Don't Forget—Windows 7 Beta Expires Next Week
Don't Forget—Windows 7 Beta Expires Next Week
Posted 06/24/2009 at 12:33pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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For those of you still enjoying the Windows 7 beta (build 7000), know that your free time is coming to a close.
On July 1, 2009, those of you still running the beta will be told to install a released version of Windows, followed by your PC shutting down automatically every two hours. If on August 1, 2009 you’re still on the beta, your license will expire and the non-genuine lifestyle will be at your doorstep. That means you’ll lose your wallpaper and “This copy of Windows is not genuine” will be displayed in the lower right hand corner above the taskbar (the fiends!).
However, if you’ve already moved onto build 7100 (as I’m sure many of you already have), you’ll be in good shape until March 1, 2010. If you haven’t though, make sure to get it soon – downloads will be halted on August 15, 2009.
Image Credit: Ars Technica, Microsoft
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dracx619
June 25, 2009 at 6:27am
heres the link
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090625/tc_nm/us_microsoft_windows_1
basically
home premium 200
pro 300
ultimate 320
upgrades are, 100,200,220 respectively
isamuelson
June 25, 2009 at 3:47am
Yeah, well the "change" coming sucks. Government healthcare? Please go ask people in Canada and Europe all about that and see just how great it really is.
And now with Iran and North Korea threatening the US, I can see just how well those "talks with no preconditions" really help. I mean, both countries are bending over backwards to be nice and listen to Obama. Right!
Cregan89
June 25, 2009 at 6:09am
First of all, this article is about the Windows 7 beta expiring. Why are you talking about Obama?
And secondly, I live in Canada, and health care is actually one of the best parts about being Canadian and is one of the major reasons why I live here. Free doctor checkups, optometry checkups, if I ever get sick or hurt, I just show up to the hospital and they fix me for free. We even get surgeory for free. How much does triple bypass surgeory cost in the US? Cause it doesn't cost a single penny here.
And North Korea is threatening the UN as a whole just to get attention. It's all talk. If they ever actually tried to harm the US, you don't think Obama would destroy that country within an hour? And Iran never threatened the US. If they did anything they pretty much just told the US to stay out of it, which is what Obama should do, and is doing.
lunchbox73
June 25, 2009 at 8:20am
Nothing is free. It doesn't magically fall out of the sky. Tax Tax and more Tax.
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