows 7 Beta. :)

You will need a Passport ID to login. Also Firefox is not supported for the download. You will need IE 7 and above to download the ISO. Thats because MS uses an Active X Control as a download manager to resume downloads.

Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 support the Windows 7 Beta download experience. Please note that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 users behind a proxy server should use the automatic configuration for their proxy server for the best download experience.

It is good that MS has extended the availability of Windows 7 Beta till 24th January. Hopefully the 3.15 GB x64 ISO will have finished downloading by then on my computer.

P.S. – I have a 160 kbps unlimited internet connection. :P

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