Vista Beta 1 Install Fest
Now that was an AWESOME event. I hope you all had as much fun as I.
There was an amazing response from the event, not only raising hundreds of dollars (there were some donations later on so I will let you all know how much we raised) and we filled a beetle with food! Thank you all so much for your contributions!
During the event we collected a huge amount of feedback from you akll to give to the product teams and I very much encourage you all to post further comments on this blog so we can all learn form your experiences.
On a personal note, if you would like me to organise an event like this again for beta 2 or anything else, please let me know. If you don't I can't tell my bosses and put on another event!
Thank-you all once again and I hope you enjoyed the event.
Bruce
Comments
- Anonymous
January 01, 2003
If you weren't able to make is out to the Windows Vista Install Fest that Bruce ran last weekend, but... - Anonymous
January 01, 2003
This past Saturday one of my colleagues - Bruce Cowper - hosted a Vista Beta 1 Install Fest at the Microsoft... - Anonymous
January 01, 2003
This past Saturday one of my colleagues - Bruce Cowper - hosted a Vista Beta 1 Install Fest at the Microsoft... - Anonymous
January 01, 2003
This past Saturday one of my colleagues - Bruce Cowper - hosted a Vista Beta 1 Install Fest at the Microsoft... - Anonymous
August 29, 2005
Hello Bruce,
I'd like to have an event like this for our group in Orlando, FL. We have over 200 members and almost everyone has expressed interest in Vista. We have so far had two demonstrations of it and would love to do an early installfest to give people an idea of the hardware recommendations they need to start making.
Most of the group (about 83%) is Microsoft Partner based and they are the ones that will be selling this so I hope you consider giving these road warriors the earliest possible preview of it because if they sell an incompatible PC today, those PC's will stay on XP for a loooong time.
I'm vlad@orlandosbs.com, please drop an email if you are interested in providing any interest media/resources to pull this off. - Anonymous
August 29, 2005
Congratulations on a very successful event. It was impressive to see the successes on the many desk and laptops. Your presentations of the new features especially the UAP and how to lock down a desktop are needed to allow early testers more input on what to test.
More events like this one are needed as Beta 2 and others get released. Thanks for keeping the Canadian IT groups informed and the Saturday event is much better than having the meeting mid week.
Is there anyway you could post how to use the vs addin? (ISO file).
Bob - Anonymous
August 29, 2005
Fantastic event, I think it's the first kind of event in Canada. Congratulations! It these types of events that make IT fun. I also enjoy the regular TechNet events, but this one was a bonus. I especially like the theme of giving back to the community. Great job Bruce and Team. The part of Windows Vista that I am using most is WAIK, the other stuff is cool, but I'm sure Install Fest 2 will show more of Windows Vista Beta 2 :) - Anonymous
August 29, 2005
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August 30, 2005
Hi Bruce,
Good day.
I need your assistance if you can please send me the Virtual Machine patch file and other files I need in installing the Windows Vista Beta 1 in my PC.
I appreciate your help.
Thank you.
Manuelito Torres
mdtorres76@yahoo.com