Where and how to get Vista

 Although   pulled the plug on the download links for the Vista beta public release, there are still some places that you can get it. Most of the sites are a bit unsavory especially for the younger ones among  us, even I don't like going to these site's mainly due to there voting schemes, relentless pop-ups and links .

Here is one site that clean and favorable, highly respected in the Beta community and major source of information, the site has either strong Microsoft connections or indeed has an espionage network equaled only by the CIA.

Joking apart it is a cracking site for information and know how, has a large membership base who utlise its forums frequently making it an attractive source of opinion.

The Site

Now there are a couple of ways you can get the required beta releases from this site, neither of which are directly, They have a new java based chat page based very much on the mIRC client and indeed these are the ways to obtain the release software releases you want, now the only trouble with using their own IRC from the site I have never managed to use it to download I have not tried much only a couple of times and have never gone into the forums to find out how. Why not you may ask? , well I have continued to use the method I have always or since I knew about it.

Where and how to get Vista

 Although   pulled the plug on the download links for the Vista beta public release, there are still some places that you can get it. Most of the sites are a bit unsavory especially for the younger ones among  us, even I don't like going to these site's mainly due to there voting schemes, relentless pop-ups and links .

Here is one site that clean and favorable, highly respected in the Beta community and major source of information, the site has either strong Microsoft connections or indeed has an espionage network equaled only by the CIA.

Joking apart it is a cracking site for information and know how, has a large membership base who utlise its forums frequently making it an attractive source of opinion.

The Site

Now there are a couple of ways you can get the required beta releases from this site, neither of which are directly, They have a new java based chat page based very much on the mIRC client and indeed these are the ways to obtain the release software releases you want, now the only trouble with using their own IRC from the site I have never managed to use it to download I have not tried much only a couple of times and have never gone into the forums to find out how. Why not you may ask? , well I have continued to use the method I have always or since I knew about it.   

Step  1

As expected step is easy all you have to do is download and install the client

download HERE

Step 2

Not quite as easy but not hard either.

At first opening remember to allow past your firewall your presented with

Here you must enter your name, a valid email, a nickname, and an alternative

You must here in the connections/options/advanced tag check the DCC box and make sure you have a similar port range as this.

 In the DCC/ignore tab it must look like this choose disabled from drop-down menu and unchecked Turn back on in ?? Min's, if you don't you wont get any files.

Thats about it your ready to go

Step 3

type in the bottom

/server irc.winbeta.org

To register your nickname on the server,

 type: /nickserv register PASSWORD EMAIL

 this should be the same as you put in at beginning of step 2, you only need to do this the first time all you need to from now on assuming you vist now and then is type is

/nickserv identify PASSWORD and you connect.

next we have to join winbeta session so we type

/join #winbeta

still nothing to download but you must be in a winbeta session to join winbeta-ads

type

/join #winbeta-ads

Here you can wait for the bots to advertise the files they have on offer or you can ask, some say wait until I advertise some will tell you.

to ask type

/msg WB-XDCC-USA-337 xdcc list

change the bot location and number to one you wish to ask.

if you see a file you want type

/msg WB-XDCC-USA-337 xdcc send #2

again changing above to correspond with bot and file number, they will either queue you depending on demand or just send it.

There you go easy as pie and all the beta's you want

if you use a router the check out Port Forward as well

Need anymore info or have problems or even if I screwed up tell me below