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Vista Betas Expire Today!!
For those of you still running the Beta copies of Vista, the free ride is over. The time bomb goes off today, 1 June. There are numerous stories on the web concerning this issue.
Those using beta versions of Windows Vista have just one day left to upgrade before Microsoft cripples their operating system. Unless Vista Ultimate Beta 2, Release Candidate 1 (RC1) and RC2 are upgraded to a legal copy by Friday, machines running those editions will automatically reboot every two hours. This crippled state will continue until 28 August, at which point the operating system will refuse to boot.
In pop-up messages, Microsoft has told users to: "Back up important data from Windows now. The Windows license will expire in X days. Back up your files, and then install any edition of Windows Vista."
However, this will come as no surprise to those using Windows Vista betas - Microsoft starting starting pushing pre-release users to upgrade to a full version in April, when it announced that only Vista RC1 could be upgraded without requiring a clean install that would delete all data from the PC's hard drive. Vista Beta 2 and RC2, meanwhile, can be upgraded in a clean install using any Vista Upgrade edition.
In pop-up messages, Microsoft has told users to: "Back up important data from Windows now. The Windows license will expire in X days. Back up your files, and then install any edition of Windows Vista."
However, this will come as no surprise to those using Windows Vista betas - Microsoft starting starting pushing pre-release users to upgrade to a full version in April, when it announced that only Vista RC1 could be upgraded without requiring a clean install that would delete all data from the PC's hard drive. Vista Beta 2 and RC2, meanwhile, can be upgraded in a clean install using any Vista Upgrade edition.
Message Edited by jmwills on 06-01-2007 09:40 AM
- HiJim the one i had RC2 on a test PC just quit working @12.25about 5 to 10 minutes ago it locked me out dead gone see yea good by.:smileysurprised:More will come i am sure.:smileysad:what why did my Vista quit on me ? Just can,t Waite to seehow many do ask that ???See Yea
- Are you kidding me i had nothing on it just wanted to see what it would do when it quit ,and what is going to happen when someone with a real version is going to think wow is my Vista a bata because it just quit on me.fun fun to come.See Yea
austinjreid
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Posted June 1st, 2007 10:00
I'd have thought I would've had my Dell Vista Upgrade before this happened!
Darn, I'll have to reinstall XP!
pcgeek11
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Posted June 1st, 2007 04:00