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

[ravi_9793]

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.

 

[x3060]

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

 

[dreams]

7100 RC will do the same thing in 2010.

 

[kumarmohit]

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

 

[x3060]

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

 

[thewisecrab]

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

 

[dreams]

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

 

[thewisecrab]

^^
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.

 

[toofan]

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 ?

 

[vamsi_krishna]

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?

 

[Ramakrishnan]

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.

 

[NucleusKore]

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

 

[Ramakrishnan]

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

yeah, it shut down after all.