can anyone send me working link for Whistler??? or please send me the user name and password for the ( ftp://192.151.52.15/noodlehed/-= Operating Systems & stuff =-/Win Whistler build 2296/ )

Thanks Alot :)
phlyxaznxthug@nyc.rr.com

Yeah that would be great ! Surely Beta software is there for us to test - the more feedback the better !

Goggy
imasexybeast@hotmail.com

Why only for YOU?!? Maybe other people also want to test it? For example I... I really want to test it but i can't find it :(((

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sorry for my errors in english - I'm from Poland :)

Sorry - It seems nobody is in a sharing mood in this group ! - I'll be sure to email you when/if I get it !

Me too...
I downloaded up to .r71, and I need some more files I guess. It always asks for r72...
I would really appreciate it to have login/password.
Thanks.
iamcrom@home.com

Somebody could command to me to djdc@interlap.com.ar the Link of where it can lower to the Whistler or password for (ftp://192.151.52.15/noodlehed / - = Operating Systems & stuff = - / Win Whistler build 2296 /) Pardon by the quality of English my

Why doesn't someone just post a working Whistler link so we can finally download the damn thing!!!

I downloaded it. Then I sat on the freshly burnt CD-R for two days. Finally I thought, what the hell, and I installed it. Beautiful! It reported prior to actual installation that my Intel Pro Cam would no longer work, however it worked flawlessly. I tried a DVD in my DVD player and it appeared that my CD detector (if you have DVD you know what I mean) was gone. So I started to go run it manually, and I actually started the app, PowerDVD. And it ran fine. But about that time the 'Autoplay' kicked in and the built in DVD plpayer took off. Coolness. Very clean interface. No big garish displays. I un-installed PowerDVD at once (Sorry guys.)

Everything continued to work just fine. Except. My 'Nero Burning ROM' program that came with my CD-R Drive won't run. I need a Windows 2000 Player. Maybe even the new 'Nero, but I am shopping around.

Man this new OS is too cool. I cannot begin to describe...

I am sick of 10 year old wannabe hackers, posting dumb and stupid comments and having wet dreams over bill gates. I am also sick of BetaNews' style of writing articles, which seems like two sentences or they will just copy a whole article from C/Net or NewsBytes and not update it when they do. BetaNews just sucks

I can tell only that BetaNews is coolest site I ever seen!!! It describes any new aplication, and I love to know what is new (what will be new?) in software :)

Man, I mean just go somewhere where you feel more entertained... Don't bring us down!

AND HOW OLD DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MY FRIEND?
ANYBODY THAT HACKS OR CRACKS FOR OTHER THAN THE GOOD OF HIS FELLOW MAN IS AN a****** ANYWAY. i AM GUESSUNG YOU ARE JEALOUS OF A COLLEGE DROPOUT (BILL GATES AND ALL HIS MONEY?)
USE LINIX AND GET YOUR GRAMMA TO DO SO ALSO.
YOU ARE SO COOL YOU WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE GREATEST HACKER OF ALL TIME. NOT!!!!!! AND WHO THE HELLL CARES WHAT YOUR INVASIVE OPINION IS ANYWAY.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING HELPFUL TO SAY , DO SO OTHERWISE GET THE HELL OUTA DODGE!!!! YOU ARE ONLY A JUST BECAUSE I CAN PERSON.
DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE LIKE HELP SUPPORT OUR PRIVICY OR A POOR KID WHO NEEDS GUIDNENCE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. (SECOND ADMENDMENT)

I am 45 and have been a professional programmer for 17 years. I am having a good time here. Why aren't you? I think somebody needs to learn a little anger management...

Hi! I want to install whistler as second OS with Win2000 prof. (Polish) on second partition. It is possible to safe install it and uninstall later?

I would not expect it to be uninstallable. It is a Beta 1. No you should expect to reformat to remove. You may not have to but I would expect it.

ftp://192.151.52.15/noodlehed/-= Operating Systems & stuff =-/Win Whistler build 2296/

Until today when he found someone had been deleting his files you could get the files here but now you need a username and password.
Of course that still won't stop some from runining it for others.

So can you give me password? e-mail me at pkaczor@friko6.onet.pl :) thx a lot!

There is a tremendous amount of support for new devices in Whistler. I have a CDR Drive in my computer and when I installed whistler I right-clicked on a file and selected "Send to - CD Writer" and it automatically burned the file to the CD RW disc that I had in there. Then I right-clicked the Drive and there was an option to format the CD RW disc, that was improved. I selected the option and it installed some Adaptec Software and everything worked fine. As far as the "I wish I could press CTRL-ALT-DELETE key and hit the space bar quickly to lock the computer"....It does that in Server. Also, server starts with the standard Windows interface, other than the new Whistler one. There is a tool in Professional called "Migrate" or something??? Well, it is found in System Tools. Check it out if you get a chance. What kind of a beta tester deletes an OS after checking it out for an hour....retard. That's not testing, you should be banned from this site. Whistler also natively supports DSL and other broadband connections on Professional through Network and Dial-up Connections.

I didn't see that and assumed I would need to buy a burner... Too Cool!

please i need a copy of this wmagee@hotmail.com

I got the CDs yesterday. It came with Personal, Professional, and Advanced Server. No server edition? Are they getting rid of it?

Anyways i'll probably install it this weekend.

Deepak

Now that I have the 19 meg R01 file how do I decompress the file?
This is new to me?
Thanks

usa_2296_x86fre.pro_whistler.r01

This is the file I got it appears to be a 450 meg file after compression.

oic Now the site does not have all the Rar files needed to reconstruct

As fascinating as your saga of being completely unable to successfully steal beta software is, well, actually, it's not that fascinating at all.

chrismarts you suck! You have said something dumb to every thread here I believe.

Oh... sorry, I didnt' realize I wasn't allowed to do that. Thanks for letting me know. What would I do without the BetaNews Forum Gestapo?

SORRY TO BREAK YOUR BUBBLE BUT I AM FINDING THE FILES HERE AND THERE
AND THERE ARE SOME RETARDS DELETING THEM FOR FUN !!!
i DO BETA TESTING FOR SYMANTEC AND EXECUTIVE SOFTWARE NOW BUT MS BIGSHOTS DO NOT THINK I AM QUALIFIED.
GEE ISN'T THAT STRANGE TOO BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN USING PUTERS AS LONG AS GATES HAS ;)
EVEN THOUGH PAYING FOR RELEASED SOFTWARE IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH ME, I DO HOWEVER BELIEVE BETA SOFTWARE SHOULD BE FREE!!!!!!!!!
I AM A SOFTWARE JUNKIE ;) I ADMITT IT.
OH YEA NORTON HAS BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I HAVE HAHAHAHAHA

Clearly you are unfamiliar with manners on the net. WHEN YOU WRITE LIKE THIS (ALL CAPS) PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE SHOUTING! Please don't shout at us. It hurts our eyes.

Anyone know were i can get ahold of a copy if ya do email me at pinky@ispchannel.com thanks

I guess it would've helped if I had included contact information in my previous post. My ICQ# 29292994, Email: steevio@rn.com.
Thanx again for your help.

Actually, it probably won't!

Actually it DID. WinWhistler looks really good. UI is slow though! It installed just fine on my BE6-II with P966. I think it is going to be an awesome OS.
So, up yours.

Hello everyone out there. I am a full time student at UCLA, I can not afford an MSDN membership to dl whistler beta. Any kind soul out there willing to be kind enough to giude me to a site to dl whislter?
TYIA

Students get a nice little acedemic discount from Microsoft on developer products, MSDN included. Look into it :)

Is it on the site? I can't find it for the life of me

Its very nice. It detected all of my hardware and installed everything perfectly. It seems peppy and the interface is nice.

I like where microsoft is headed with Whistler. I just hope they don't incorporate a lot of this user interface into their server products.

Also, when you hit control-alt-delete while inside whistler, it pops up the task manager without actually hiding any of the desktop. (nice..) The Memory usage is about 221mb. (not so nice.) Luckily I have 512mb.

I installed some of my Windows 2000 drivers (detonator 3 drivers,) and the such without a hitch.

That's nothing new.

Sure it is. CTRL-ALT-DEL usually pops up the Windows Security window where you can lock the desktop, log off, shut down, change password, etc... And it's annoying that Whistler pops up the task manager now. It was nice to be able to "CTRL-ALT-DEL, pause, SPACE" as a very fast way to lock the workstation when walking away from it. Hopefully they'll switch it back or provide some alternate means of bring that dialog box up.

I am MSDN subscriber and thus downloaded and installed Windows Whistler this morning. The big change in the next iteration of Windows seems to be the unser interface, but I believe it still needs alot of work.

Is it just me or is the current "skin" missing? I mean the OS looks naked to me, as if the skin is missing. All the windows are bright white and that new titlebar doesn't seem very catchy either (why not the one from the new MSN ?). I know this is beta1, but alot of work needs to be done and their is only one more beta before the RCs come out. Seems to me that MS is gonna need a beta3.

Compared to the MacOS X, this UI is way behind, and too many options are popping up in way to many places. They have to simplify things.

One thing that I do like is the logon screen. HTML-like, simple and very nice. Stability wise, it's ok so far, although I didn't install anything big so far, but UT did work fine.

Can way to see beta2, hopefully before Christmas... and way better than beta1.

I have been running Whistler since it started, and I'll tell you that it's coming along fine. One skin doesn't make a difference, there are going to be several skins added into it in the future. Also, I noticed that about 95 % of my EA Sports games worked in Whistler and they never worked in Windows 2000 before. The OS is perfect. Regardless of what anyone has to say, i'm buying it when it's out, it's been the best Windows OS ever.

Thats a dumb comment to make. You try developing an operating system thats perfect, see how far you get.

I have Whistler, thanks to the guy who posted above me, and i love it.

When you say "thanks to the guy above me" - please help. I am having no success finding the download anywhere. Any ideas ?

man please i need a copy of this can anyone help me out i joined msdn but did not get a msid number

man please i need a copy of this can anyone help me out i joined msdn but did not get a msid number wmagee@hotmail.com

I was invited to Test Whistler after testing ME, but after I was contacted I haven't received any other information regarding the beta. I haven't got a beta kit yet, and have received any of the newgroups information. Has anyone else that was chosen as a beta test received any word from Microsoft as far as the newsgroups and all of the other things associated with the beta test?

I emailed MS and I've been told that they've had an email sanfu, and they will be adding anybody that RSVP'd within the next couple of weeks. Be patient... I've already broken a keyboard being pissed off about this. :-)

Wow. You really should find a hobby. Or something *far* more important to get angry about...

I'm wondering because I got a beta invite back on August 29th, and I still haven't been e-mailed back any login information. Should I contact MS and ask them or have they not activated all beta testers yet?

Thanks!

The Whistler Beta is available on MSDN, which is the Developer Network. You must PAY to get an account to MSDN. Beta testers are to receive software through mail.

This shows that I should be picked for beta testing...but nooooo....

Unfortunately, I was not accepted as a beta-tester participant, however, I am anxious to download a copy asap. Is there anyone who would be willing to send me a beta copy of it?

Thanks very much,

Does Whistler support ICS Internet Connection Sharing? I just downloaded it from the MSDN from here at work but I have no machines available here to load it on. I figured I would try it at home but I need ICS for my other PC's on my home network.

Thanks

Of course it includes ICS, it also includes a basic personal firewall.

This far, performance wise its quite disapointing, right after installing it, it uses around 130Mb of RAM (Whistler Pro), while Win2K Pro only uses about 60. One of the reasons is that IIS is installed by default with nearly all components loaded.
The enhanced interface is pretty nice but I had to disable fading effects due to slowdowns (with an Athlon 900, geez)
Stability wise, I've only had one BSOD, related to a bad WDM sound driver implementation (it occured at the beginning of a netmeeting session)
Oh btw, be prepared for a long install, it took it about a whole hour to install on an U2W SCSI drive (IBM 18Gb 7.2k rpm) on an Adaptec 29160 card

Well, keep in mind it has tons of debug code and whatnot. Win2000 beta was a LOT slower than the RTM version of it.

If someone who has knowledge of the different MSDN packages could explain the difference between the Universal and Professional. The Universal come with VS Enterprise which I already have and don't want to pay for it twice. If I get the Professional it looks to me like I would have access to the Whistler and other beta, correct? Also if anyone knows of a good site to purchase a subscription at educational pricing.

here is the link http://www.developerstore.com/devstore/

Any good download links?

How about http://msdn.microsoft.com/!

hehe

http://www.reliz.ru/search/
and type Whistler...

Or get NewsReactor and download it from the Newsgroups.

NewsReactor is free: http://www.daansystems.com

;-)

I think Whistler is a beefed up version of Windows 2000 at this point and put 2000 back on my drive after about and hour of Whistler.

Is this section down now ? Any other FTP sites ?

Is this section down now ? Any other FTP sites ?

I did the same thing... Removed it after an hour :)

Whistler beta one is all over the warez in IRC if you think you need it that bad get off your but and go look for it

I would like to know where everyone is downloading it from because i tried all the sites that are in this message board and none work, and i can't find any good links at any of the other sites, where can i go!

BravoManBenny
did you not read my post you can get in from IRC BTW its really now worth getting its big and slow i am going back to win2000 cos of that

I can't find any newsgroups. Ne 1 want to help?

BAD LINK

Seriously... people, if you're not seriously testing it, why go to all the trouble?? If you want to see what it looks like (which is all anyone comments on anyway, forget actual changes in the system...), look at screen shots!

People scour all over the place, find it, download for hours, install, say, "oooo... pretty... but kind of slow..." and then take it off. I *wish* I had that much time to WASTE.

you fool, the most important thing is the looks,

who cares what it can actually do

if it looks good my aunt fanny will by it so there

Riiiight... somehow this comment doesn't surprise me based on all the other ones.

Don't try to tell me that the remote desktop feature, the new compatibility modes, the addition of WMI, the ability to "switch users" without actually logging off, enhancements to COM+, etc... are not equally important (if not more!) than what the damn thing looks like.

I don't think we'd all be happy using Windows 3.1 still today as long as it looked like "neat."

I have to admit it, I was kind of skeptic on installing Windows whistler onto my machine. but so far, I've been pretty much impressed about it. Although it does need some work on it, it seems as though its a lot better than the previous operating systems that I've also used before. Anyways, if they maintain this route, I'll definitely buy it.

I have the iso for any who are interested. just e-mail me.

anyone that needs a working ISO if Windows Whistler Beta 1 can email me at J_drahzal@yahoo.com.