As reported by Ars Technica, beginning July 1, 2009, Windows 7 users who are still on the beta (build 7000) will begin to receive bi-hourly shutdowns reminding the user to upgrade to the release candidate (build 7100). On August 1, 2009, all Windows 7 beta licenses will expire triggering the non-genuine experience for any user still using the beta. The user's wallpaper will be removed and a message with the words "This copy of Windows is not genuine" will be displayed in the lower right corner above the taskbar.Users who would like to continue testing the next Microsoft operating system are asked to download the Windows 7 Release Candidate that was released to the public in May 2009. The release candidate will be available to download until August 15, 2009 when the software will no longer be offered by Microsoft. Windows 7 users who are currently on the release candidate will not have to worry until March 1, 2010 and June 1, 2010 when bi-hourly shutdowns and license expirations will begin.
With the given dates taken into consideration, Windows 7 users will have an ample amount of time to move over to the RTM build that is rumored to be released on July 13.
I hope your TV Guide won't mess up...
I use it so infrequently that I'm not worried. It's mostly for movies and such.
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Ah, it was on Ars, nvm
Expiration date is there
If you are gonna copy somebody elses article just copy it verbatim and link to it don't reword it and pretend it is an originally. A lot of it still reads word for word.
Ars Technica article: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009...t-next-week.ars
If you are gonna copy somebody elses article just copy it verbatim and link to it don't reword it and pretend it is an originally. A lot of it still reads word for word.
Ars Technica article: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009...t-next-week.ars
...with a link right there to the original article.
Anyways, I don't see what the problem is here. If you're testing Win7, you should be keeping up on the major builds (i.e. you should have the RC by now). If you're just using beta version because you want to use Win7, that sucks for you, but that's not what these releases are meant for.
People shouldn't be using XP, its too old now. Vista is freely available so there is no excuse.
It's available to anyone, and of course it's old. 2001 was a long time ago.
http://imgur.com/LQZ6X.png
http://imgur.com/LQZ6X.png
I'm the author of the Ars Technica article and I'm very amused by this image. Cheers!
That said, I am a huge supporter of Neowin (and once wrote for them) so I'm happy that they fixed this as quickly as they did. No hard feelings
Correcting it is fine (and right to do IMO) but all that was needed was adding the source, not rewriting it and deleting the original.
That's all the author did - added the source. He added it right at the top of the article as well. He didn't re-write the article or delete the original. Compare your screenshot with this article.
My apologies, you are correct that the source was just added to the start of the article and the article was not rewritten.
No worries
Bi-annually = twice a year
Biennial = Once every 2 years
Has everyone got the definition wrong?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bihourly
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bihourly
Nope I think you got it wrong
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bihourly
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bihourly
Nope I think you got it wrong
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bihourly
Bi-Annually means twice a year... Bi-hourly should mean twice an hour...
If it's ambigious, then no one is wrong.... but if it's ambigious then the term should not be used to report on an event. Microsoft should not have used an ambigious term for something like this.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/bi-prefix
Last edited by lunamonkey on 25 Jun 2009 - 11:39
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