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Windows Vista Weblog

October 10th, 2006

Microsoft pulled RC2, Torrent already online

As one of our commenters already wrote, RC2 is offline! Going to Microsoft’s website it appears as if RC2 didn’t even exist. All the download-links are gone and the page just redirects to the Vista default…
But, like we have seen before, Bittorrent to the rescue! So go here for the Vista RC2 torrent (via digg.com).
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By Vincent -- 0 comments

June 18th, 2006

Microsoft pulls VistaTorrent.com

Oh man, a few days after I wrote about the VistaTorrent site, MS has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the website asking to stop its distribution of Vista Beta 2. What is this about?!? Microsoft should have made their own torrent in the first place! Damn! I really don’t understand this. The company has even […]

By Vincent -- 2 comments

June 13th, 2006

Get Vista via BitTorrent

As I mentioned here, Microsoft is encouraging people who can wait to order the DVD, yada yada. Offcourse nobody can wait! There’s a new site called Windows Vista Torrent that you can use to download Vista Beta 2 using BitTorrent. They have published an easy 1-2-3 howto, so you should be downloading those gigs within […]

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June 11th, 2006

Beta2 can take down the internet

Could Windows Vista break the Internet? Bink.nu writes about the fact that the demand for Windows Vista Beta 2 has been overwhelming. It is the largest downloaded software in history. Currently, they are serving product keys out ten times faster then the downloads can be served. In fact, they are pumping out bits as fast […]

By Vincent -- 4 comments

June 9th, 2006

All things Vista beta2

Beta2 is hot so I’ve collected some nice links. Here we go: Five things you should know before installing Vista Beta 2, Windows Vista beta 2 Visual Tour, Torrent for Vista Public Beta 2, Windows Vista Beta 2 Wallpapers, 2006 World Cup Vista Icon Flags and some nice WinFX/Vista demos (also for XP).
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By Vincent -- 4 comments