Stuart wrote:

> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I get
> a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>
> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>
> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't get
> any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to function
> normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.

You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
testers do.




Malke
--
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"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Malke wrote:

> Stuart wrote:

>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>
>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>
>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.

>
> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
> testers do.

A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
customer.
--

Wim Hekken ;-)

"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Malke wrote:

> > Stuart wrote:

> >> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
> >> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
> >>
> >> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
> >>
> >> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
> >> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
> >> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service

pack.

> >
> > You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
> > directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
> > testers do.

>
> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
> customer.
>

Wrong

RC = Beta

Build tags have always been a part of Windows betas and are always removed
from the final software when it is release. Release Candidate is still
pre-released software (beta), so you will have to live with it a little
while longer until Release to Web/Manufacturing is reached.
--
Andre
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Stuart" <stuartfrith@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I get a
> small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>
> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>
> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't get
> any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to function
> normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.
>
> Any one have the same problems.
>
> Thx in advance.
> Stu.

It is a Beta. Period. RC=Beta

--
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Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@xxxxxx

> Malke wrote:

>> Stuart wrote:

>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>>
>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>>
>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.

>>
>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
>> testers do.

>
> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
> customer.
> --
>
> Wim Hekken ;-)

philo schreef:

> "Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@xxxxxx

>> Malke wrote:

>>> Stuart wrote:
>>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>>>
>>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>>>
>>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service

> pack.

>>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
>>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
>>> testers do.

>> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
>> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
>> customer.
>>

>
>
> Wrong
>
> RC = Beta

RC = Release Canditate. There were three beta versions.
--

Wim Hekken ;-)

As the others say, it is normal. However, if you don't like it there, you
can remove the watermark:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/1...vista-sp1-rc1/

--
Dustin Harper
dharper@xxxxxx
http://www.vistarip.com


"Stuart" <stuartfrith@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eP$x2IuSIHA.1184@xxxxxx

> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I get a
> small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>
> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>
> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't get
> any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to function
> normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.
>
> Any one have the same problems.
>
> Thx in advance.
> Stu.

"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ORKfA#vSIHA.2000@xxxxxx

> philo schreef:

>> "Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@xxxxxx

>>> Malke wrote:
>>>> Stuart wrote:
>>>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>>>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>>>>
>>>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>>>>
>>>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>>>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>>>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service

>> pack.

>>>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
>>>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
>>>> testers do.
>>> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
>>> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
>>> customer.
>>>

>>
>>
>> Wrong
>>
>> RC = Beta

>
> RC = Release Canditate. There were three beta versions.

Lawd have mercy..... a release candidate is still in beta testing.
Anyone with a smidgen of computer sense knows this.


-Michael

"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> philo schreef:

>> "Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@xxxxxx

>>> Malke wrote:
>>>> Stuart wrote:
>>>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>>>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>>>>
>>>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>>>>
>>>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>>>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>>>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service

>> pack.

>>>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
>>>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
>>>> testers do.
>>> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
>>> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
>>> customer.
>>>

>>
>>
>> Wrong
>>
>> RC = Beta

>
> RC = Release Canditate. There were three beta versions.
> --
>
> Wim Hekken ;-)

It is still an evaluation version..

--
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