Windows 7 RC to Have Shutdowns on March 1 '10
It's still 10 months.
Last week the news made the rounds of the Windows 7 RC having a longer than average trial period. Stated clearly by Microsoft is that the Release Candidate install will remain valid until June 1, 2010.
What wasn’t so clearly publicized is the small detail that starting March 1, 2010 there will be bihourly shut downs of any installs of Windows 7 RC.
As Microsoft details on its partner site regarding the shutdown schedules for the beta and RC:
To avoid interruption, it’s recommended that you and your customers rebuild test machines by using a valid Windows operating system before Windows 7 Beta and Windows 7 RC expire. Windows will automatically notify you that the expiration process is about to begin. Two weeks later, your PC will shut down every two hours. For Windows 7 Beta, the bihourly shutdowns will begin July 1, 2009. The software will expire August 1, 2009. For Windows 7 RC, the bihourly shutdowns will begin March 1, 2010. The software will expire June 1, 2010.
So there you have it. While Windows 7 RC will be useful for 13 months as we all thought last week, it’ll be more useful for the first 10 months.
If there’s any confusion regarding what bihourly means – if it’ll be shutdowns every 30 minutes or 2 hours – it’s the longer of the two options, though probably still annoying enough to make one want to upgrade to the final version.
Windows 7 RC is set for a public launch tomorrow. Look forward to it! (Unless you’ve already downloaded it.)
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I'd rather Microsoft just shut down the RCs On March 1st than to annoy the hell out of ppl.
I'd rather Microsoft just shut down the RCs On March 1st than to annoy the hell out of ppl.
You make no sense whatsoever. Bihourly shutdowns is perfect. It's long enough to get something done if you need to use your computer, but still allows Microsoft to prod people towards purchasing a real copy.
What's "annoying" is people possibly loosing data when it completely dies on a date they may or may not have known about.
3 months of annoyance is a little too long.
@bardie
Lol...and I'm sure that it will be cracked, to stop the shutdowns. What normal user will put RC on their computer?
This site needs to commit suicide. Seems they have very little content as of late and
what little they do have it's related to Windows 7 and most of the news is meaninless.
normal..hmm well I must be abbynormal. Its running on my lappy with no problems.
I think allowing free downloads of the rc and the use of it for a year is great business, it builds customer confidence and makes microsoft look like less of an all consuming money making juggernaut.
However, I worked in the food service industry for many years, especially in the casinos, and one thing I can tell you is this: when you offer people something for free (food, drinks, etc) you get a lot of complaints. This is human nature, when you give something for free, people do not see the value in it and perceive all kinds of negative things (this drink must be watered down, the bread tastes old, no wonder this is free) whether those things are actually true or not.
Anyway I like the beta even though I've had some issues I couldn't fix, and I'm sure the RC will run great on my machines. And if I have a few stumbles along the way, I'll happily remind myself that I didn't pay a dime for it!
@bardieLol...and I'm sure that it will be cracked, to stop the shutdowns. What normal user will put RC on their computer?
Already has been
DONT DO IT! DONT JUMP! LIFE IS WORTH LIVING!!!!!
ahem...yea..anyways...
Already has been
I was pretty sure it had been, but haven't touched seven yet. Might grab it this weekend.
normal..hmm well I must be abbynormal. Its running on my lappy with no problems. I think allowing free downloads of the rc and the use of it for a year is great business, it builds customer confidence and makes microsoft look like less of an all consuming money making juggernaut. However, I worked in the food service industry for many years, especially in the casinos, and one thing I can tell you is this: when you offer people something for free (food, drinks, etc) you get a lot of complaints. This is human nature, when you give something for free, people do not see the value in it and perceive all kinds of negative things (this drink must be watered down, the bread tastes old, no wonder this is free) whether those things are actually true or not. Anyway I like the beta even though I've had some issues I couldn't fix, and I'm sure the RC will run great on my machines. And if I have a few stumbles along the way, I'll happily remind myself that I didn't pay a dime for it!
Abnormal is buying a vista laptop for the better hardware. Then making a XP install cd with sata raid drives for my laptops hardrive. Creating two partitions, and installing XP on one. And then finally installing a "special" version of vista on the second partition.
I might override the vista partition, with seven now that it's RC.
As if hackers won't find a way around this in the next 10 months.
bad headline title, it stops working... expires, ect not Commits Suicide . did some non english speaking person write the headline by going to babelfish or something?
bad headline title, it stops working... expires, ect not Commits Suicide . did some non english speaking person write the headline by going to babelfish or something?
The article was written by me but the headline was not.
However, I worked in the food service industry for many years, especially in the casinos, and one thing I can tell you is this: when you offer people something for free (food, drinks, etc) you get a lot of complaints. This is human nature, when you give something for free, people do not see the value in it and perceive all kinds of negative things (this drink must be watered down, the bread tastes old, no wonder this is free) whether those things are actually true or not.
I think people tend to find more fault in an OS that they paid $300 for (Very few people did bought Vista Ultimate in stores, but still.) If people pay money for something, they expect it to be good. Example: "If I paid $150 for this MS Office, it BETTER be better than Openoffice."
bad headline title, it stops working... expires, ect not Commits Suicide . did some non english speaking person write the headline by going to babelfish or something?
I just changed the headline to something that better reflects the true nature of article.
you are good some people are tooo anal the have meds for that now ask your doc!!!
NOOO!!! I was hoping to use this with my i7 975.... [sigh]
^What???
You can still use the release candidate free of charge for 10+ months (thats what im planning on doing). You just have to actually get a copy of Windows 7 after those 10 months.
^^^^^Might want to check the date in the headline too...
hmmm.... so whats suppose to happen 8 years ago?
my bad, read it wrong...
3 much shorter isn't so bad; it's still a long time to run a FREE version...
re: "Windows 7 RC to Have Shutdowns on March 1 '10"
ah! for god sakes, doesn't anyone know any english grammer anymore?
what about
Windows 7 RC to Shutdown on March 1 '10
is it that hard, what about just copying the headline from another website.
;-)
I can't believe that you blew the misspelling of 'grammar'. Joking, right?
^LOL!!!
what about Windows 7 RC to Shutdown on March 1 '10
Well that's not entirely accurate, because it implies that the OS will be shutdown permanently.
I can't believe that you blew the misspelling of 'grammar'. Joking, right?
Muphry's Law strikes!
Well that's not entirely accurate, because it implies that the OS will be shutdown permanently.
Muphry's Law strikes!
LOL I'd like to know who this Muphry person is, but I believe you're thinking of Murphy. As for the headline it reads "Windows 7 RC to Have Shutdowns on March 1 '10" which is correct.
I can't believe that you blew the misspelling of 'grammar'.
you caught my joke, lmao, i did say it with a ;-)
LOL I'd like to know who this Muphry person is, but I believe you're thinking of Murphy. As for the headline it reads "Windows 7 RC to Have Shutdowns on March 1 '10" which is correct.
No, I'm definitely talking about Muphry.
No, I'm definitely talking about Muphry.
Hehehe! nice!
i cant believe you nerds are making so many spelling mistaches