Windows 7 Beta 1 Goes Public

Windows 7 Beta 1 is now available for the public to download.
It has been comfirmed that the build (7000) that leaked just after Christmas is the same as this one.

Microsoft is also providing a QFE patch for the MP3 corruption issues (KB961367) that people is experiencing with build 7000. If you don’t apply the QFE patch you may lose parts of your MP3s.

JCXP has come up with a way to legit get a product key for Windows 7, here is how to:

Step 1 : Logon to http://technet.microsoft.com (click on Sign in in the upper right corner)

Step 2 : Copy (Don’t CLICK IT!) one of the links below to the address bar and press enter :

32-Bit key
https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-32-ww&LCID=1033

64-bit key
https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-64-ww&LCID=1033

Tip : You can use the 64-bit during a 32-bit installation and a 32-bit key during a 64-bit installation (it seems that getting a 64-bit key is faster!)
Step 3 : If you receive an error, just press F5 to refresh (I had to refresh more then 10 times before I received the key), if you’re being redirected then you didn’t follow the steps 1 and 2 correctly!