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Reminder: General Availability for Windows 7 Beta Ending This Week
I wanted to quickly remind everyone that this week general availability for the Windows 7 Beta will be ending: February 10 th : Starting at 12am Pacific Time , no new downloads will be available. If you have already begun downloading the Windows 7 Beta, you have until Feb. 12 th to complete ...
List of antivirus suites that presently work with Windows 7 Beta
List of antivirus suites that presently work with Windows 7 Beta
techspot.com — If you’ve decided to give Windows 7 a whirl and have recently installed the open now closed... beta, you’ll have noticed that upon installation you are notified of the fact that you’re lacking proper antivirus software. This is nothing new and actually ... (more) List of antivirus suites that presently work with ...
 Run Windows 7 in VirtualBox
Run Windows 7 in VirtualBox
w7forums.com — Following on from our article about running Windows 7 within Microsoft Virtual PC, this tutorial will show... you how to run Windows 7 by using the more powerful VirtualBox application. VirtualBox is an open-source tool from which you can create a ... (more) Run Windows 7 in VirtualBox
No Windows 7 drivers yet? Try using Vista’s
No Windows 7 drivers yet? Try using Vista’s
techspot.com — If you’re holding back from testing your copy of Windows 7 because you’re not sure what to... do as far as device drivers are concerned, there is something you ought to know (if for some reason you didn’t until this point). Under the ... (more) No Windows 7 drivers yet? Try using Vista’s
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Microsoft stop Windows 7 beta downloads soon
TweakTown News RSS Feed — ... A quick heads up for those of you who haven't nabbed a copy of the Windows 7 public beta yet but would like to give it a run and see if you like where Microsoft are going with it. Microsoft will be putting a stop to any new downloads from the 10th of Feb (12am Pacific time) and any remaining downloads still active by the 12th of Feb at 9am Pacific time will be cut off for good. Only TechNet and MSDN subscribers are able to get a hold of it beyond this time and Microsoft will still leave product key registration open for a while longer. ...

Windows 7 beta signup ends today
TechSpot — ... . They sent out a reminder that if you want to snag it, Tuesday will be your last chance. For those who start downloading it by then, Microsoft will still have the image available until Thursday, giving users with slower Internet connections time to finish the process. After the beta concludes they will be moving into release candidate phase, which may not have public releases like the beta. After today, it is either torrents or waiting for release if you want to try out Windows 7. So if you've been on the fence, get it soon – and don’t forget to check our useful ...

Last Chance to Download Windows 7 Beta!
Maximum PC — ... . You have until 11:59 PM PST today to begin downloading Windows 7 (from Microsoft, anyway), and will have until 9 AM PST Thursday to finish the download, Microsoft said . It's the general public who are being cut off by tonight's deadline; MSDN and TechNet subscribers will still have access. If you miss the deadline, you'll have another opportunity when Microsoft releases its next test version of Windows 7, which the software maker says will closely resemble the final release. When that version of Windows 7 will arrive has not yet been announced. This is also a good time to ...

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