Seven Usage Question

[EntropyTTU]

Hi everyone,

I got Seven 64bit release 7K and it is awesome. I was wondering though, and this is probably a dumb question, but I can continue to use this Beta for as long as I wish, correct? I mean it does not have a "trial" type time limit or anything like that correct?

I will certainly buy the OS eventually, however, I've got roughly a year until I get out of college and will have the money for it. Until then I was just planning to continue using it indefinitely, if possible.

Thanks for your time.

 

[EntropyTTU]

Nevermind, I just read about the expiration at Aug. 01, 2009.

With or without a product key, all pre-release versions of Windows 7, but not earlier than the 6801 build, can only be used up until August 1, 2009. At this point the time bomb will activate and the prerelease of Windows 7 will stop working as per the End User License Agreement with Microsoft: “This software will stop running on August 1, 2009. You may not receive any other notice. You may not be able to access data used with the software when it stops running.”.

 

[dylix]

the beta will stop working july1st or august1st..

tho probably not completely, im sure its a limited functionality version..

 

[SIW2]

Hi Entropy,

Type winver into the start search box and click it when it pops up - that will tell you when it expires.

Hope it helps

SIW2

 

[DocBrown]

Here is mine on my x64

 

[EntropyTTU]

Hi Entropy,

Type winver into the start search box and click it when it pops up - that will tell you when it expires.

Hope it helps

SIW2

Awesome. Thanks for the info.