Windows 7 Beta will reboot every two hours from today (1 July, 2009)

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As already warned by Microsoft, windows 7 beta will stat rebooting every two hours from today i.e 1 July, 2009.

Windows 7 Beta will continue to work till 1 August,2009 and it will stop working completely after that.

Beta users can switch to RC version, or can go back to earlier version of windows like Vista, XP.

i guess 7100 is RC....cause it aint given any notification to me yet .

7100 RC will do the same thing in 2010.

Oh Beta, It thot it was the RC you were talking about!

aah....so i got time till 2010...

Why does Microsoft want to torture testers like this? :???:

IMO, a simple "Your version has expired" at boot-up should do fine, I dont know what they'll get by this 2 hour lockdown

^^atleast by tht indication u can backup all your files, install another OS and scrap Win 7.

^^
Agreed.
But why cant MS make a simple timer, counting down to the day it expires? I'm sure that should be enough for the user.

By 2010 some wise person will develop the crack for this RC Version also.

And one simple trick is to change the time of ur PC. Will this work ?

What happens i anyone installas beta after 1 august, with a date prior to that?

Same question to RC1 too?

I think it's illegal, isn't it? :grin:

Mine didn't reboot; I worked for almost three hours at a stretch(online power) on my laptop. It is having windows 7 beta. It didn't reboot.

Ramakrishnan said:
Mine didn't reboot; I worked for almost three hours at a stretch(online power) on my laptop. It is having windows 7 beta. It didn't reboot.

Don't worry dear, it will after the next windows update

NucleusKore said:
Don't worry dear, it will after the next windows update

yeah, it shut down after all.