i keep getting a pop up saying &quot;your copy of windows will expire in 0 hours&quot; and randomly shuts down. this is a legit copy of 7 RC and it is activvated. any ideas? i apologise if this has been asked before. i did a search first however there was an insane amount of hits and after 12 pages i gave up..lol© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:43:45 Z21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588ahttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588ahttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588aReavantoshttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Reavantosi keep getting a pop up saying &quot;your copy of windows will expire in 0 hours&quot; and randomly shuts down. this is a legit copy of 7 RC and it is activvated. any ideas? i apologise if this has been asked before. i did a search first however there was an insane amount of hits and after 12 pages i gave up..lolSat, 04 Jul 2009 13:14:02 Z2009-07-04T13:14:02Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#004e21e7-1f73-4c09-abd0-4f40f3d5f3c9http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#004e21e7-1f73-4c09-abd0-4f40f3d5f3c9Vlad0http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Vlad0Are You sure the system date of Your PC is correct <br/>and not somewhere after Jun 1 2010?Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:10:12 Z2009-07-04T15:10:12Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#8e1f5a4a-86cb-4644-b810-764217c16e16http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#8e1f5a4a-86cb-4644-b810-764217c16e16Reavantoshttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Reavantosyep/ 7/4/2009<br/>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:52:55 Z2009-07-04T15:52:55Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#448111c8-7a8e-4f20-b264-93e6682fc118http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#448111c8-7a8e-4f20-b264-93e6682fc118Sanmartinhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=SanmartinMaybe you have remnants of a prior 7 Beta installation on your disk? That one is about to expire.<hr class="sig">Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:04:17 Z2009-07-04T16:04:17Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#86e2ef61-7016-4e04-89c0-ef8a5dfecb14http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#86e2ef61-7016-4e04-89c0-ef8a5dfecb14Reavantoshttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Reavantosnope clean install on a new HD. i am so puzzled.Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:19:59 Z2009-07-04T17:19:59Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#48390770-5984-4d2b-8049-9a4e57556535http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#48390770-5984-4d2b-8049-9a4e57556535Sanmartinhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=SanmartinWell, assuming (1) you downloaded your copy from Microsoft, (2) we're talking about the same version (6.1.7100), (3) all of your important system files (f.e. \windows\system32\cmd.exe) show the date 04/22/2009, <strong>and</strong> the problem remains, I would download the RC again and reinstall it again, reformatting the whole drive in the process. If one of the points isn't the case, I would do just the same thing.<hr class="sig">Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:57:13 Z2009-07-04T17:57:13Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#36cdfa83-6ad0-486d-8ee8-adda7ca6655bhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#36cdfa83-6ad0-486d-8ee8-adda7ca6655bReavantoshttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Reavantosbuild 7000. yes i downloaded my copy from microsoft and used the key that was given to me when i clicked  &quot;download&quot;<br/> <br/>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:32:41 Z2009-07-04T20:32:41Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#290801f4-ce9c-4377-976d-c5e64758a644http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/21f957e6-357e-471e-aacb-77da0cd5588a#290801f4-ce9c-4377-976d-c5e64758a644piepawhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=piepawWhoops, there it is.<br/> <br/> RC is build 7100. Do as Sanmartin suggests above.<hr class="sig">Regards from the Valley of the Sun.Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:47:46 Z2009-07-05T01:47:46Z