Posting links to Beta Software is a Crime. - Special Agent FBI

I got the beta of IE 6 a few weeks ago but it's Ssss iii TTT and I wander if you guys know a way to get read of it I try to reinstall 5 on it but Bill put somthing in ti the don't let you do that. I eve try to delet it all together but because it's part of the OS, bad news

I will realy appreciade help from a GURRU.

Ok, I love your grammer and spellings!!

That aside, it's your own dumb fault for installing something that you don't have a license to use.

For those looking for the Office XP Beta:

212.36.169.21

/vti_cnf/. upped/. by/. www.megarock-radio.com/

For those of you looking for the Windows XP beta:

Ftp server: IP 24.141.176.154 L/P Whistler Port:21

Enjoy.

Hello, everyone... do anyone know where can I download the latest windows XP beta..I had try the FTP that u had just mention...but it had refused my connection...soo..pls give me some help about it..Thank you

You are Violating International Copyrite Laws.
Mirosoft© will not Approve of you releasing Beta Software to the Public. - Special Agent FBI

copyrite? mirosoft? didn't the FBI training take care of your vocabulary lessons?

"It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And I guess that's what I like about it. It's easy. Just sitting there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money."

Just install it and . it ask me to activate. the patch that comes with it won't work. can somebody help !!!!

and what happened after installation, asked about Key? What is that?

nothing, i just can't login without having it activated. But it can run in safe mode.

maybe its stupidity but i cant for the life of me get windows XP to get past the first setup screen on bootup, just says Starting windows Whistler... but never moves from there.. and there aint muchn documentation out there for these beta releases. only thing i can think of is that it doesnt like my motherboard and/or ATA100 IDE controller. anyhow if anyone has an idea i'd be happy to hear it. The same CD installed fine on my friends PC only difference is his is slower and older... I dont like to think i am dumb, but i tried like 10 different ways of installing it. Upgrading from 2k, Me, fresh install, boot via CD and even the ol dos install.. wiped the old NTF partition made them fat32.. i ran out of ideas in the end... i do hope there is an answer because it does look quite good. its about time micrsoft changed the apearance of windows.. if only they made it completely customisable without the aid of 3rd party skinning software or shell replacements which just dont seem to be too perfect yet..

you have a voodoo card in your box dont you . . . I had the same problem with a previous beta of windows xp. if you delete the voodoo inf files in the INF folder that should take care of it . . .

Who really knows, but after a lot of deliberation it installed. my guess it had to do with my Hard Disk. i just put it in another machine and got it past the first setup bit and then stuck it bback in mine and all was fine. Also i did remove my tuner card. I still dont know what was stopping it.. but after it installed once i installed it again no problems. Runs quite fast though some of the "effects" sometimes lag a little bit i guess you cant really whinge. I did turn everything on. The alpha blending most likely needs a little more work.

The alpha-blending needs absolutley no more work. MS cannot do anything at this point to improve stuff like that, it's card makers like nVidia who have been focusing on 3D performance, and putting out crappy 2D performance.

Get a Matrox G400, everything runs perfectly with that.

Does anyone know if WindowsXP will be upgradable from WindowsME when it finally comes out officially? I've heard that it currently doesn't even recognize WindowsME on the system when installed. Which is rather stupid since Microsoft is the one who made both.

I think you probably heard from someone who wants to try and look smart, but he really isn't.

Oh, and btw, there will be an upgrade path for every version of Windows except Win95 and earlier.

Ahem.. He's right, current builds don't seem to be able to locate Windows Me. Sorry for this news Mister Know-it-all

Well then it's a bug, but it will definatly be possible.

Windows Xp build 2458 is out for testing

You guys... normally you won't get very far by sitting here saying "can u send it to me plz plz plz my address is nobrain@aol.com"

Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once.

Get mIRC. www.mirc.com. Learn how to use it, give yourself a half sensible nickname and then log onto DalNet (because I go to EfNet and you aint clogging up the queues MY server ;) )
Join the winxp or winbeta channel. Now, you are in a chat room. Every so often, you will see someone give out an FTP site with WinXP on it. There you go, that's where you get it.

Before you rush in, a couple of golden rules.
a) Don't bother asking where it is - just wait patiently... people don't appreciate "where can I get it" messages when the answer is automatically displayed every 10 mins.
b) Don't hammer the sites (that means don't retry every second... set it to 30 seconds). That's a good way to get yourself banned - wait your turn, or try the slower (modem) logins if you are paitient enough to leave the download trickling in for a few days. Those are often a lot less busy.
c) Don't get angry when you can't get into any sites... be patient remember! Don't act an a** in the channel, because the ops would love a reason to ban you and free up another slot in the queue.

Good luck.

True True MIRC is the S**t but you guys who never used dont be bugging people like me wait till somebody drops an ftp

They work nicely together..faster than previous builds...get 'em at #oldmemphis on undernet (using mIRC software)...Good Luck!

Here is a few hints to get your cogs a turnin
Go to Start\Run, type in: º
º regsvr32.exe -u regwizc.dll I hear this file phones home
Open Explorer and go to the C:\Windows\System32 dir. º
º Delete the file `idwlog.exe' umm what dis do?

That s**t dont work to crack 2446 and 2454 you need a crack to patch the winlogon i already got it and its on a site but i cant give it out here.

OK, BUT IF YOU READ A LITTLE LOWER I MENTIONED TWO REGISTRY EDITS...
THE SO CALLED CRACK YOU SPEAK ABOUT ONLY DOES THE SAME THING.

On the first boot after install is complete, boot into SAFE MODE º
º (thats the F8 key) and open regedit.exe º
º Locate this following key: º
º HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ º
º change the "RegDone" key value fron 0 to 1 º
º º
º Then find this key: º
º HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\ º
º change "Activation Required" key value from 1 to 0 º
º

For the people already educated, you know this doesn't work. For the rest that don't have a clue yet, this doesn't work after build 2428.

i just want to know how to crack it for ... educational purposes :)

Ummmmm 2454 is the latest XP release
Over?

controler

No its not 2454, its 2456 but its internal

I got its alright but im wondering when are they goung to put the new windows media player 8, i belive ill be in beta 2, but i dont wanna wait till March 21

2454 is internal too, it's just that it was leaked.

Post-beta2

where can i get a test version from and how???

I need to know Where I can get this Windows XP 2454 release to betatest it

true

Say it like it is...OH I NEED IT OH I NEED IT WAAAH WAAAAH WAAAAAH

You DON'T ****ING NEED IT. YOU WANT IT. Get is straight ya goof.

Media Player is so gay though...

question???? will windows xp support dual processers? haven't been able to locate any info on that subject.

WinXP Pro and Server versions will support more than one proc, Personal will not.

Windows Media Player has sex with Windows Media Player, thats ****ing incredible.

I signed up for the so-called MS Windows XP Preview program which I figure is the same as the Win2K Corporate Preview. After signing up for their newsletter - nada. Does anyone have any information about this program - in particular how much I'll have to shell out for XP Beta 2 (and hopefully following betas). I paid out $19.95 for a chance to run Office XP for a few months - hope the OS preview is just as cheap. Anybody know anything about this program??

Marty

he Office XP is worth the $19.95 plus shipping. It was just announced that since it went gold on the 5th of march to manufactuers that it is close to being the final end version. Do not share it though or you could lose out, the program is verifyable every time you go online.

Thanks for the advice about the Office XP Preview. If I understand what you saying though it means that it must be tied to a specific machine? How else could MS detect that it was "loaned" to someone else. This preview dies August 31 so that's the reason for the low price - can't be reinstalled either. I'd assume that the retail price would be the usual $500+ - well beyond my means for sure. I'm just hoping to get a break on Wordperfect 2002 as a registered user.

OfficeXP CPP can be installed on up to 10 (yes ten) different computers.

Hello there!

Hope that the public preview release of windows xp will be released to the public at the end of March or in April.

Thank you for your question.

George Moldova, MCSE+I

Windows XP Beta Team

The public preview will be starting with beta2, which is why they are delaying it... again.

Finally an answer to me question - even if necessarily vague since MS keeps on pushing back the release of Beta 2. Now if I can only find out the price of the preview so I can determine whether to sell my first born!

$20

Hey if it really is $20 (same as Office XP) that really great and in fact pretty generous of M$. Maybe that would include a deal on the final version?? BTW for all you beta testers - are there actually two disks for the "home" and "corporate" versions and will we have a choice of which we want to test?

Marty

George:

Any other specifics you can disclose? Will the price be $20 as someone posted here. Do you get a choice of the consumer or corporate versions or do you get both? Will IE 6.0 be bundled?

Thanks for checking out this newsgroup.

Marty Felker

Win2k beta was $20

Yes, there is a Personal CD, and a Professional CD, if that's what you mean. We do not know what CPP will get, but it will probably be Pro, since it's a Coprorate Preview Program.

Yes, IE6 is bundled.

CPUguy:

I believe (thought I could be wrong and could check Quicken, that the Win2K CPP was much like 70 bucks than 20 bucks. But of course you got quite a bit of code including all Pro and Server betas and RC's. Its $20 for the Office XP CPP.

Marty

I would also like to test it. Please E-Mail me if you have a copy.

I forgot to give my e-mail:kcmc20@gosat.net.

I would also like to play wround with XP for a while. If you have a copy, let me know.
Mark@I-Nation.Net

Unfortunately I can't add any comments here coz I never get the download link of it, if someone have it, please email me :)
yin.news@webterprise.net

send me link too!
pirralinho@yahoo.com

XP or Whistler (i like that name better) tries to give "normal"
users win2k power with win9x compatibility. As of now, XP is a 90% win2k hybrid with a little bit more of compatibility (there is an emulation mode to try to run software as win9x)
I like the old start menu interface better, this new one sucks so much you cant add programs to the start menu that way (at least not directly)
New things i found in 2446: Shared network folders bug fixed, now
finally it remembers the network drives u connect to (2419 and previous were fine)
Registry hack was NOT removed, it was just modified, and you can bypass it easier than Napster's filter :-D
They removed the option to share a drive when u right click on it.
That's STUPID of you, Microsoft. Now users need to go to the control
panel and go into the administration console in order to add a new share.
For you gamers out there: Quake3 loses 5 frames per second in XP compared to win98se, but in direct3d games like flight simulator, i think it goes faster
Nvidia users, download the drivers from nvidia as the ones that come
with xp do not enable hardware acceleration
Still, for the average user, xp is better than 2k, i don't know what is it gonna be for server users
Microsoft, if you read this, the old boot logo from 2419 was a lot prettier

What are you talking about? You can still add programs to the start menu easily.

Sorry dude. The activation is still there. All the cracks are bogus. Think yours works? Set your clock ahead 14 days and watch it crash and burn. Ha ha.

- Gurm

my copy of 2454 works just fine

With a couple registry edits and a log delete you are good to go
over?

Where I can download a copy of XP 2454
thanks for the info

I used build 2296 of XP (Whistler) and I wasn't impressed. I went back to 2k after a little less than a week. What's the target of XP? I know WinME is for home/personal and 2k is for Work related stuff. I found that XP had a childish look and didn't provide anything better than 2k. It also came with Media PLayer 7, which I think sux. What do you other testers think of XP?

Well... 2296 is beta1, we are now at 2446, that's 150 builds, tons of stuff has been changed.... and WMP7 is no longer included, WMP8 is, and it kicks.

I haven't run XP yet - I use W2K on all my machines. However from the screen shots I've seen it looks horrid - yes, may be good for all those graphic designers out there but I want something which is *functional*. What's wrong with grey for window borders?

First, it's GRAY!! hehe.

Second, it does take time to get used to the interface. Third, you can still go back to the same old Windows look.

Could anyone kindly tell me where I can download XP? I want to test this new.

If anybody knows where I could download XP build 2446 and all future releases of XP, I would be grateful for a link (FTP/HTTP). I'd like to test XP on my own, because I'm writing my master thesis concerning developement of Windows technologies.

Many thanks in advance.
If you can help me, please email me at xartous@fbi.w.pl

And hopefully about piracy also.

Too bad to install it, you have to have a key that is beta tester specific, AND Acivation is enabled in this build.

I applied for beta-testing of Whistler some time ago, but they (Microsoft) did not respond to me. So now, I have to find XP even if it's a piracy. I don't like it too...

I've heard that XP is key-protected but I need XP anyway so as to be sure that I've tried this possibility.

So people, please help!

xartous@fbi.w.pl

Do not take the time to try and locate it, It has only a few extras which are in the Office XP beta and Gold. The one try and get is the new 2545 . which was leaked from a CPU Co. That has now been shut down and tighter measures have been taken to guard off would be intruders.

Uh... why did you choose a thesis topic when you didn't have the necessary software?

Anyway, the preview program is supposed to begin fairly shortly after beta 2 is released. In the meantime, work on the chapter about Win98. ;-)

It has been rumored 2454 combined with XP Office RTM is very fast!!!!!!!
over?

Yeah, downloading a beta is really stealing a lot of money from Microsoft. Oh please.

well the best place to download it is from news groups....

check out alt.bin.cd.image and such like...
it does depend on who you use but i got a free fast full news server with my cable modem

nice
oh and i got ofXP RTM as well..
nice

Weather they lose money or not, that's not the issue, the issue is, you DON'T have a license to use that beta product.

ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok we get its ok but can we cut the crap for just one minuet an just tell us where the hell we can get the F###ing program from...

WMP8 kicks nothing

sure its better than 7, but the only thing its good for is watching movies

anyone who plays mp3s w/ WMP is just stupid, it sounds terrible, takes up tons of CPU, and it's skins are almost all nasty

Sounds horrible? Nasty skins? I don't think so.

Have you even ever used WMP8? I have serious doubts. And by saying that, I'm not also saying that WMP7 sounds bad and nasty skins.
WinAMP doesn't even really skin, it changes just a few things here and there, but nothing major.

AND! WMP7 can use the same exact skins as WinAMP, so they will look exactly idtenical!

Naaaa... that takes the fun out of it. We have to hunt for the things we want, and you think we're just gonna tell the people that don't have the knowledge or patience where to get it? I think not, buddy.

well ya just sad and a bet ya all bullsh**in that ya got it of the net so if anyones got any balls send a link to me. ljr@x-stream.co.uk

:) no