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How to Install Windows Vista Beta
Saturday, July 15th, 2006
Microsoft last month made Windows Vista Beta 2 publicly available for download or delivery on DVD
via its Windows Vista Consumer Preview Program (CPP). The CPP closed to new registrations on June 30, and it appears Microsoft will not reopen it when Vista Release Candidate 1 arrives, but all registered CPP users will be offered RC1 as well.
What’s the best way to install and test Windows Vista? There are three main ways to do so gracefully. There are also one or two tricks of the trade.
First, though, some things you should know: The downloadable version is an ISO file, which is designed to be burned to a DVD and then installed from the DVD. That means the computer you’re installing Vista on needs a DVD drive. It is, though, possible to get around that requirement by installing Vista over a network from a machine that has a DVD drive to a machine that does not. My recommendation is to use a wired, not wireless, connection when you’re doing this. Hands On: How to Install Windows Vista Beta
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