Windows 7 Evaluation copy

Installing a "release" version will wipe out what ya got. Evaluation versions have 90 day limits.

This is weird, I installed win 7 RC back in July of this year & some how windows did an update & now I have the evaluation copy. But I still have the ISO & key code can I just reinstall?

he means he has the RC1 release that we can use until next year.

@dirty durden. im pretty sure you canr re-install at this point. ive been woindering the same thing myself, as i want to do a clean install but this close to xmas dont have the spare cash to buy the full w7 version.
i cant find a conclusive answer, but im pretty sure the key code will be inactive now that the full version is released. so it will likely fail to activite upon reinstalling.

that was *can't reinstall. sorry

Right above task bar on the right side of my desktop it says windows 7 evaluation copy 7100. Now I know back in July I installed Win-7 RC not the Evaluation copy, this is crazy.

Also I read other guys were installing an old key code on a new build.

I tried to reinstall using the same cd & nothing happen, meaning windows booted up same as normal & I set the boot order in BIOS to boot from CDROM first. So you are telling me I will lost my copy in a few weeks & not a few months, if so that sucks big time

Cool I just find a new trick by going to start, typing winver, hit enter & it will tell you what verion of windows you have & when it will expire.

i think w7 RC1 IS the evaluation copy. since its free, you were only ever able to use it for a certain ammount of time.

dont know how it goes with re-installign it though. i doubt microsoft give us too much leeway.