With the launch of Windows 7 Release Candidate RC Tuesday, anyone can get their hands on a copy of the final public preview and, according to Microsoft, use it until Aug. But most users won't want to use it for the entire 13 months Microsoft has allotted. As it did with Windows Vista's previews , Microsoft will start pushing users to upgrade to the real thing by automatically shutting down, then restarting, PCs equipped with Windows 7 RC three months before the build officially expires.
Unless users are prepared to put up with the automatic reboots -- which come without warning and so may cause data loss -- they'll have to give up Windows 7 RC on the last day of February , about 10 months after it went public. Windows 7 Beta, which Microsoft launched last January, will start rebooting even earlier -- July 1, said LeBlanc -- a month before it expires. But most users won't want to use it for the entire 13 months Microsoft has allotted. As it did with Windows Vista's previews , Microsoft will start pushing users to upgrade to the real thing by automatically shutting down, then restarting, PCs equipped with Windows 7 RC three months before the build officially expires.
Unless users are prepared to put up with the automatic reboots -- which come without warning and so may cause data loss -- they'll have to give up Windows 7 RC on the last day of February , about 10 months after it went public. Windows 7 Beta, which Microsoft launched last January, will start rebooting even earlier -- July 1, said LeBlanc -- a month before it expires.
Earlier, Computerworld reported that users could run Windows 7 RC for 13 months, and compared that favorably to Vista RC's shorter "free" periods. You know that it will take some time but you cannot wait for it to finish, so you can shut down your computer. This is where a program called Auto-Shutdown comes in. You just set the time at which you want your computer to shutdown and it will shutdown automatically at your chosen time. Here are the latest Insider stories.
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