• Windows Vista Beta 2 now available for download

    Posted on June 8, 2006 at 01:27 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    In the past few minutes, Microsoft posted the “official” Windows Vista Beta 2 bits here.

    The Servers will melt down in about ten minutes, but if you’re persistent, you’ll get a copy sooner or later.

    The original announcement appeared before the site was ready, at MSBlog.

    Neowin points to BartysBlog for information on how to get a key.

    After you download the file, you’ll have to burn it to DVD using software that can handle ISOs, or you can access the file from a network using an ISO emulator such as UltraISO ($29.95) or the Paragon Emulator personal edition, which is free.

    Notes: At 3.13 GB, it’s a big hummer. The fiename indicates it’s Build 5384.4, which is the same build that was released at WinHEC, and has been available via MSDN, and on the newsgroups, for weeks. No official confirmation whether it’s really the same build, but it seems likely. Oh. And the download manager requires Sun Java, natch. No yechy ActiveX here, no sireee.

    UPDATE: A good friend just wrote to advise that the version of Beta 2 available on Microsoft’s site, called Build 5384.4, is indeed precisely the same version as the one distributed at WinHEC, which is the same as the one made available to MSDN members, and the version that was widely available on the newsgroups about two weeks ago.

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