when does windows 7 rs pubic expire? Is there going to be another public release?

Er... uh.. The PUBLIC beta of Windows 7 (Build 7000) expires August 1st, 2009.And yes, there should be a Release Candidate released sometime soon. The RC is rumored to be out on April 10th. However, that is just a rumor,to be taken with a rather large grain of salt. Whether or not it will be released then is something only Microsoft knows for sure. Stay tuned...!

click start button in win 7 , type in winver in the search box, hit enter on keyboard; a lovely box appears, look for the expire date in it

From the Win7 Beta FAQ: <The Windows 7 Beta will stop working on August 1, 2009. To continue using your PC, please be prepared to reinstall a prior version of Windows or a subsequent release of Windows 7 before the expiration date. SeeInstalling the Windows 7 Beta. Your feedback and our continued progress will determine when the final version of Windows 7 becomes available.> (Note that this only refers to the public Beta (Build 7000.) If you're running an 'unofficial' release, the above does not apply to you. And, if that's the case: nobody can say when you build will stop working.)The RC (Release Candidate) is tentatively (according to several sources on the web) slated for release in mid-April.Please note that this has not been publicly stated on any MS website (including, but not limited to, the Windows 7 site.)Therefore, please take it with a few grains of salt. ;)HTH,Chris[If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Mark as Answer" or "Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.]

@ Microsoft Windows 7: Except that is NOT gonna give you the correct date... There seems to be a bit of a bug in WinVer.exe that makes it give July 1st, 2009 as the drop dead date - a full month ahead of the actual date.

egads said: ...maybe it's trueCan you set your pc clock to July 2, 2009 at let us know if its true?

Greetings from July 2nd, 2009... 12:14am.. Yes, it's still working...Edit: Now that WAS kinda weird... When I set the calendar to July 2nd, the normally dark gray I've got my task bar and my window title bars set to reverted to the light blue default color... The wallpaper didn't change though...

I wouldnt set the date ahead, just in case it never came back."I love how Vista Advanced Search runs for 45 minutes ...and is still going"but does it find what you are looking for?

egads said: Greetings back to the fellow on Eureka-time.I once had the misfortune of having my RTC advanced 3 years forward, and it left an indelible mark in some tricky (Vista) files in folder C:\WINDOWS\System32\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-18 Now that you tinkered, you might want to take a look. :))I love how Vista Advanced Search runs for 45 minutes ...and is still goingOk.. I looked.. Nothing super remarkable there.. Just one folder - User. A few files with rather long strings of numbers in the User folder and the S-1-5-18 folder. There's another folder - S-1-5-20 and it's got 2 more of these numericallly stringed files. All of these files are dated Jan 18th or 19th...

I also have the july 1st bug as well. I havent tested it but I have build 7000 ultimate 64 bit if that matters at all...

Microsoft Windows 7 said:click start button in win 7 , type in winver in the search box, hit enter on keyboard; a lovely box appears, look for the expire date in it Winver reports the expiration date incorrectly.To find out the actual date, open up a command prompt under elevated priviledges and issue the commandslmgr -dlvAsrock K8NF6P, AMD64 3200+, 1.5GB RAM, Palit Geforce 8400GS 256MB, 500GB Maxtor SataII, Asus 1814BLT optical

egads said: ...then, what makes you think slmgr.vbs is correct? Touche !But it does tie in with the publicised date...Asrock K8NF6P, AMD64 3200+, 1.5GB RAM, Palit Geforce 8400GS 256MB, 500GB Maxtor SataII, Asus 1814BLT optical