Based on all the queries I;m acquiring this morning, Microsoft may possibly not possess a problem getting the up-to two.5 million public testers for the Windows 7 Beta release they're allowing. However the testers could possibly obtain themselves possessing a heck of a time finding the bits, that are because of out on Friday, January 9.Update: Microsoft is telling testers to attempt back immediately after noon PT nowadays. Officials confirmed that the Windows web-site (www.microsoft.com/windows) continues to be down this early morning but is up once more now. They are declaring not to anticipate the bits to get on this internet site till around noon PT, yet.Update No. 2: In the event you really can;t wait one additional hour (or two),
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, try using the direct download trick that Neowin recommends in the 1st paragraph of its post. (For those who just click on the immediate hyperlinks, Microsoft redirects you and also you;ll just get hung up again. You need to do the copy and paste phase.)Update No. 3: It;s twelve:10 p.m. PT. No Windows 7 Beta bits are available around the Microsoft-provided Windows website link. No new phrase through the Softies.Update No. 4: They're incorporating a lot more servers just before “turning them on.” From a spokesman (at 12:20 PT): “Because of to rather heavy traffic we;re seeing as a result of interest in the Windows seven Beta, we are incorporating some extra infrastructure support to Microsoft.com properties just before we publish the public Beta today. We want to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the Beta, and will be in touch after the Beta goes live.”Update No. 5: It;s immediately after five p.m. ET. Nonetheless no bits.The difficulty so far nowadays has been how testers can get to the download web site. Microsoft;s Windows internet site (www.microsoft.com/windows) — the main place for downloads of the Win seven Beta — continues to be down for me and others since early this morning. One person who managed to get by means of said there is a message about the web page saying the Beta code will be live “this afternoon” (no indication as to when that means, ET, PT or what). Yesterday, I heard Microsoft;s goal was to start allowing Windows seven Beta downloads as of 6 a.m. PT on January 9….Neowin and Ars Technica are both reporting the public can get their hands around the public Windows 7 Beta via the TechNet link. But, as expected, that website seems to get down, too, due to too many folks hitting the servers.While you;re waiting, you may possibly want to perform a quick system check. Beta 1 will require a PC with a 1-GHz processor, 1GB of memory, 16GB of on the market hard disk space and support for DX9 graphics with 128MB of memory, according to Microsoft.I;ve asked Microsoft for far more information. Stay tuned for those who;re champing at the bit for your bits.