Thanks. I've now tried - IE6, Firefox, Getright, the Vista suggested
download manager and now Opera.
I get the same problem on all of them - a 13.7Mb file.
Each time it just confirms more that the MS servers are screwed - for most
of us trying the x64 bin anyway
"Ron Miller" <millerDOT90@osu.edu> wrote in message
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> 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.