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on mine the script says 02.06.2010
I forgot about time zones... then again, I'm on Russian locale so I don't know for sure whether that's June or February...
When I type winver here I'll get 3/1/2010 7.59PM as the date. However when using a reliable system information tool some are familiar with already(SIW) I end up seeing "Property Value
Evaluation Version. Expiration Time 2010-06-01 23:59:59"! That was seen following activation as well.
My expiration info matches Night Hawk's. I've installed 7077 x64 three on three different machines using the same key -- the one I got from MS the second day that Win.7.7000 was available for download. And all three machines give the same two expiration dates/times.
The product keys provided won't have any effect on the expiration dates with any build. Those were simply provided for activation purposes there apparently good for all beta type builds. The RC1 on the other hand may see new numbers there.
Hopefully, they won't limit the RC numbers giveout in any way if the RC stops accepting beta keys...
Since that's still a different ball park there I imagine a certain group of numbers will be seen for those apart from the beta keys now in use. Those will be for those who are part of the readiness parnership program there.
I suspect the RCs will still see an expiration date that passes the 6/1/2010 like those that had still been running the Vista RC1 and RC2 for some time after Vista's release. By then of course you could say a good 99.99% are going to be rushing out to be the first to get a retail copy rather then worry about any leftovers from the testing days!
(alright kiddies! be the first on the block with a fully registered copy of 7 running on your own... heh! where did everybody go?)