Windows 7 RC Expiry date

[Ian]

This is just a heads up for anyone that wasn't sure when the beta and RC of Windows 7 expire, and what happens when they do:

For Beta, bi-hourly shutdowns will begin July 1st, 2009. You will be alerted to install a released version of Windows and your PC will shut down automatically every 2 hours. On August 1st, 2009 if you are still on the Windows 7 Beta your license for the Windows 7 Beta will expire and the non-genuine experience is triggered where your wallpaper is removed and “This copy of Windows is not genuine” will be displayed in the lower right corner above the taskbar.

For the RC, bi-hourly shutdowns will begin on March 1st, 2010. You will be alerted to install a released version of Windows and your PC will shut down automatically every 2 hours. On June 1st, 2010 if you are still on the Windows 7 RC your license for the Windows 7 RC will expire and the non-genuine experience is triggered where your wallpaper is removed and “This copy of Windows is not genuine” will be displayed in the lower right corner above the taskbar.

 

[olg207]

And to check this info on your own PC,
Click - Start - Run - (and type) winver - and press ok
This hould come up with all the details of the PC, and the expiry date

 

[anand1]

I installed RC yesterday and still till expiry i can use it for almost a year.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Exploring Windows: Special Beta Edition -- Correction

Because you signed up to test the Windows 7 Beta, we recently sent you mail about the expiration dates for the Beta and Release Candidate. Unfortunately, we made a mistake.

We said the Beta would start shutting down every two hours on June 1, 2009. The correct date is July 1, 2009.


The rest of the dates in the mail were correct. Here’s a quick summary:

Version: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beta
Starts shutting down every two hours:. . . . . . . .July 1, 2009
Expires: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 1, 2009

Version: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Release Candidate
Starts shutting down every two hours:. . . . . . . March 1, 2010
Expires: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 1, 2010

We apologize for the error and any confusion it may have caused.

Thanks again for helping us test Windows 7.

 

[olg207]

yh i got that exact same email, another mistake by microsoft, like when they released the download page to early.