By Walaika K. Haskins

Microsoft is limiting access to downloads of the beta version of Windows Vista, fearing that the massive demand for the software will adversely affect the Internet at large.

While it is doubtful that downloads of Vista could bring down the entire Internet, said Mukul Krishna, an analyst at Frost & Sullivan, it is possible that increased Vista traffic could significantly degrade network performance around the world.

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