UPDATE : Windows 7 Beta will expire soon, please upgrade!

By
Helmer
– May 25, 2009

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If you’re still running Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) you should know that as of July 1, 2009 (*) June 1, 2009 your computer will behave strange :-) (your pc will shutdown every two hours!) and on August 1, 2009 Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) will expire and you won’t be able to use it anymore!

Please upgrade (or reinstall) your computer with the Release Candidate of Windows 7.

Upgrade tip : You can easily use the Windows Easy Transfer tool to move all your user settings to the Release Candidate build! To start the Windows Easy Transfer tool just type Windows Easy Transfer after you clicked the Start button.

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You can easily backup your files/settings to a USB disk and move them back after you installed the Release Candidate.

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(*) The correct date is July 1, 2009. Source : Windows Team Blog

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About Helmer

Helmer currently works as a Technical Consultant at Inter Access in Hilversum, the Netherlands. His areas of expertise are : Windows Client, Microsoft Deployment (WDS, MDT & SCCM) and Forefront Security. Besides his own blog he also blogs at the Dutch Microsoft IT Pro Community blog. He is also very interested in all sorts of new IT-related gadgets.