Interesting Win 7 find....

[I2aMpAnT]

You notice it says 01/07/2020 - that's English. Also it has 01 instead of the single digit i.e. 7/1/2009.

Curious.:sarc:

SIW2

Curious indeed, but may just be a glitch.

 

[Ace38]

about 5:59 Central time seems to be the deadline as well. Be interesting to watch over the next few months huh?

 

[I2aMpAnT]

about 5:59 Central time seems to be the deadline as well. Be interesting to watch over the next few months huh?

I'm sure we'll find all kinds of strange in the next few months.

 

[johngalt]

I can set my date format to add in the leading zeros or not to both months and days....

If you set the setting to use no leading zeroes:



You get dates with no leading zeroes:



If you set it to *use* leading zeroes:



You get leading zeroes:

 

[SIW2]

Hi John,

Did you find a way to set it to the year 2020 - short of using PS of course.


SIW2

 

[johngalt]

No, that one is escaping me - but the rest of it can easily be done, so the 2020 thing I am not sure about....

 

[I2aMpAnT]

No, that one is escaping me - but the rest of it can easily be done, so the 2020 thing I am not sure about....

Have you tried installing W7 with your Bios clock set to a different time?

 

[johngalt]

That is what I was thing too - but that date *should* be hard coded into the bootloader, I would think, so that should not make a difference...

If it *does* make a difference, then someone at M$ is gonna get slapped.

I got my old P4 rig out and I am gonna try it right now....

 

[I2aMpAnT]

That is what I was thing too - but that date *should* be hard coded into the bootloader, I would think, so that should not make a difference...

If it *does* make a difference, then someone at M$ is gonna get slapped.

I got my old P4 rig out and I am gonna try it right now....

I know there was a crack that reloads the timer or something.

 

[johngalt]

Yeah, but it should prevent *installation* in the first place.

 

[I2aMpAnT]

Yeah, but it should prevent *installation* in the first place.

Yeah well Vista's SP1 was supposed to stop the OEM BIOS crack but never did.

 

[Bellerophon]

Yep

You notice it says 01/07/2020 - that's English. Also it has 01 instead of the single digit i.e. 7/1/2009.

Curious.:sarc:

SIW2

Yep, sure does, as I installed with the UK version settings that is way it is in the English date format (leading zero's and dd/mm/yyyy).

Please feel free to verify with other UK installers, I can guarantee that this is the why it is displayed for a UK installation.

 

[hethoofd]

I think it has no use setting it to 2020. It will probably check the date and time on some Microsoft server and it will probably get instructions from them to expire on a specific date...

 

[SIW2]

Hi Bellorophon,

I installed with English (United Kingdom ) - I don't get the 2020 expiry, though. I'd really like a copy of your iso.

Hope it keeps working till then for you.

SIW2

 

[Bellerophon]

Want to know how to get Se7en until 2545?

Hi Bellorophon,

I installed with English (United Kingdom ) - I don't get the 2020 expiry, though. I'd really like a copy of your iso.

Hope it keeps working till then for you.

SIW2

Hi Siw2

Want to know how to get Se7en until 2545?

 

[SIW2]

Sure - go on then

SIW2

 

[limneos]

Mine is at 2/7/2009... Gotcha!

Anyways, this gave me ideas..I'm installing now in VPC with 2099 BIOS date...I'll post back results.

 

[limneos]

Install goes on with no errors about the 2099 date....

 

[Bellerophon]

Se7en until 2545

Sure - go on then

SIW2

If you want to get Se7en until 2545 install it on a Thai computer using Thai settings, the current year in Thailand right now is 2545.

Experts Exchange link

 

[limneos]

I knew the Thai people came from the future....there was always something strange about them

Anyways, my current test failed, VPC doesn't save the changed date in bios, keeps resetting to the system time...