mark1234:

Platup:

Hey MS.  Can I take the hardware survey again?

You can edit your existing survey. I've already done it when I increased the RAM in my machine.

I don't have an option to edit?  I only have an option to end participation.

 

Platup:

I don't have an option to edit?  I only have an option to end participation.

From your Connection Dashboard click on Windows Media Center Beta Program then Surveys. You now get a list of the surveys you've done and an option to edit.

 

Mark,

Thank you very much..

I wasn't drilling down far enough last night.  I was able to edit it successfully today.

JesperH:

MrNorth,

the first time I just ended up in Microsoft connect - nothing in terms of accept the invite. I tried to click again, and the same error as you happened. But when looking in the connect list page I saw Windows 7 Beta Program and Windows Media Center Beta Program appearing which makes me to conclude that I have accepted the beta program the first time I clicked the link.

Check the same for your connect list.

/Jesper

 

Yes its working for me now, thanks!

/Henrik

I hope I'm not breaking any rules, but I have to ask.  I received the official Windows 7 Beta invite on 12/17 and immediately accepted and responded to the three surveys.  I thought this was the Media Center invite... but the Connect site shows Win 7 Beta active, and the Media Center Betas as "pending".  After reading a few of the above posts it seems like perhaps I'm not completely in the "club".  Anyone else in the same situation?  Again, if this is a big no-no then I'm sorry and I'll edit this post.  Just want a sanity check...

As noted on several other website (not just Media Center specific ones), the Windows 7 beta program has yet to start.  I think you will hear a lot of news when the program officially opens.

I understand it hasn't started yet, my question is are there two separate beta programs; Windows 7 and Win 7 Media Center?  Thanks!

At this point its probably better to direct specific questions pertaining to the beta to the private Microsoft news-groups or respective private Microsoft-Connect forums for said beta. This is a public forum as you all know. I personally think it would be of great benefit if we had a private forum here at thegreenbutton.com for such things but I don’t think we are going to get it anytime soon if at all.

ToadMazter:

I understand it hasn't started yet, my question is are there two separate beta programs; Windows 7 and Win 7 Media Center?  Thanks!

I'm sure there will be several different subsets of testers as their already are.  If it will be a direct divide between Windows 7 General and Windows 7 Media Center, I don't know.

Octavean:

At this point its probably better to direct specific questions pertaining to the beta to the private Microsoft news-groups or respective private Microsoft-Connect forums for said beta. This is a public forum as you all know. I personally think it would be of great benefit if we had a private forum here at thegreenbutton.com for such things but I don’t think we are going to get it anytime soon if at all.

I know something is being planned to bring The Green Button and Media Center beta testers closer together.  As the beta hasn't started yet, there isn't a specific forum here for sharing of NDA material.  Once the beta starts, I'll make sure Microsoft is still planning something.

So I updated my survey last week and still no luck

Is MS still reviewing and adding people to the beta?  I've got another PC I could dedicate to testing... that is assuming I didn't get in because of my hardware.  Would it do any good if I update the survey with the different machine?

Chris - Moderator:

I know something is being planned to bring The Green Button and Media Center beta testers closer together.  As the beta hasn't started yet, there isn't a specific forum here for sharing of NDA material.  Once the beta starts, I'll make sure Microsoft is still planning something.

If you're hinting that TGB might be the only source for "official" W7MCE beta discussion, I sense that some old schoolers used to NNTP feeds may not be too keen on this.  If TGB is a second "official" discussion forum for Media Center, I can see that ruffling feathers, also (people won't want to check multiple places for beta talk).

You can't please 'em all, huh? 

Ehhh?  Watch who you're calling "old school" there, sonny boy!  Back in my day, we could read through thousands of new posts in less than 10 minutes...and we did all this typing only with our left hand on both sides of the keyboard!!!

millerbrad:

If you're hinting that TGB might be the only source for "official" W7MCE beta discussion, I sense that some old schoolers used to NNTP feeds may not be too keen on this.  If TGB is a second "official" discussion forum for Media Center, I can see that ruffling feathers, also (people won't want to check multiple places for beta talk).

You can't please 'em all, huh? 

I'm not hinting at anything, I'm just saying that Microsoft does own The Green Button and it would be logical for us to have a place where TGB members on the beta can talk about what's going on with other TGB members.  As you have brought up this might present an issue with the official beta newsgroups, but that's in Microsoft's hand to figure out how it will or won't work.

Hi Guys:

Again, I'm told that anyone in the official beta should use the newsgroups only for discussion. That said, TGB is here for the community to support each other should the build g public/get out. Remember with TV Pack? The beta testers used the newsgroups exclusively, while the community members using it used forums here for discussion and support. I anticipate the same happening this time around. I do know that MSFT wants the official beta testers discussing the beta in the newsgroups only, and do not want me to have a private forum on here for them to use. My guess is that this is because of the numbers of people who take part in and monitor the newsgroups.

Good times-