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Yes, but it still manages to confuse users into thinking they are actually
in the Technical beta, because they using a beta themselves.
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Andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:O7vL%...
> good point -- there is a very real difference between the CPP and the Tech
> Beta.
>
> --
> Charlie.
>
> Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
>> This most likely only applies to the Beta Testers, not to be confused
>> with the Customer Preview Program.
>> Those are two different programs with different purposes.
>>
>> Microsoft has known from the beginning who the Beta testers are.
>> If someone is not sure or they wonder how Microsoft may have the
>> information, they most likely are not a Beta tester and will not get
>> access to the download.
>>
>>
>> "doddsy" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> http://www.betanews.com/article/Micr...x64/1117205301
>
>

One gets a beta id in the first beta test you ever do for MS. You keep that
beta id forever more, and re-use it every time you're in another beta. That
beta id is in every email you get from the beta mailer daemon.
--
Charlie.

Gary MCSE wrote:
> How or where would one find his Beta ID?
> Is it possible to back track your registration?
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Then Microsoft already has all your information that you gave prior
>> to being accepted into the Beta.
>> Everything essential is tied to the Beta ID so there is no problem
>> for Beta testers with a real name or alias..
>>
>> --
>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
>> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
>> http://www.dts-l.org
>>
>>
>> "Gary MCSE" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> No, I also participated in the Beta program, prior to the CPP,
>>> Having downloaded three diferent builds, one being the final RTM
>>> version. "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:%...
>>>> Gary;
>>>> Based on the questions you are asking, it seems you participated
>>>> in the Customer Preview Program and not the Beta program.
>>>> If that is the case, you probably will not get access to the
>>>> download. --
>>>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>>>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
>>>> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
>>>> http://www.dts-l.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Gary MCSE" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>> I don't see anyway for MSFT to contact testers for this except
>>>>> off the download list.
>>>>> Most testers that post to the newsgroups don't use their real
>>>>> names making it prety tough to track who was actually "Testing
>>>>> and Posting" versus those who simply downloaded and never posted.
>>>>> But then again...Just my $.02

Gary;
Send an Email to your Beta contact at Microsoft.
It should also be on some of your Email from Microsoft.
It will not be on anything related to the CPP.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
http://www.dts-l.org


"Gary MCSE" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> How or where would one find his Beta ID?
> Is it possible to back track your registration?
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Then Microsoft already has all your information that you gave prior to
>> being accepted into the Beta.
>> Everything essential is tied to the Beta ID so there is no problem for
>> Beta testers with a real name or alias..
>>
>> --
>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
>> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
>> http://www.dts-l.org
>>
>>
>> "Gary MCSE" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> No, I also participated in the Beta program, prior to the CPP, Having
>>> downloaded three diferent builds, one being the final RTM version.
>>>
>>> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> Gary;
>>>> Based on the questions you are asking, it seems you participated in the
>>>> Customer Preview Program and not the Beta program.
>>>> If that is the case, you probably will not get access to the download.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>>>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
>>>> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
>>>> http://www.dts-l.org

Or accessible in your beta place.
--

Andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Gary;
> Send an Email to your Beta contact at Microsoft.
> It should also be on some of your Email from Microsoft.
> It will not be on anything related to the CPP.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "Gary MCSE" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> How or where would one find his Beta ID?
>> Is it possible to back track your registration?
>>
>> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Then Microsoft already has all your information that you gave prior to
>>> being accepted into the Beta.
>>> Everything essential is tied to the Beta ID so there is no problem for
>>> Beta testers with a real name or alias..
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
>>> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
>>> http://www.dts-l.org
>>>
>>>
>>> "Gary MCSE" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> No, I also participated in the Beta program, prior to the CPP, Having
>>>> downloaded three diferent builds, one being the final RTM version.
>>>>
>>>> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>> Gary;
>>>>> Based on the questions you are asking, it seems you participated in
>>>>> the Customer Preview Program and not the Beta program.
>>>>> If that is the case, you probably will not get access to the download.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>>>>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
>>>>> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
>>>>> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>

Charlie Russel - MVP <> wrote:
> One gets a beta id in the first beta test you ever do for MS. You
> keep that beta id forever more, and re-use it every time you're in
> another beta. That beta id is in every email you get from the beta
> mailer daemon.
Quite true, when I became an mvp, I received a new betaID. I don't know why
and I wasn't really happy because the first one I had was a very small #
but nevertheless, it doesn't change anything

Cheers


--
Christian Hougardy (MS XP MVP)
Johannesburg - South Africa
http://msmvps.com/xpditif

I kept my original one. Though I remember someone asking IF I had one, and I
rattled off the number and it never came up again. I'd be annoyed if mine
changed now, I've had it so long.

--
Charlie.

Christian Hougardy wrote:
> Charlie Russel - MVP <> wrote:
>> One gets a beta id in the first beta test you ever do for MS. You
>> keep that beta id forever more, and re-use it every time you're in
>> another beta. That beta id is in every email you get from the beta
>> mailer daemon.
> Quite true, when I became an mvp, I received a new betaID. I don't
> know why and I wasn't really happy because the first one I had was a
> very small # but nevertheless, it doesn't change anything
>
> Cheers

OK, I contacted the MSFT Beta types and Just as I thought..I do have a Beta
ID.

I knew I had to have one, Having Beta tested Windows ME and Windows XP Pro,
(Whistler).


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I kept my original one. Though I remember someone asking IF I had one, and
>I rattled off the number and it never came up again. I'd be annoyed if mine
>changed now, I've had it so long.
>
> --
> Charlie.
>
> Christian Hougardy wrote:
>> Charlie Russel - MVP <> wrote:
>>> One gets a beta id in the first beta test you ever do for MS. You
>>> keep that beta id forever more, and re-use it every time you're in
>>> another beta. That beta id is in every email you get from the beta
>>> mailer daemon.
>> Quite true, when I became an mvp, I received a new betaID. I don't
>> know why and I wasn't really happy because the first one I had was a
>> very small # but nevertheless, it doesn't change anything
>>
>> Cheers
>
>

Whats annoying about changing it? All that matters is the e-mail address?
--

Andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I kept my original one. Though I remember someone asking IF I had one, and
>I rattled off the number and it never came up again. I'd be annoyed if mine
>changed now, I've had it so long.
>
> --
> Charlie.
>
> Christian Hougardy wrote:
>> Charlie Russel - MVP <> wrote:
>>> One gets a beta id in the first beta test you ever do for MS. You
>>> keep that beta id forever more, and re-use it every time you're in
>>> another beta. That beta id is in every email you get from the beta
>>> mailer daemon.
>> Quite true, when I became an mvp, I received a new betaID. I don't
>> know why and I wasn't really happy because the first one I had was a
>> very small # but nevertheless, it doesn't change anything
>>
>> Cheers
>
>

Even though I bought my XP64 copy on day 1, I'll certainly use the other
freebie to deploy another x64 machine.
I in fact noticed that MS fixed certain bugs at the very last minute, such
as the find command unable to read beyond 4GB.


"Andre Da Costa" wrote:

> Yes, but it still manages to confuse users into thinking they are actually
> in the Technical beta, because they using a beta themselves.
> --
>
> Andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:O7vL%...
> > good point -- there is a very real difference between the CPP and the Tech
> > Beta.
> >
> > --
> > Charlie.
> >
> > Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> >> This most likely only applies to the Beta Testers, not to be confused
> >> with the Customer Preview Program.
> >> Those are two different programs with different purposes.
> >>
> >> Microsoft has known from the beginning who the Beta testers are.
> >> If someone is not sure or they wonder how Microsoft may have the
> >> information, they most likely are not a Beta tester and will not get
> >> access to the download.
> >>
> >>
> >> "doddsy" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >>> http://www.betanews.com/article/Micr...x64/1117205301
> >
> >
>
>
>

Just that I've used it so long I have it memorized and built into other
things. Would be a minor nuisance to get a new one. And a total PITA to have
a different one for every beta. (You don't want to know how many betas I'm on
at any given time.)

--
Charlie.

Andre Da Costa wrote:
> Whats annoying about changing it? All that matters is the e-mail
> address?
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in
> message news:...
>> I kept my original one. Though I remember someone asking IF I had
>> one, and I rattled off the number and it never came up again. I'd be
>> annoyed if mine changed now, I've had it so long.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>>
>> Christian Hougardy wrote:
>>> Charlie Russel - MVP <> wrote:
>>>> One gets a beta id in the first beta test you ever do for MS. You
>>>> keep that beta id forever more, and re-use it every time you're in
>>>> another beta. That beta id is in every email you get from the beta
>>>> mailer daemon.
>>> Quite true, when I became an mvp, I received a new betaID. I don't
>>> know why and I wasn't really happy because the first one I had was a
>>> very small # but nevertheless, it doesn't change anything
>>>
>>> Cheers