DOCUMENT:Q181686 18-DEC-1999 [mspress] TITLE :Windows 98 Beta Expires on December 31, 1998 PRODUCT :Microsoft Press PROD/VER:: OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbdocerr ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - MSPRESS Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit, Beta Release ISBN 1-57231-878-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= The Microsoft Windows 98 Beta Release is a time-limited program. After a date preprogrammed into the system, the Windows 98 Beta Release operating system will no longer load. Install the full version of Windows 98 to remove the time limitation. The CD-ROM label and Betagide.doc file state that the expiration date is December 31, 1998. However, the release notes (Relnotes.doc) included on the CD-ROM state that the expiration date is August 24, 1998. MORE INFORMATION ================ The correct expiration date is December 31, 1998. Windows 98 will begin warning you in November 1998 that your system is due to expire shortly. Note that support for the Windows 98 Beta Release expired on June 25, 1998, when the release version of Microsoft Windows 98 first appeared in stores. Support is no longer available for this product. For more information, please see the Betagide.doc file in the root directory of the Windows 98 Resource Kit CD-ROM. Additional query words: press ms_press win98 rk reskit 1-57231-878-3 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbdocerr Technology : kbMSPressSearch Version : : Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.