Ryanrk

Does anybody know if people or companies who subscribe to MSDN will have to do the activation for windows xp. I thought i read somewhere that they will turn that feature off for MSDN subscriber.

Well they did it for Windows ME beta series. And now they are doing it for Whistler, i would assume they will be doing it for later OS's. Just my assumption though.

Ok, Thanks.. I guess i'll wait and see what happens. Thanks for your info.

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by EddiE314: then whats the build number??! if its 5.1.2410 then its not Beta 2, its PRE-BETA 2.</font> That's exactly what it is. Do you have it installed? And where are you getting your information from? [This message has been edited by Ryanrk (edited 11 January 2001).]

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by CUViper: ok, so did they post it like they said they would? is it really beta 2?</font> Well, i downloaded it and installed it and all over the installation it said Microsoft Whistler Beta 2. So i feel it's Beta 2 but according to everybody else in here it's not. Which makes me wonder if it's not beta 2 then why does it say beta 2 all thoughout the installation.

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by EddiE314: man, this guy doesn't give up, he's sure that 2410 is Beta 2, its hilairious. Man, if you want to believe its Beta2, go ahead. </font> I'm just telling you what i read. If 2410 is pre-beta 2 then let it be that. I'm just defending my position in saying that On there website they claim it's Beta2.

Ummmmm, yea it wierd you would think microsoft would put it up first. Anyway i thought build 2410 has been out for a few days? well it's on nonags, been downloading it all night. They state it's beta2. During the ME beta testing nonads had some of them up usually the night before microsoft did.

Whistler beta2 is out, it's on nomads right now. Build 2410 (i guess it's been out for a few days now). They state it's the official Whistler Beta 2 (is it?). D/l it as i write! it's not on msdn yet. Might be there later.

Well, that's what it says on there website, it's not up yet. I also have a msdn account and it isn't there either.

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by CM: Where? Can you post this message?</font> Huh? This is what it says on the registered users section of www.nonags.com it says "don't start downloading Whistler Beta 1 because Beta 2 is coming Tonight" and it was put up there today.

Message at www.nonags.com You have to be a registered member though. [This message has been edited by Ryanrk (edited 10 January 2001).] [This message has been edited by Ryanrk (edited 10 January 2001).]

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by CM: Really? Even the latest build? </font> They have Beta 1 right now build 2296 but so does microsoft's msdn account. So there up to date with that. I dont' think 2410 has been released to the msdn or to nonags yet. They might wait until they release beta 2 before putting it up, i dunno though. [This message has been edited by Ryanrk (edited 08 January 2001).]

I got mine though my msdn account. www.nonags.com has it but you have to pay for there plus program to get it which is $30 but you get a lifetime membership, they have some kind of agreement with microsoft to distribute it, they had the whole ME beta series on there and they usually get it when all the beta testers do. Besides that i'm not sure where to go. There's a faq on this site that tells you another place also.

Sheesh jdulmage, his other question is totally unrelated to this one and i don't understand how you can even relate the two. ]

You have to realize though, Windows95 was new technology, it was nothing like any other operating system. Now Windows95 has been though alot of changes. win98, winME. Microsoft basically has that kernel down and the NT kernel, So when they release a new NT kernel i'm not to afraid because they basically use there own code over again but add new features. So for Whistler it's basically win2k with new features, I found win2k running great, and also i found Whistler running great with some minor bugs that should be expected in a beta. Like features that don't work and stuff. Now if microsoft releases a new Kernel and starts a beta program on it i would be reluctant to try it, since it's new. Understand my thoery?