Vista - when does the public beta end?

When does this public beta end? How long can the Vista Beta 2 be used
before it expires please?
I don't want to install it to find it expires in 2 months as that would be a
waste of time. Would be nice to get at least 4 months out of it.

It expires on either 31 May 2007 or 1 June 2007 depending on your time zone


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"Beck" <beck@removephotoscene.co.uk> wrote in message
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> When does this public beta end? How long can the Vista Beta 2 be used
> before it expires please?
> I don't want to install it to find it expires in 2 months as that would be
> a waste of time. Would be nice to get at least 4 months out of it.
>

"Timothy Drouillard" <timdrouillard@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:45B21815-8655-45F8-9C06-18ADD9EFBFDD@microsoft.com...
> Beta 2 will cease working in June of 2007. Plenty of time.
>

Excellent, thankyou both. :-)

The public beta will end and the capability to use Microsoft Update to
update Beta 2 will end no later than the release of Vista. The software
will work until June 1 of 2007 but the beta will be over before then. Beta
licenses expire upon the release of the product.

"Beck" <beck@removephotoscene.co.uk> wrote in message
news:evgReK$kGHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> When does this public beta end? How long can the Vista Beta 2 be used
> before it expires please?
> I don't want to install it to find it expires in 2 months as that would be
> a waste of time. Would be nice to get at least 4 months out of it.
>

Does it know if I set the clock back?

"Timothy Drouillard" <timdrouillard@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:45B21815-8655-45F8-9C06-18ADD9EFBFDD@microsoft.com...
> Beta 2 will cease working in June of 2007. Plenty of time.
>
>
> "Beck" <beck@removephotoscene.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:evgReK$kGHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> When does this public beta end? How long can the Vista Beta 2 be used
>> before it expires please?
>> I don't want to install it to find it expires in 2 months as that would
>> be a waste of time. Would be nice to get at least 4 months out of it.
>>
>

Generally that will lead to a premature timebombing. The delta is an
absolute value.

"Mario Rosario" <mario@webacre.com> wrote in message
news:687AB56E-1EE1-4759-B4A6-63FFE4DB064D@microsoft.com...
> Does it know if I set the clock back?
>
> "Timothy Drouillard" <timdrouillard@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:45B21815-8655-45F8-9C06-18ADD9EFBFDD@microsoft.com...
>> Beta 2 will cease working in June of 2007. Plenty of time.
>>
>>
>> "Beck" <beck@removephotoscene.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:evgReK$kGHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> When does this public beta end? How long can the Vista Beta 2 be used
>>> before it expires please?
>>> I don't want to install it to find it expires in 2 months as that would
>>> be a waste of time. Would be nice to get at least 4 months out of it.
>>>
>>
>

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
news:O8$VBn$kGHA.1664@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> The public beta will end and the capability to use Microsoft Update to
> update Beta 2 will end no later than the release of Vista. The software
> will work until June 1 of 2007 but the beta will be over before then.
> Beta licenses expire upon the release of the product.

Thanks. You see I know what will happen. My little laptop will become
quite comfortable over a year using Vista and will not want to let it go
when the time comes. Lets hope MS release inexpensive versions like
upgrades and oems like they do with XP.

In article <evgReK$kGHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Beck says...
> When does this public beta end? How long can the Vista Beta 2 be used
> before it expires please?

Did you actually bother to read any of the information YOU WERE GIVEN
when you signed up for it?

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"Conor" <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <evgReK$kGHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Beck says...
>> When does this public beta end? How long can the Vista Beta 2 be used
>> before it expires please?
>
> Did you actually bother to read any of the information YOU WERE GIVEN
> when you signed up for it?

I have a long email they sent me but it mentions nothing about when it
expires.

In article <u8lkY6ElGHA.1508@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Beck says...
>
> "Conor" <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1f01d32dc5f2b50798cdad@news.individual.net...
> > In article <evgReK$kGHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Beck says...
> >> When does this public beta end? How long can the Vista Beta 2 be used
> >> before it expires please?
> >
> > Did you actually bother to read any of the information YOU WERE GIVEN
> > when you signed up for it?
>
> I have a long email they sent me but it mentions nothing about when it
> expires.
>
When you signed up, you were sent to this page:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

If you actually bothered reading it you'll have seen:

"When you register for the Customer Preview Program you will receive
the Beta 2 release plus Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ? the
next major pre-release of Windows Vista ? when it is available later
this year."

as well as:

"Time-limited software
Windows Vista Beta 2 (and RC1) is time-limited, pre-release software
that will expire on June 1, 2007. "

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Conor
Grumpy Old Man
Same ****, Different Day.