Installing Windows 7 Beta

[txnetcop]

I have received several emails asking how to install Windows7 from the forum so I will post this here. Read carefully before installing. It is pretty straight forward and so far I have encountered no issues. There are a ton of 64bit drivers now if you want to attempt it but you can still get a good feel for Windows7 in 32bit mode.
Ted

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-installation-instructions.aspx

 

[Gregory Paul]

Where do I get the product key of windows 7. I used the one from my Vista but that was a no go. Now I just left the blank empty and it loaded up just fine so do I need a product key?

 

[Butcherbird17]

The Product Keys are now universal (have been for about a week now).
I think MS servers couldn't handle the rush for the beta so they released the universal keys for it.

64-bit keys:

JYDV8-H8VXG-74RPT-6BJPB-X42V4
RFFTV-J6K7W-MHBQJ-XYMMJ-Q8DCH
482XP-6J9WR-4JXT3-VBPP6-FQF4M
D9RHV-JG8XC-C77H2-3YF6D-RYRJ9
7XRCQ-RPY28-YY9P8-R6HD8-84GH3


32-bit keys:

6JKV2-QPB8H-RQ893-FW7TM-PBJ73
4HJRK-X6Q28-HWRFY-WDYHJ-K8HDH
GG4MQ-MGK72-HVXFW-KHCRF-KW6KY
QXV7B-K78W2-QGPR6-9FWH9-KGMM7
TQ32R-WFBDM-GFHD2-QGVMH-3P9GC

Joe

 

[Gregory Paul]

Thanks