Hello Friends,
I am just passing this along, it is way above me, as I have not even
considered upgrading to windows 7.
Best Regards,
Alan Dicey
Miami, Florida
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 6:45 PM
Subject: *Another Good Reason NOT To Upgrade From Windows XP*
[[Or to have/run Micros**t AT ALL, a.f.a.i.c.!!]]
*Windows 7 RCs Shut Down To Force Updates*
*Posted by CmdrTaco <http://cmdrtaco.net/> on Monday May 11, @11:38AM*
*from the *please-resume-download* dept.*
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/11/159207&from=rss
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nk497 <http://www.itpro.co.uk/> writes: "The release candidate for
Microsoft Windows 7 will expire June 2010, and the software giant will let
users know they need to pay to upgrade by shutting down the system every
two hours for three months.
http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2009/05/07/has-microsoft-gone-mental/
According to Microsoft: "The RC will expire on June 1, 2010. Starting on
March 1, 2010, your PC will begin shutting down every two hours. Windows
will notify you two weeks before the bi-hourly shutdowns start. *To avoid
interruption, you'll need to install a non-expired version of Windows
before March 1, 2010*. You'll also need to install the programs and data
that you want to use."
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=17478A76-1A64-6A71-CEAA89B44B84F68D
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*Windows 7 RC's 'Free' Reign To End With Auto-Shutdowns*
By Gregg Keizer
06.05.2009 kl 18:40 | IDG News Service
What Microsoft gives, it takes away.
With the launch of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) Tuesday, anyone can
get their hands on a copy of the final public preview and, according to
Microsoft, use it until Aug. 1, 2010, when the RC expires. But, most
users won't want to use it for the entire 13 months Microsoft has
allotted.
"For the RC, bi-hourly shutdowns will begin March 1, 2010," said
spokesman Brandon LeBlanc in just one of several warnings Tuesday that
Microsoft gave RC users of an earlier deadline.
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/05/05/the-windows-7-release-candidate-rc-is-here.aspx
*As it did with *Windows Vista's previews*, Microsoft will start *_pushing
users to upgrade_* to the real thing by automatically shutting down, then
restarting, PCs equipped with Windows 7 RC three months before the build
officially expires.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9017728
"You will be alerted to install a released version of Windows and your PC
will shut down automatically every 2 hours [starting March 1, 2010]," said
LeBlanc. "On June 1, 2010, if you are still on the Windows 7 RC, your
license for the Windows 7 RC will expire and the non-genuine experience is
triggered." At that point, LeBlanc continued, the copy will be marked as
bogus, with on-screen nags and a black background.
*Unless users are prepared to put up with the automatic reboots -- which
come without warning and so may cause data loss -- they'll have to give up
Windows 7 RC on the last day of February 2010, about 10 months after it
went public.*
Windows 7 Beta, which Microsoft launched last January, will start
rebooting even earlier -- July 1, said LeBlanc -- a month before it
expires.
Earlier, Computerworld reported that users could run Windows 7 RC for 13
months, and compared that favorably to Vista RC's shorter "free" periods.
Actually, with the Windows 7 RC shutdown looming three months before
expiration, the new operating system's free run is similar to Vista RC's.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132397
In 2007, Vista RC1 and RC2 started rebooting on June 1, nine-and-a-half
and nine months, respectively, after they were released. Those previews
actually expired Aug. 28, 2007, nearly three months after the reboots
began. *Window 7 RC, at 10 months between release and auto-reboot, gives
users _only several weeks, not several months, more free time than they
got with Vista_*.
"I suggest making plans to move to a released version of Windows well
before the automatic shutdowns start to occur to prevent data loss,"
LeBlanc urged.
Microsoft posted Windows 7 RC to its site yesterday, and although there
were reports of slow download speeds, the company's servers withstood the
load, unlike in January, when they folded under the crush of users rushing
to get the beta.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132543
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9125586
Windows 7 RC will be available for downloading through at least the end of
July, Microsoft has promised.
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