Windows Vista Beta 1 Released and other Info

[balilu]

Yesterday the official Windows Vista Beta 1 was released and is now being sent to 20,000 Beta testers and MSDN Subscribers. If you haven't yet received an invitation. Don't give up you may still receive an invitation later on when Microsoft sends the next wave of invitation. As you may have seen Windows Vista Beta 1 has been launched ahead of schedule because it had to be released on 3rd August.

For MSDN Subscribers these download versions of Windows Vista are available:

Windows Longhorn Professional Edition Beta 1 - checked/debug (English) 2.49 GB

Windows Longhorn Professional Edition Beta 1 (English) 2.42 GB

Windows Longhorn Professional Edition Beta 1 Windows Developers Kit (English) 361.59 MB

Windows Longhorn Professional x64 Edition Beta 1 - checked/debug (English) 1.84 GB

Windows Longhorn Professional x64 Edition Beta 1 (English) 1.73 GB

Also Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta has been released to the same windows Vista Testers and is available in the real IE7 for Vista and another one for Windows XP (with SP2 only), Windows x64 and Windows 2003.

One difference between the two is temporary , according to Schare. The IE 7.0 beta that runs on XP SP2 includes the new phishing filter that Microsoft has designed to be part of the product. The IE 7.0 bits that are part of Vista Beta 1 does not yet include the filter, but it will do so by the time Microsoft releases Vista Beta 2. The reason for the discrepancy was purely scheduling, Schare said. The Vista team froze the Vista Beta 1 code before the filter was ready for inclusion.

Here are some links to unofficial screenshots:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_beta1_gallery_01.asp

http://www.jcxp.net/vista_beta1_shots/

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_beta1_cleaninstall_gallery.asp

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_beta1_cleaninstall_gallery2.asp

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/0,1206,pg=0&s=26945&a=156757,00.asp

As you may have seen the boot screen hasn't been updated yet to Windows Vista but it's still boots saying Windows Longhorn. Also in some other Parts of The OS it still says Longhorn instead of Vista.

These are some officila facts about Windows Vista Beta 1:

Security:

User Account Protection features

Windows Service Hardening

Anti-malware features

Advanced data protection technologies

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Network Access Protection

Firewall

Deployment:

The Windows Imaging (WIM)

Windows Pre-installation Environment (PE)

The Application Compatibility Toolkit

Manageability:

An improved Task Scheduler

Web Services for Management

Microsoft Management Console 3.0

Performance:

Quick startup

Sleep state

Clear and Connected:

Searching and finding information

Glass and new Window animation

Redesigned Start menu with application search

Sync Manager

Networked projection for mobile PCs

For more information on each and every one of these features check out Microsoft 's Windows Vista Beta 1 Fact Sheet

Source:

Microsoft Watch

MSTechToday

ArsTechnica

CNet News

 

[FragTek]

I love how they boast quick startup with every new os even though each next gen os they come out with takes longer to load than the last

 

[NickS]

It'sa downloading. (64-Bit Version)

 

[JN]

It looks nice, but then i turn all that flashy junk off anyway so it probably wont make any difference to me

 

[NickS]

I have the flashy stuff cranked on XP .

 

[FragTek]

I have the flashy stuff cranked on XP .

Ditto, lol.

 

[Eguy]

Downloading now... we will se how sh**ty it is compared to the previous release

 

[NickS]

The old release was total s*it.

 

[JN]

It'sa downloading. (64-Bit Version)

I hope your all MSDN subscribers? We all know the rules about illegal software here

 

[enVias]

I hope your all MSDN subscribers? We all know the rules about illegal software here

I don't think it's possible for him to be an MSDN subscriber is it?

 

[FragTek]

I don't think it's possible for him to be an MSDN subscriber is it?

Nope

Tsk tsk Nick. :nono:

 

[balilu]

i don't tjhink anyone here is an MSDN Subcriber

 

[NickS]

Nope, who givesafuck!?!

 

[JN]

Nope, who givesafuck!?!

Ahem...SX's host...

 

[Eguy]

i don't tjhink anyone here is an MSDN Subcriber

I am Its worth it to me cause I got lots of microsofts products on my computers and I gotta use it for work

 

[NickS]

Hi Mr. & Mrs. Sxhost .

 

[enVias]

That would be Mr. & Mrs. Enom

 

[NickS]

 

[Joe]

i don't tjhink anyone here is an MSDN Subcriber

actually *raises hand in shame* i am .. i get loadsa betas posted out 2 me and i get invited to bill live webcasts (whoopty-doo .. sarcasm)

 

[balilu]

ok then i thought it was hard to be an msdn subscriber