how can i check if i have windows 7 ultimate rc or a pirated win 7 ultimate?
thanks
how can i check if i have windows 7 ultimate rc or a pirated win 7 ultimate?
thanks
Well... did you install the RC or a pirated version of the final release? If so I expect you'll find that this thread will be closed sharpish.
Then it's the RC, and you've nothing to be bothered about. "Windows 7 Release Canditate Build 7100" or something like that should be printed to the bottom right of the desktop.
The only thing that might get you in a spot of bother is that Win7 RC is deactivated in March.
If it has the RC installed (as aidanjt states it will show this in the bottom right of the desktop) and you state when selling that it is the RC then you've done nothing wrong. In fact, if they try Windows 7 RC and like it you might be doing MS a favour, because then whoever you sell the computer to might buy a copy when the RC starts rebooting every 2 hours in March 2010.
Which is, of course, the crux of the matter. I strongly suggest that you make it abundantly clear to any purchaser than it is running a pre-release version of Windows, they will get no support for it, there's no guarantee that software / drivers will work for it (I've come across at least one piece of hardware where the drivers refused to install point blank because I was using the RC), and that it will expire in June, with a 2-hourly shutdown starting in March. That way you've CYA and they know they need to shell out on a copy of Windows.
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