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someone already tested it ?@frauhottelmann wrote:
You can’t use Aero in VMWare, because there is no certified driver for it.
Ahh, yes, now I see why that can become annoying 😀
I don’t really understand why more people (especially from this site) aren’t jumping all over this beta… it’s amazing!! The only thing I can’t figure out how to do so far (that I had working in 2008 non R2) is the new win7 sidebar (gadgets)… but I have the vista sidebar working fine… for the mean time.
Hopefully more people can jump into the beta and see how stable it is and enjoy the new Win 7 functionality…
I’m happy as a clam!
Correct I had the same problem… I ended up calling MS and then had to try to convince the lady that its a free version of a beta operating system, etc…. She wouldn’t believe the key was published online…. *shrugs*. I think she finally didn’t want to argue anymore and just read me the activation code.
My hunch in this goes back to whether it’s an upgrade key or a clean install key…. I haven’t heard any upgraders complain about the key…. But all my installs were fresh/clean installs….. What was yours – upgrade or clean?
I believe the website on the MSDN forums specify it as upgrade only… but the clean install WORKS – though it says it’s not supported on the ISO image. I got mine directly from that link – and yes mine has the clean install option… It’s their own headache really – now they just have to deal with all the calls coming in. 😕
@JonusC wrote:
Sweet. Cheers. I was just reading up on it, and will be grabbing it tonight.
Noticed it’s 64-bit only too.
Yes, Server 2008 (not R2) was announced as the last 32-bit release for serverside operating systems by MS. I believe they’ve also announced Windows 7 will be the last 32-bit workstation as well.
That’s a good thing in my opinion. It will force people with old-school dinosaur hardware to upgrade (so they don’t whinge and moan about “how crappy anything later than XP runs”) not to mention get hardware/device vendors to get their drivers signed…
…that’s kind of a bad thing though. The compulsory driver signing I mean. It’s the one biggest thing that i’m scared about moving to a 64-bit OS =( Is there some really good way to permanently turn it off? Apart from hitting F8 every time (maybe a boot parameter we can add to BCDEdit) hmm i might research that myself when I could be bothered…
I’m going to install Windows 7 Beta tonight, followed by 2008 R2 tomorrow, so I can get on the bandwagon quick to figure out whats different on the inside, and research on the “Convert 2008 R2 to Workstation 7” hehe! Exciting stuff.
@frauhottelmann wrote:
Mh fortunately I didn’t have any driver-problems with 64-bit yet! The only thing that didn’t work was infrared, but it always gave me problems!^^
There is one driver instance I know I will definately have problems with – XBCD. It’s a driver for Xbox1 controllers, that will NEVER be digitally signed I know – Microsoft won’t allow it!
Yep this is true! They have better analog sticks too so I probably will. Haha thats exactly right though – I said “it will force people to upgrade” and yep, that’s what’ll happen lol.
Anyway the controller I have is actually pretty good… it’s a PowerWare “carbon” that’s actually identical to the 360 controller without the guide button 😛 Start/Select are where the LB/RB buttons are. Yet I love using XBOX1 controllers on PC because the driver software lets you remap every single button… i’ll miss that =( Or… meh, ill prolly find a signed driver hack anyway.
EDIT: I just installed both Windows 7 and 2008 R2 on a spare harddrive. I love 2008 R2 so much i’m using it as my primary OS. P.S. Final/RTM will be out BEFORE August 1st 😉 source – http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=649
So, expect me to be a lot more active in THIS part of the forum from now on as a I start bringing Windows 7 features to 2008 R2 =D
Scratch that last edit. I can’t even activate Server 2008 R2, I tried manual by phone, but you just can’t use that key more than once. I even went so far as to try a tokens.dat cr.ack for Server 2008 R1 (our current one) but a lot of little things have changed to prevent such over-rides and “fakers” from working.
Microsoft provided per-user keys for Windows 7 Ultimate Beta so we could trial for months, until release date or at least another major (RC). But a common key for Server 2008 R2 was a mistake… “This key has already been activated” was what I was told when calling up.
I refuse to beta test something that will only last an absolute maximum of 120 days! I can’t fully test it’s capabilites. So much for making Server 2008 R2 my primary OS =(
I could use Windows 7, because the superbar ROCKS SO DAMN HARD, but i’d rather stick with ol’ Windows 6 Server until I figure out just how to activate this crap.
I’ve called in twice now and both times they started out kind of playing dumb… And after me showing I wasn’t giving up, they read me the numbers and I was good to go….
Just be firm and calm…. If that doesn’t work feed them something along the lines of discrimination or such – after all it IS a public beta…. *shrugs*
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