To some of my colleagues, workmates and to some community people that for some reason are still on RC and Beta. Basically they have demo’s already there, some over dued POC and just no time to re-install. Guys these will expire soon so mark your dates, its going to be soon!
Copy Pasting from the support site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971767
Windows 7 RC expiration
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.
Important When the computer restarts, your work will not be saved.
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.
Windows 7 Beta expiration
Effective June 17, 2009, the expiration notification process begins:
- Windows 7 Beta users receive an expiration notification in the task bar one time per day.
- Windows 7 Beta users are presented with the Notification Wizard one time every four hours and then one time every hour.
Effective July 1, 2009, Windows 7 Beta enters the next phase of expiration:
- Expiration notifications in the task bar continue.
- Computers that are running Windows 7 Beta restart every two hours.
Effective August 1, 2009, Windows 7 Beta expires:
- Windows starts to a black desktop
- Windows 7 Beta users are presented with a Windows Activation Expired dialog box during logon and then again every hour.
- Computers that are running Windows 7 Beta restart every two hours