Welcome to the Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program

[SwaleSmith]

Do u feel a trade in for ur Vista stuff should be in order ?

I don't follow you...sorry I'm a little slow tonight

 

[Rastalovich]

Like send ur Vista pack back to m$, it was obviously faulty .

I got a $300 Vista pack here somewhere hehe

 

[SwaleSmith]

oh you can do that LOL

I have oem vista ultimate disc

 

[charlie-j]

I'm still downloading mine - 77%. I will install on my new hard drive and then take it off and install XP Media Center edition.

EDIT: or 49% you know... it just jumped back somehow

 

[Pyr0]

Creative have released an official Windows 7 beta driver

Beta Driver

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Series Beta Driver 2.18.0008

Filesize : 49.31 MB Download

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Release date : 28 Jan 09

This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7 Beta support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

File Name : SBXF_W7DRVBETA_US_2_18_0008.exe

This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® 7 Beta support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Take note of the following:

* THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver.

* We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver on a system used to perform critical tasks.

* Users who are looking for stable drivers should wait for the final release. When this happens, user should install the latest Sound Blaster X-Fi series driver available.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

* Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

* Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty® Professional Series

* Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer

* Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series

* Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum

* Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty

* Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro

* Sound Blaster X-Fi

Requirements:

* Microsoft Windows 7 Beta

* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series audio devices listed above

Notes:

* To install this driver

1. Download the .exe file onto your local hard disk.

2. Double-click the downloaded file.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

http://support.creative.com/downloads/welcome.aspx?nDriverType=11#type_11

 

[SwaleSmith]

does anyone else find that ie8 is buggy seems to be forever crashing particuraly on oc3d ....unacceptable LOL

I seem to be unable to find a windows7 driver for my GTX 295 seems no to be one and it isn't discovered by windows update as they say it should.

 

[JN]

does anyone else find that ie8 is buggy seems to be forever crashing particuraly on oc3d ....unacceptable LOL

OC3D. Teaching IE users a valuable lesson since 2005.

 

[SwaleSmith]

lol

 

[FragTek]

I have a 64 bit copy downloaded and waiting to be installed as soon as the new computer parts come in.

 

[themcman1]

I couldn't get it installed in VirtualPC and really can't be bothered if it's just going to throw an error at me - it's supposed to be more 'user-friendly'.

 

[Brooksie]

Creative have released an official Windows 7 beta driver

http://support.creative.com/downloads/welcome.aspx?nDriverType=11#type_11

Holy. Creative, releasing drivers?! Those drivers may work in vista aswell, as they use the same driver code thing.