Matt Carter wrote:
> THank you for this Mark. Silly me! I should ALWAYS check my e-mail! 
>
> I did try this though, THANK YOU! I got the SAME error message! (not
> mad at you!)
>
> Thank you for your interest in Windows Vista Beta 2.
>
> We are currently experiencing a high level of demand and cannot process your
> request at this time.
>
> Please check back later for availability. We apologize for any inconvenience.
>
>
> I tried to download from file
>
> http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...t/1149728719/1
>
> I clicked on the x32 and download button:
>
> It takes me to:
> http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/...FRE_EN_DVD.iso
>
> On the page I get:
> Access denied.
>
> Please go to http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/preview
>
Here's an interesting twist. I got NOwhere by trying to use either IE7
or Firefox for the Beta-2 download. A friend told me to try Opera.
Using the latest version of Opera, I pasted the link from the email MS
sent me with the product key. Lo and behold, I was taken to a DIFFERENT
MS page, which others on this forum have described, but I'd certainly
never seen it with Firefox or IE7. It had links for downloading either
x86 or x64 via Akami Download Manager and corresponding links for
downloading with "your own download manager." Since Opera has a
built-in DM, I clicked the link to download the 32-bit version with my
own DM, and it started downloading immediately at 360KBs. It hasn't
slowed down yet, and I have 35% of the download completed in less than
50 minutes. I don't know how far it will continue, but after about 200
fruitless tries to get the download started with IE and Firefox and then
getting it on the FIRST TRY with Opera, I'd say there's something
strange going on here. Toto, I don't think we're in Redmond any more.
Conclusion: if you're frustrated with the download, give Opera a try.
It certainly can't hurt anything.