I am not on MSDN does anyone know another place to download XP SP2 Beta 1?

Hi

It is available either via the Beta site or MSDN. If you haven't got access to either of those, then you won't be able to download it.

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"kenny-knight" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am not on MSDN does anyone know another place to download XP SP2 Beta 1?
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Why would you want to? A *beta* does not mean "way l33+ r0x0r software no
one else has." "Beta" means "in testing, prone to crashes and other
trouble." The posting style doesn't sound like that of, oh, an IT director
that would need to test ahead of time (and would know about betas and MSDN
in advance anyway.)

Just wait for the release and inevitable followup hotfixes.

"kenny-knight" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am not on MSDN does anyone know another place to download XP SP2 Beta 1?
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>

kenny-knight wrote:
> I am not on MSDN does anyone know another place to download XP SP2
> Beta 1?

Kenny,
If you don't have access to it, then you are not authorized to download it.
If you have to ask in this newsgroup, then you are probably not a good
candidate for installing beta software without a proper catch net. I have
been a beta tester since 97, and it is not for the faint of heart. you must
have a dedicated beta system or a system that is available on backup media
if the beta bits cause a clean system install.
Keep this in mind when you find your SP2 update.
BTW, I installed SP2, evaluated SP2, sent in bug reports and removed it. It
was not ready for prime time.
Waiting for next build.
The difference? You install the beta software, have problems but can't relay
the information to MS. You have no support groups to tell you if you install
certain build #XXXXXX it cannot be uninstalled but must be reformatted.
If you want to try beta software, make sure it does not affect your main
system.
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Maybe he has been trying (like me) to become a beta-tester since 97.
The fact that he has never been accepted might make him try to get the stuff
via whatever means or ways.
I can understand him.

It is frustrating how MS cntinues to limit their beta-tester list to the
same people again and again.
This is not a warranty for new ideas, it's even discriminating.

"Michael Stevens" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23OA%(E-Mail Removed)...
> kenny-knight wrote:
> > I am not on MSDN does anyone know another place to download XP SP2
> > Beta 1?
>
> Kenny,
> If you don't have access to it, then you are not authorized to download
it.
> If you have to ask in this newsgroup, then you are probably not a good
> candidate for installing beta software without a proper catch net. I have
> been a beta tester since 97, and it is not for the faint of heart. you
must
> have a dedicated beta system or a system that is available on backup media
> if the beta bits cause a clean system install.
> Keep this in mind when you find your SP2 update.
> BTW, I installed SP2, evaluated SP2, sent in bug reports and removed it.
It
> was not ready for prime time.
> Waiting for next build.
> The difference? You install the beta software, have problems but can't
relay
> the information to MS. You have no support groups to tell you if you
install
> certain build #XXXXXX it cannot be uninstalled but must be reformatted.
> If you want to try beta software, make sure it does not affect your main
> system.
> --
>
> Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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> http://michaelstevenstech.com
> For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
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>

do a google search, there 10 places with it

Before you install any of these, I would recommend you do a complete backup
as these are unauthorized beta versions and will have no support options
other than a complete reinstall if something breaks and you are running a
unauthorized version of a service pack beta.

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Microsoft Technical Support

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"Willit" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> do a google search, there 10 places with it

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention these are unauthorized versions, the link is right to the MS server. You guys just never give up.

Willit wrote:

> Oh yeah, I forgot to mention these are unauthorized versions, the link is right to the MS server. You guys just never give up.

Hi

Even if you use the Express Install that downloads SP2 from a Microsoft site, it is still a unauthorized installation, and as Marc
wrote you will have no support options if something breaks. So I would say that his advice to make a full backup of your system
before installing it is a good advice.


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"Picsou" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Maybe he has been trying (like me) to become a beta-tester since 97.
> The fact that he has never been accepted might make him try to get the
stuff
> via whatever means or ways.
> I can understand him.
>
> It is frustrating how MS cntinues to limit their beta-tester list to the
> same people again and again.
> This is not a warranty for new ideas, it's even discriminating.

(E-Mail Removed) send an email and follow the instruction you get from
the reply exactly. This is how I became a beta tester, and I only keep my
tester status by following the beta requirements and NDA restrictions. I see
many new testers in the beta newsgroups all the time.
Posting messages to non beta newsgroups will not help his quest to be added
to the beta tester program.
Myself and any other authorized beta tester is limited by NDA on what
information can be disclosed. That is why it is so inappropriate to post
questions about service packs currently in beta to the public newsgroups and
why the questions get the replies they get.
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