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Error, every time I try downloading Windows server "8" beta

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  • Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:45 AM
     
     
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    This is what I get every time I have tried to download Windows "8" server beta.  This (my) account is also registered with Microsoft Connect, too, by the way.  Here's the message on the page to which I'm redirected.

    "DownloadAuthenticationHandler ashx url dl download win8svr 3 8 B 38BAA0A6 2BA7
    4341 AA72 EB72CAB219E7 8250 0 WINMAIN WIN8BETA 120217 1520 X64FRE SERVER EN US
    HB1 SSS X64FRE EN US DV5 ISO Microsoft CookieId MAC
    ZfI7LeKXxKPXi8uvm7Ff2ZQriuGyKd2Rmtfl5e0oums
    Redirecting in 4seconds
    to web results using Bing (if scripting is enabled)."

    I get this with every configuration of Windows 8 consumer preview with which I have tried to download this product; everything on the machine, which functions perfectly fine, is set to default.

    Any answer as to why this is happening?

     

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  • Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:48 AM
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    Hi,
     
    If you want to download Windows Server "8" Beta, you can check the following link.
     
    After you input a Windows Live ID, you will be asked to download and install Download Manager like the following screenshot.
     
    Note: If your browser is not Internet Explorer, you may not be able to get the Download Manager properly.
     

     

    Vincent Hu

    TechNet Community Support

     
  • Thursday, March 29, 2012 5:34 PM
     
     
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    Hi;

    I am getting the same message irrespective of whether I use the TechNet or MSDN site address. The Download Manager is installed in each case and I have tried with the following browsers on different machines:

    1- Windows XP SP3 with IE 8
    2- Windows 7 SP1 with IE9
    3- Windows 8 Beta with IE10

    I get the same response each time.  When the Download Manager starts, it paints the screen with one row of data concerning the Window Server "8" Beta.  After it starts initializing, it tries to start the download and promptly reports that the file is NOT found on the site.  The only choice then is to close and exit the browser.  Also, there is no help trying the Download Manager Resumption Link shortcut provided on the desktop to retry the request.  By the way, Java is installed as noted below from a Windows Installer Report:

    {4A03706F-666A-4037-7777-5F2748764D10}::Java Auto Updater ::2.0.7.1
    {26A24AE4-039D-4CA4-87B4-2F83216031FF}::Java(TM) 6 Update 31 ::6.0.310

    I even went back and tries once with the Firefox Browser and got the same results.  SO, what has happened to the file. Is it missing or corrupted?

    Thanks,

    -Bob

     
  • Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:19 PM
     
     
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    I have the same issue thier download crap is crap

    does anyone know direct URL to download without using this Download Manager bs


    • Edited by nascloudtech Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:20 PM
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  • Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:50 PM
     
     
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    Same problem here. I tried digging for a direct link and I couldn't come up with anything that worked. I'll keep digging a little and post an update if I find something. Hopefully it's just temporary.

    I am actually kind of irritated that Microsoft doesn't provide a direct link alternative. It seems silly to require a desktop client just to download a file.


    • Edited by Brian Turley Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:51 PM
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  • Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:25 PM
     
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    Did some analysis on the request the download manager is making and it looks like it's getting a 403 forbidden error. Below is a dump from Wireshark. Please let me know when this is resolved. I'd like to do a little testing on Win Server 8 beta.

    GET /dl/download/win8svr/F/B/8/FB8C6035-C09B-4758-9151-DB826095ECE4/8250.0.amd64fre.winmain_win8beta.120217-1520_server_serverdatacenter_en-us.exe?lcid=1033&cprod=w8svrvhd HTTP/1.1
Host: care.dlservice.microsoft.com
Accept: */*
X-Akamai-DLM-Request: dlm
User-Agent: AkamaiDLM/2.2.6.0 ActiveX (<OS:<Unknown> Professional>-<Browser:9.0.8112.16421>)
Range: bytes=0-0
If-Unmodified-Since: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:35:21 GMT

Cookie: WT_NVR=0=/:1=dl:2=dl/download:3=dl/download/win8svr; cookie GUID deleted, it was really, really long.



HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
VTag: 791444042800000000
P3P: CP="ALL IND DSP COR ADM CONo CUR CUSo IVAo IVDo PSA PSD TAI TELo OUR SAMo CNT COM INT NAV ONL PHY PRE PUR UNI"
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Content-Length: 76039
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store
Expires: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:14:36 GMT
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:14:36 GMT
Connection: keep-alive



<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"xmlns:bi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:mscom:bi"><head id="ctl00_Head1"><base href="http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx/"><meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow"><meta http-equiv="PRAGMA" content="NO-CACHE"/><meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1"/><meta http-equiv="CACHE-CONTROL" content="NO-CACHE"/><meta name="ms.pagetype" content="404 page"/>

<!-- not enabled -->

<title>We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found.</title><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE8" /><meta...
     
  • Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:37 PM
     
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    it force you to downlaod using Java and we all know how much Oracle loves MS lol 
    http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/win8svr/3/8/B/38BAA0A6-2BA7-4341-AA72-EB72CAB219E7/8250.0.WINMAIN_WIN8BETA.120217-1520_X64FRE_SERVER_EN-US-HB1_SSS_X64FRE_EN-US_DV5.ISO
     
  • Friday, March 30, 2012 5:09 AM
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    Hi all,
     
    I can download the ISO file with Download Manager without any issues from the link(in Microsoft office and also my home) I mentioned in my last reply. Please check whether you can get the file from the same link.
     

    Vincent Hu

    TechNet Community Support

     
  • Friday, March 30, 2012 9:00 AM
     
     
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    it works, downloading right now!

    thanks a lot!

     
  • Friday, March 30, 2012 2:27 PM
     
     
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    Download manager pops up and allows me to pick a place to save and then it gives me something that says "The server returned an error. Would you like to retry?" So i select "yes" but then get the same message again. Here is another oddity. I have to use compatibility view in ie9. You would think MS would support ie9, right?
    • Edited by lsumarkb Friday, March 30, 2012 2:27 PM
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  • Friday, March 30, 2012 7:54 PM
     
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    https://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/win8svr/3/8/B/38BAA0A6-2BA7-4341-AA72-EB72CAB219E7/8250.0.WINMAIN_WIN8BETA.120217-1520_X64FRE_SERVER_EN-US-HB1_SSS_X64FRE_EN-US_DV5.ISO?lcid=1033&cprod=w8svr

    I have this, only, because someone in an actual position of control has fixed one(/some[?,])-but not all of the "bugs" surrounding this "offer," by the post-Bill Gates staff at Microsoft.

    There are still problems, but one should be able to use this official link without a download manager, just be sure that ones harddrive/O.S. configuration allows for a relatively long period without suspending power.

     
  • Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:06 AM
     
     
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    Hello Vincent!

    I've tried any possible browser but it just won't work. Could we have a direct link?

     
  • Sunday, May 13, 2012 12:11 PM
     
     
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    Thanks