The Beginning of the End for Windows 7 RC Users

[Marcus Yam]

Free ride is over!

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[davendork]

I'm running on W7 RC and it does seem to be aff

 

[davendork]

ting anything I need to do.

 

[uh_no]

time to shell out!

 

[festerovic]

For those of you wanting to upgrade to Win7 ultimate from RC-1, know that it is possible to do an Upgrade install (which keeps everything how it is right now)instead of doing a clean install. M$ reps will swear its not possible, but it is.
It requires changing a single file on the windows install diskas well as copying the contents of the windows disk to a folder on your hard drive. It is located in the sources folder, file is called: cversion.ini. You need to change the minclient value to 7000.00 and then save the file. The hit setup and enjoy.

 

[redplanet_returns]

The Beginning of the End for Windows 7 RC Users

wouldn't it be more like a new beginning for Windows 7 RC users?

 

[itadakimasu]

My wife's computer came up w\ that warning. Time to grab another copy of Win7 to install since Windows 7 is so awesome.

 

[mbmcavoy]

My ~4 year old PC was running Win7RC, and I will agree it is "the best Windows yet"! Still, I rarely even used it, and I had to to tech support almost every time my wife turned it on.

I was actually happy for this deadline to come - I finally convinced my wife to let me replace it with a new Mac Mini!

 

[wotan31]

Windows 7 blows. It's not faster than Vista in any way, it's just another bloated kludge. I'm waiting for Windows 8.

 

[Guest]

I am still using the RC! I have been seeing the Windows activation wizard pop up telling me to back up. At the time of the writhing, the wizard tells me I have 4 hours before the expiration. I will be going back to vista, but still not sure when.

 

[jhansonxi]

Linux and Mac users agree that what Microsoft needs to do is get rid of this annoying amateur DRM timeout garbage and just require a dongle.

 

[waikano]

Had it on 3 machines, BootCamp MacMini, Soltek Kt800Pro, and some Low end Compaq Celeron. Worked so good wanted to keep it until the last possible moment (don't think I could handle the bi-hourly shutdowns though). Don't have the $$ for Legit 7 until tax return comes in so I had to go back to XP in the interim. Did backup and reinstalls yesterday. But am highly impressed with 7.

 

[afrobacon]

Still representing build 7000

I do plan on updating, but I'm much too lazy to do it just yet.

 

[brendano257]

I hate to be the critic, but you said bi-hourly and once ever 2 hours about the same thing, which is it?

Anyway, I never really used the RC much, I liked it but didn't want to rely on it. Switched to Win7 Home Prem. a couple weeks before Christmas and have loved it so far, it's got a few quirks like all of Windows...but it's served me well so far

 

[eddieroolz]

Just ask a computer science student you know for a free copy xD

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Sounds more like the end of the beginning.

 

[Scotteq]

Heh - Another guilty procrastinator here - Ran the RC up until Friday, when I finished the new build.

 

[flyinfinni]

Got a Technet sub a couple of weeks back to upgrade my RC machines. Enjoying Win 7 Ultimate x64 now and happy I won't need to mess with my install again for a while.

 

[dainsane1]

while win7 is shiny i don't use it enough to bother to pay for it.
will just have to go back to xp for the 2x a month i need native winblows
and since i have no support for Vt there is no point in win 7 vm

ubuntu for me

 

[waikano]

bi·hour·ly:
   occurring every two hours.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bi-hourly

 

[beayn]

I like using Win7 RC as an option when I boot up to repair problems with my legit copy that's on an SSD. I hope it doesn't become completely disabled over time as it's still useful as a repair tool for me.

 

[neodude007]

Lawl, if you are still using the RC you are waaaay behind the times and likely missed out on free Windows 7 or $30 copies from colleges.

 

[tommysch]

Im running it and currently updating it to a RTM version, just had to change a value for the install to accept my hack.

Copy the install DVD, open the CVERSION.INI and change the required version to 7100 and you are done. Update from the HDD.

[citation][nom]NeoDude007[/nom]Lawl, if you are still using the RC you are waaaay behind the times and likely missed out on free Windows 7 or $30 copies from colleges.[/citation]

lol @ you

 

[eddyy714]

Hmmm, I have Windows 7RC on both my desktop and laptop. I've kept my desktop on and it has been running for 2 hours 40 minutes with no popups or shutdowns.

I just turned on my laptop to see if it too will stay on without popups or shutdowns, and so far I have not seen any. The last time I saw the popup was yesterday, when I had 20-something hours to go, but I haven't seen it since.

Maybe Microsoft decided not to do that? Has it actually happened to anyone yet?

 

[Guest]

I just upgraded my RC to RTM - in place - using the cversion.ini hack.

Half a dozen reboots later it's working fine. Only problem is you have to install a full "ultimate" version, as that's what the RC was.