Windows 7 RC expiration prompts begin in two weeks
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversMicrosoft has issued a reminder that in two weeks Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) users will begin receiving expiration notifications.
Windows 7 RC does not expire until 1 June 2010 but from February 15 users will begin seeing expiration notifications in the task bar one time per day and then a Notification Wizard one time every four hours and then one time every hour. After March 1 Windows 7 RC users will experience shut-downs every two hours. A brief summary of the events can be found below:
Effective February 15, 2010, the expiration notification process begins:
* Windows 7 RC users receive an expiration notification in the task bar one time per day.
* Windows 7 RC users are presented with the Notification Wizard one time every four hours and then one time every hour.
Effective March 1, 2010, Windows 7 RC enters the next phase of expiration:
* Expiration notifications in the task bar continue.
* Computers that are running Windows 7 RC restart every two hours.
Effective June 1, 2010, Windows 7 RC expires:
* Windows starts to a black desktop.
* Windows 7 RC users are presented with a Windows Activation screen. The screen states that the Windows that you are running is not genuine.
* Computers that are running Windows 7 RC restart every two hours.
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