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Re: [News] [Rival] Vista 7 Self-Destructs

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____/ Jerry McBride on Monday 01 June 2009 00:21 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Windows 7 users panic when Microsoft gives wrong auto-reboot date
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>> | A mistake by Microsoft sent some users into a panic when they received
>> | an e-mail that told them their copies of Windows 7 beta would
>> | automatically begin rebooting every two hours starting June 1.
>> | 
>> | Windows 7 beta, which was released to the public in January, will expire
>> | on Aug. 1. A month before that, the operating system will prod users to
>> | move on to the next milestone, dubbed "RC" for Release Candidate, or
>> | revert to an older OS such as Vista or XP. Microsoft doesn't go for
>> | subtlety: It warns users of an approaching expiration date by
>> | automatically shutting down, then restarting, the PC every two hours.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133664&intsrc=news_ts_head
> 
> 
> Well... that's a bit missleading... After all... it reboots automatically
> anyways....

It's rendered unusable. 

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