Hello Conrad!
We would like to congratulate you on being one of the first 1000 participants to sign-up for this extended Windows 7 testing opportunity!
As part of this opportunity you will be given access to the beta version Windows 7 Home Premium edition. We are requesting that you initially install Home Premium and from there upgrade to Ultimate edition (referred to as Windows B during the process). You will have everything you need to complete the upgrade when you download and install the Home Premium beta. Please note that you will have access to the Ultimate download packages shortly so you can burn Ultimate images as well.
Instructions
1. Perform a clean install of Windows Home Premium edition from here (http://)
2. Work with this SKU for several days and report any bugs you find via the Send Feedback tool on the desktop. Please ensure you preface all Home Premium bugs with "HP: " in the subject.
3. After using Home Premium for awhile, discover and run the Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) option to upgrade your machine to Ultimate edition
4. Report any upgrade problems via the Send Feedback link and preface the subject with "WAU: "
5. Continue Windows 7 testing as normal
6. Complete the Scenario Voting for WAU here (http://)
7. Complete the custom WAU survey here (http://)
8. Join the Product Team on Wednesday, January 14 for Live Chat to get all your questions answered!
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am PST
Link: http://
Password: XXXXXXXXX
As well, congratulations to following five lucky winners from the random drawing:
v Mark, Northampton, UK
v Ahmed, Cairo, Egypt
v Dave, Nottingham, UK
v Robert, Wartburg, USA
v Guillermo, Tortosa, Spain
If you have any questions during this upgrade process, please post in the microsoft.beta.win7.setup_and_migration newsgroup. We look forward to hearing what you have to say about the enhanced upgrade functionality in Windows 7!
Regards,
The Windows 7 Beta Team
Jeff, Paul, Todd, Wendy