Stop Using (Y) In Work Chats. It's Clearly A Butt

Today I Discovered The UK Government's Irrational Fear Of Ninjas

This Is The Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Windows 7 RC Will Start Nagging, Auto-Rebooting In March 2010

You might have heard that the Windows 7 Release Candidate would be usable through June 2010—quite the nice free trial. But it starts asking for an upgrade, and automatically rebooting, in March 2010.

That's from a Microsoft spokesperson, who specifically said that "bi-hourly shutdowns will begin March 1, 2010." Those shutdowns come without any prompt, unlike the standard restart requests accompany system upgrades. If you're still using the RC after the drop-dead date of June 1?

On June 1, 2010, if you are still on the Windows 7 RC, your licence for the Windows 7 RC will expire and the non-genuine experience is triggered.

For those lucky enough not to know that that means, it's a black background, and almost constant reminders that you're running a copy of Windows that isn't Genuine.

If you're still using the Windows 7 Beta that came out in early January, you'll get the same kind of auto-reboots and upgrade notices on July 1. All in all, don't plan on using a beta or release candidate of Windows 7 on any system you're doing actual work on. Windows 7: customise How the Date is Displayed in the System Tray [Tech-Recipes]

Comments

  • JessicaD Guest

    Kevin,

    Thank you for your reminder of the important dates and the events that will occur with those dates for the Beta and RC version of Windows 7. I do agree that it could be very cumbersome for someone who uses Windows 7 RC (or beta) as their main OS to have to reformat for the final version. I personally use Windows 7 RC as my main OS however I do leave my Vista parition open just in case. Once the RTM version is released I think most RC users would plan to begin the transition over to that and back up all their data (if not, I highly recommend it.)

    Also for more information, updates, videos and resources, check out this link:

    http://tinyurl.com/832nco

    Jessica
    Microsoft TechNet / Springboard

    0
  • James Massengale Guest

    Couldn't you just use the windows 7 RC full backup utility to migrate installations and files from win7 RC to win7 retail? Or would it not work?

    0

Join the discussion!

Log In
Sign Up
Guest Access

Trending Stories Right Now

au babies names parents

46 Baby Names You Can't Use In Australia

As anyone who works in a school or childcare centre will attest, Australian parents come up with some pretty weird names for their offspring - including Google, Tron and Hippo. While most names are reluctantly approved by the state or territory's Registry of Births, there are a few that you just can't get away with.
annoyances au coles ikea shopping woolworths

Stop Whining About Supermarket Bags Because This IKEA Solution Is Perfect

For the last month, much of Australia has been gripped in an insane tempest of petulance and stupidity because single-use plastic bags aren't available in supermarkets any more. This is so first-world problems it's almost as embarrassing as our national energy policy, but for anyone who is still stressing about this, I'm here to tell you IKEA can save you.

Latest Deals

Trending Articles