It might be based on a time limit, i.e when the clock says Aug 1st. It wouldn't surprise me if there is also a patch sent via updates that will stop the OS from working (to stop those that have the clock set in the past).
It might be based on a time limit, i.e when the clock says Aug 1st. It wouldn't surprise me if there is also a patch sent via updates that will stop the OS from working (to stop those that have the clock set in the past).
Yep, I'm sure it will be possible to do something similar to that (there will no doubt be software that does that) - but you'd be running a beta operating system that will not be able to be updated, which would cause lots of problems in the future.
MS do recommend that you don't use Windows 7 beta as the main operating system for this very reason, as it will stop working in a few months. There will be another RC release before the full version comes out, so there is still one more test version to go
You can't upgrade from the beta to the full version unfortunately, you'll have to do a full fresh install again. A bit of a pain, but it should be easy enough if you've got your files backed up
They should of just made Windows 7 instead of making vista.. should of spent more time on vista aswell.. my brothers computer kept crashing the other day so he got sick of it and put windows 7 on it aswell so now there is 3 computers in our house using windows 7 beta
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