{"id":66,"date":"2005-08-10T07:28:20","date_gmt":"2005-08-10T06:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2006-08-09T23:11:20","modified_gmt":"2006-08-09T22:11:20","slug":"windows-package-installer-62-beta-program-is-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/windows-package-installer-62-beta-program-is-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Package Installer 6.2 Beta Program is LIVE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Look&#8217;s like the Windows Package Installer 6.2 beta is now live after I received the following email confirming it&#8217;s status.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dear Package Installer 6.2 beta tester,<\/p>\n<p>The Windows Package Installer 6.2 beta is now live!  We are starting with about<br \/>\n5000 testers and expect the beta to run for about a month.  If you have not<br \/>\nalready done so, visit <http :\/\/beta.microsoft.com>, sign in with your Passport<br \/>\naccount, and take a few minutes to complete the EULA and review the information<br \/>\non the Installer 6.2 Beta Program Welcome page and linked pages.  During the<br \/>\nbeta, we may post additional information on the various linked pages and in the<br \/>\ninstallerbeta.announcements newsgroup. I recommend that you review these<br \/>\nperiodically.<\/http><\/p>\n<p>The Beta Testing Kit that you will require for this beta is now available on the<br \/>\nDownload page under Related Links.  The Testing Kit contains:<br \/>\n1)  The special registry Install and Remove files<br \/>\n2)  Instructions for using the registry files<br \/>\n3)  Test scenarios for you to refer to during this beta<\/p>\n<p>A private newsgroup is available for you to post comments, concerns, and<br \/>\nquestions about the beta. If you have not already set up newsgroup access,<br \/>\ninformation is available via the Support link. If you encounter a significant<br \/>\nproblem or concern, submit it on a Bug Report form. The Support team will<br \/>\nevaluate all bug reports and assign them to the appropriate team members for<br \/>\nresolution.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the beta, please do not hesitate to contact me<br \/>\nat directly at [Email removed]  I look forward to working with you on<br \/>\nthis interesting beta.<\/p>\n<p>Warm regards,<\/p>\n<p>Roger Holland<br \/>\nBeta Manager<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look&#8217;s like the Windows Package Installer 6.2 beta is now live after I received the following email confirming it&#8217;s status. Dear Package Installer 6.2 beta tester, The Windows Package Installer 6.2 beta is now live! We are starting with about 5000 testers and expect the beta to run for about a month. If you have not already done so, visit<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pull-left padding-top-25\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/10\/windows-package-installer-62-beta-program-is-live\/\" class=\"btn btn-theme\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Windows Package Installer 6.2 Beta Program is LIVE!&#8221;<\/span> <i class=\"fa fa-fw fa-long-arrow-right\"><\/i> <\/a>  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}