Are you still running the original Windows 7 beta? Take note – it expires tomorrow.
Bi-hourly shutdowns of the Microsoft beta already started on July 1, but it officially goes dark on Saturday. Users should consider switching to the Windows 7 release candidate or Windows Vista, Microsoft said.
Microsoft first made the beta publicly available to those attending Microsoft Developer Conferences earlier this year. The public beta was then released in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Microsoft also conducted an invite-only technical preview of the beta last year, and the company announced Thursday that participants in the test would receive a free copy of Windows 7 for their efforts.
The RC version of Windows 7, meanwhile, made its debut in May. Downloads of the RC end on August 20, but the program will still run.
"You will still be able to get a product key beyond that date but, downloads will not be available," Microsoft's Stephen Rose wrote in a blog post.
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