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    How to Upgrade to Windows 7 Retail from the Beta or Release Candidate

    Windows 7 Beta Shutting Down Every Two Hours Now

    Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1

    Download and Install Windows 7 on a PC or Mac

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    Image of Ketch2k8 Ketch2k8
    10/26/09

    In reply to How to Upgrade to Windows 7 Retail from the Beta or Release Candidate
    Hmmmm....I'm not sure whether to risk breaking everything :( I've got til March do it I guess...I have my copy of Windows 7 but its Home Premium which I got dirt cheap through college #windows
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/26/09

    @Ketch2k8: Let me save you some trouble: it won't work.

    As a couple others here have mentioned since you commented, the beta/RC are for Windows 7 Ultimate. Unless you're staying with Ultimate, you still won't be able to upgrade, so save yourself the trouble and do a clean install. #windows
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    Image of tricky1 tricky1
    10/26/09

    @OCEntertainment: Let me save you some trouble: It can work

    From the RC: Run Regedit

    Navigate to HKLM(HKEY_Local_Machine)Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion

    Change EditionID from "Ultimate" to your version (Professional in my case)

    and Change ProductName from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 7 [youreditionhere] (IE: Windows 7 Professional)

    Close Regedit and after doing the cversion.ini trick above you will be able to upgrade.

    Worked fine on my RC to Professional Upgrade...just took about an hour.
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment Edited by tricky1 at 10/26/09 5:05 PM tricky1 was starred tricky1 was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/26/09

    @tricky1: I'm more than happy to be proved wrong if it means something will work right. But man, opening with "let me save you some trouble", and then going into a registry edit....you're positively begging my sarcasm cannon to open fire. ;-)

    Anyways, best of luck to anyone interested in trying this out. I'll likely be going from Ultimate to Ultimate when the time comes. And by that point, this thread will be long since dead. Have fun, you guys! #windows
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/01/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Beta Shutting Down Every Two Hours Now
    Waaaaa. whatever


    Pfft. Anyone crying about this is so out of the loop as to be not worth caring about.


    If someone "gave" you the beta, go back and ask 'em to "give" you the RC.


    -and then reach down deep and "give" up some cash for the real version. -it's so totally worth it.


    Anyone playing this up is lacking imagination.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/01/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Beta Shutting Down Every Two Hours Now
    Yes, people - you do have to update your shit.


    Boo-freaking-hoo. You have to download a free operating system and let it install itself while you do other stuff.

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/01/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Seconded.


    tempest in a teapot

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    Image of OMG Pizza Party!!1! OMG Pizza Party!!1!
    06/11/09

    In reply to Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1
    Love that wallpaper. Makes me feel like I'm in Japan again and twenty years ahead of every other country in the galaxy.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    06/11/09

    @OMG Pizza Party!!1!: That, or I'm just realizing I'm on salvia again...
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    Image of robot-shmobot robot-shmobot
    06/11/09

    In reply to Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1
    Honest question from a naive, yet respectful mac user: what's the difference between the beta and the RC1 that people aren't updating?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    06/11/09

    @robot-shmobot: The general steps (as I understand them) is alpha, beta, release candidate, gold master, final.


    Alpha is highly buggy and generally unstable. Beta is largely stable but buggy. Release Candidate is highly stable and largely debugged. Gold Master is highly stable and almost ready to ship barring any major bugs. Final is what ships. There's usually little to no difference between gold master and final. People aren't updating because they are lazy, prone to whining, and short-sighted.


    It's akin to saying "I'm used to driving this car that is 90% painted and sometimes stalls and therefore don't feel like getting a replacement car identical to it that is 95% painted which doesn't stall."

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    Image of EncNone EncNone
    06/11/09

    In reply to Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1
    anyone find a work around yet?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    06/11/09

    @EncNone: Yes there is a workaround. Download and install the Release Candidate.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    06/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: seconded.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    06/11/09

    In reply to Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1
    Too late. It's been shutting down on me at least six times a week.


    j/k

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    Image of John Rea John Rea
    06/11/09

    In reply to Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1
    What if it shuts down while you are upgrading to the RC? DOH!
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    06/11/09

    @John Rea: You're supposed to do a clean install to the RC, so if you install the RC in such a way that there is an opportunity for it to shut-down and screw up the install, you're an ass-hat.


    RTFM

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    Image of OGM! Dyslexic! OGM! Dyslexic!
    06/11/09

    In reply to Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1
    Can i just turn the clock back!?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/11/09

    @OGM! Dyslexic!: How do you know it won't check the "internet clock"
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    Image of MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star! MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star!
    06/11/09

    In reply to Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1
    Seems so stupid that they're doing it that way. Why not just end the damn thing.. If my laptop shut down ever 2 hours I'd be extremely pissed off.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/11/09

    @mfischer579: How is this any worse than having it just shut down? Having the option to run Windows 7 Beta for 2 hours doesn't mean you have to do it. Just don't turn your computer on - there, it's the same as not being able to turn it on.

    SIGH.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    06/11/09

    @mfischer579: Why is it stupid? The Beta did its job by finding problems. That is what a beta is for - issue location. The Release Candidate was then distributed to find any stragglers.


    The Beta does not exist for you to get used to an OS or to get something for nothing. It exists for the programmers to debug the OS. Stop whining and get RC1.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/10/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Free Beta Sign-Up Is OVER
    Been happily running W7 as my primary OS on my laptop since Day 1 of the public beta. Works great.
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    Image of Eduardo Flores Eduardo Flores
    02/09/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Free Beta Sign-Up Is OVER
    i grabbed mine but got two keys since the download was stopped, dun know if both of them work thought, i used the last one
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    Image of the_sidewinder the_sidewinder
    02/10/09

    @Eduardo Flores: There are only about 10 keys for the public beta, so they both work
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    02/10/09

    @the_sidewinder & Eduardo Flores: And each key can officially be used on up to three machines, so you should be all good.
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    Image of jrghoull jrghoull
    02/09/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Free Beta Sign-Up Is OVER
    i had downloaded a copy and even got a number from MS...the damn thing says though that i have missed the registration date...anything to be done about this?
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    02/09/09

    @jrghoull: If you have the ISO downloaded, and you have the registration code that they give you when you downloaded it, you should be fine. If you don't have the product key, check out Lifehacker's post on getting one.
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    Image of smokee smokee
    02/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft On Windows 7 UAC Security Hole: "This is Not a Vulnerability"
    Someday I will meet one of these fabled people that leave UAC on. Then I will show her how to turn it off. =D
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    Image of Project_J187 Project_J187
    02/04/09

    @smokee: I leave it on at my work computer, but that is because we have VPN and you don't have to get the OK to see someone's computer. UAC stops the connection from being made until after I click allow. My home computers have it turned off though.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft On Windows 7 UAC Security Hole: "This is Not a Vulnerability"
    "We like to think of it not so much as a security hole, as much as a guest portal, part of our new security-as-social-networking initiative."
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