Windows 7 Patch Released

Microsoft issued its first patch for the just-released Windows 7 beta, but it passed on plugging a hole in an important file-sharing protocol that it fixed in older versions of the operating system.
Yesterday, Windows Update, Microsoft’s primary update service, began delivering the first patch to Windows 7 since the company struggled to launch the public [...]

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Windows 7 Beta – Ready to download again

Microsoft initially released the Windows 7 beta Friday afternoon, but the massive user response caused Microsoft’s servers to buckle under the pressure. Following the addition of extra “infrastructure support,” the files are now back online in the following locations:
• Windows 7 beta: Official Microsoft page
Microsoft’s complete collection of Windows 7 news, videos, Q&As, and official [...]

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Windows 7 beta download delayed

Microsoft has delayed the public release of its Windows 7 beta download due to an overwhelming demand that its servers couldn’t handle.
“Due to very heavy traffic we’re seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta,”.

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Download and Test Windows7

As anticipated, Microsoft used CES to launch the beta of Windows 7, posting the preview of the company’s next operating system to its developer download services.
Microsoft made it clear that the beta will be available for a “limited time,” and said it will cap the beta after the first 2.5 million downloads.
IT professionals and [...]

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Windows 7 Beta available on BitTorrent

Pirated copies of a Windows 7 build pegged by many as the beta Microsoft will release next month have leaked to the Internet, according to searches at several BitTorrent sites today.
A search on the Pirate Bay BitTorrent site, for example, returned two Windows 7 Build 7000 listings, both of which had been posted Friday.
As of [...]

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