I believe that the 'Permanently Activated' bit is just slmgr stating that the key used to install the OS has been activated online/by phone. Permanent as in it won't need to be activated again, it has nothing to do with the expiry date IMO.
I have the same question Jimbo. The way I look at it, we will be running a different version anyway before those dates so it's irrelevant. RC1, RTM, etc.
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Windows 7 Professional x64Intel Core i7 8604GB DDR3 Mushkin 1600Mhz @ 7-8-7-20MSI GTS250 1GB DDR3 Twin Frozr
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I have the same question Jimbo. The way I look at it, we will be running a different version anyway before those dates so it's irrelevant. RC1, RTM, etc.
was just curious as to where this information comes from -- I'm not interested in hacking the thing at all but it to me seems strange that an OS "control block" - or piece of data should yield 2 different results.
I'm surprised the "Mac Fanboys" haven't jumped on this yet -- run the same problem on Windows with the same data and get a different result each time".
Lucky the ATM doesn't variably display my balance according to the vagaries of the weather etc.
Cheers
jimbo
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