Beta Testers!

[Lord_Doskias]

bablyon5: as with uplink and darwinia, im sure defcon will be able to run without a 'proper' install
i.e. copy files out of the installer and paste them in a folder and go
besides, thats how the betas are anyway

[Hellahulla]

I love betas too, makes me feel important too
I'd like to be on the beta team for this I have to admit, if I'd have found out about Darwinia sooner I'd have wanted to be on the team for that one too.
I don't have lots of experience as a tester, I am a tester for Autodesk though, been doing that for a while, so I'm not totally useless.

So... any news on how to sign up?

Anyway Just had to get my boot in.
T'ra
Eric

[MonkeyforaHead]

I was actually part of the closed beta test for the online demo of Worms 4, if that makes any difference. I remember they'd just finished version 11 of the demo when the publisher decided to step in and say "TIME'S UP BUT WE DIDN'T TELL YOU", and use version 10 for the final release.

******* publishers.

[CPUforbrain]

how is worms 4 :-p, ahhhh the game that reminds me of that movie .

[Gravitron]

Bab5, just how limited is your account?
Abort boot, drop to root, format another partition, install new windows there, voila, problem solved, winXP "security" circumvented, full HD access attained.

Don't cross a BOFH.



I need to find that beta tester guide and repost it.

[rippedcap]

Don't cross a BOFH.

theregister.co.uk reader?

-- Chris

[Babylon5]

I've actually though about getting that Linux disk I got a while ago and maybe try and run some stuff of of that.

[Darksun]

Don't forget that Windows XP Home by default has no password on the administrator account. Reboot into safe mode and log in as administrator. You can then edit or create a new account or whatever you want.

Not that I'm advocating disobeying your parents. Maybe it would be better to talk to your dad?

[RabidZombie]

Bab5, just how limited is your account?
Abort boot, drop to root, format another partition, install new windows there, voila, problem solved, winXP "security" circumvented, full HD access attained.

Thats given me an idea to "loosen" the security on my school network.

I have had beta experiance. Closed beta that is. And I'm not someone to go "it don't work", as I know programmers have to have at least SOME brains. After all, they coded and compiled it didn't they?

[Babylon5]

Also, Gravitron, Its limited to the point where I can't install anything, un-install anything, update anything (iTunes, iPod software in particular), create new accounts, re-name my account, change my account picture, and visit certain sites, and I think, view images from those sites.

[Rkiver]

Don't cross a BOFH.

theregister.co.uk reader?

-- Chris

Also a nick I earned on #uplink.

But hell yes quite a few of us read that.

Also why bother with another installation when booting in safe mode will let you give yourself back all that access?

[Gravitron]

People actualy bought the home edition? Wow.
Well yeah, that'll work, unless they had the brains to give it a pw.

Bab, you can probably use a proxy to view sites you're not allowed.
It could also be browser settings/firewall's doing.
Hey, can you run regedit?

[Darksun]

People actualy bought the home edition? Wow.
Well yeah, that'll work, unless they had the brains to give it a pw.

Actually, it was bundled. But I'd probably buy XP Home if I had to, it's cheaper than pro and there's nothing I can't do on home that I want to.

[Babylon5]

Yeah, I can run regedit.

Also, with proxy sites, I dont seem to be able to login to anything, not with hidemyass.com anway.

[kneecaps]

I'd love to beta test Defcon too. I did the beta for Atari's Act of War a while back and loved it. Finding little bugs and game imbalances is really cool

Also I do testing and QA for my job so it would be nice to test something fun for a change!