I have read severel places, that Windows 7 RC 1 will expire on 1. June 2010 (i.e. here nVIDIA Geforce 285 260 9800 275 295 GT GTX AMD ATI Radeon HD 4850 4870 4890 X2 - Guru of 3D: PC Hardware Reviews News )
But when I run Winver on my Windows 7 RC 1 32 bit it says:
Evaluation copy. Expires 02-03-2010 01:59.
Does this mean, that the one I'm using is not the real RC 1?
Hi.
I believe that your "expiration" time just means when will the Win7 start shutting down every 2h...
That doesn't mean your Win7 is fake, just that you'll have to install "real" Windows 7 then
(or at least I've read something similar somewhere)
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
I think you are right, but why is my expiredate different from what Microsoft says officially? I think this is odd.
This has already been answered by me at this thread Windows 7 Free for a year. at post#37
which is as follows:
The max date for evaluation period is upto 1st June 2010. you can see it by typing slmgr.vbs -dlv at "Run.." command or at search box. this is as under:
as you can see there is 3 rearm count left on that. if rearm is availed then you will again extend the evaluation period for 30 days over 1st March 2010 and 3 rearm means 3 x 30 = 90 days, that means on first rearm extension you will get 1st April 2010, on 2nd rearm-till 1st May 2010 and on 3rd rearm you will get an evaluation expiry date on 1st June 2010.
rearm tool : slmgr.vbs -rearm
My info box looks almost identical, but the Trusted time and the end time are different.
My end time is June 1, 2010
I find that more than adequate, for an RC1, evaluation version.
Long before 2010, I'll want the Full Version.
I'll probably have it before this year is out.
I hope so, anyway.
Cheers mates!
The Doctor
My present understanding is that the evaluation ends in March, while it will cease working in June. It will enter the 2-hour shutdown pattern after March, up until it expires entirely.
Not 100% sure if re-arms would periodically remove the 2-hour shutdown after March or not.
well this says it allWin7 Eula said:
i believe that after the 3/1/2009 the key will expire...
the software will expire in june June though...
I am pretty sure that neither of us will touch that expiry date of this RC copy on our system. We all of us will have a RTM or final release copy of Windows 7 on our system much earlier.
so why we should think on that side which we will never see or which we do not want to see.
Expect RTM in the month of October and final release on and around 20th Dec 2009.
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