Windows 7 Release Candidate To Start Having Issues 1st July
Windows 7 users need to consider switching from the Release Candidate before the 1st July. On the 1st of July the operating system will reboot every 2 hours automatically to give the user a friendly reminder that the Windows 7 beta has reached the end of its lifetime.
Users who are not intimidated by the reboot cycle will run into another problem starting August 1 where the operating system will expire completely.
Users still running the beta release of Windows 7 have the option to upgrade to the release candidate build. Microsoft has blocked a direct upgrade but that can be fixed by editing one resource file. Interested users can visit the Windows 7 Beta To RC Upgrade article over at Windows 7 News. The same technique can most likely also be used to upgrade the Windows 7 Release Candidate to the final release of the operating system.
The Windows 7 Release Candidate can still be downloaded from the official Microsoft website. Product keys are handed out as well on those pages.
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