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Microsoft to delay Windows 7 beta release
TG Daily - All News — ... support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta,” Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc wrote. “We want to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the beta, and I’ll be posting here again soon once the beta goes live.” There was no information when additional download capacity will be available. Microsoft also removed the download links and Windows 7 beta information that was previously available on the company’s TechNet pages. However, Neowin posted direct download links (32-bit, 64-bit) that enable users to download the full version ...

How to get the Win 7 public Beta bits
All about Microsoft — ... ) — the main place for downloads of the Win 7 Beta — has been down for me and others since early this morning. One person who managed to get through said there is a message on the site saying the Beta code will be live “this afternoon” (no indication as to when that means, ET, PT or what). Yesterday, I heard Microsoft’s goal was to start allowing Windows 7 Beta downloads as of 6 a.m. PT on January 9…. Neowin and ...

So where are those Windows 7 Beta bits?
All about Microsoft — ... to make sure users would have a good experience downloading the promised Windows 7 public beta on January 9. It’s now 5 p.m. ET.  A lot of folks are calling it a day and heading home with no public Beta bits in hand. (Some testers successfully used Neowin’s trick to get the Windows 7 bits . But if you were looking for a product key, you’d be out of luck.) A few questions readers have posed today for which I have no answer: Microsoft execs confirmed on Wednesday that they planned to make ...

Windows 7 beta: So near, and yet so far . . .
TechBlog — ... . Here's what I got when I tried to access the blog's RSS feed: Fried says she was told the beta might be up later today, after Microsoft finds the bandwidth to serve it up. Meanwhile, there may be a direct link, spotted by Neowin , that will get you there. Some advice if you do succeed in getting it the beta, which is indeed Build 7000 which was leaked earlier onto the Net: • I'd strongly suggest first trying it out on in virtualization software, if you're technically comfortable with doing so. Microsoft has the free ...

Windows 7 direct download links
Gear Live — ... beta went live today. However, apparently there was a bit more demand than Microsoft had planned for. Thanks to NeoWin, we’ve got the direct download links for both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7: ...