mike_barton
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Torrent fix for Vista download

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Jun 13, 20061 min

With the Web there is a way, and Windows Vista Torrent has come to the rescue of the Web latecomer Microsoft for its public beta release of Windows Vista, for which it recommend ordering a DVD because the demand is crippling it servers.

The torrent site offers an “unofficial mirroring with official validation” with its BitTorrent download for Vista Beta 2.

This is not a crack, this is not a hack, this is not software piracy – it’s unofficial mirroring with official validation. You can get a Windows Vista Beta 2 product key for free through Microsoft, as the OS won’t install without one.

See the site for the process, and don’t forget to leave your comments at Talkback: Your views on Vista.

mike_barton

Mike Barton started out in online slinging HTML for CNET.com in the late 1990s and began his editorial career at New Media magazine shortly thereafter. In his early days, he was an editor at Ziff-Davis's PC Computing and ZDNet.com before heading Down Under, where he produced and edited the business and technology sections of The Sydney Morning Herald online. After returning to the States in 2006, he has worked for IDG's Infoworld, PCWorld, Computerworld, and CSO Online. He currently edits and produces WIRED.com's Innovation Insights, and is a contributing editor at ITworld.

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