VS2008 VPCs Expiring November 1st - Have a nice day!

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"We recently discovered that the VPCs we distributed as part of the VS2008 Beta2 release will expire on Thursday, November 1, 2007, much earlier than we had originally expected.  Since the timeout is at the OS level, we cannot automatically extend the timeout period.  As such we are currently in the process of reissuing the VPCs and expect to make them available early next week. "

(full post about this and what you might want to do here)

Great!

Three days before I leave to speak at TechEd, using the VS 2008 VPC with Team System On it, you pull the rug from under me. Thanks!

Published Saturday, October 27, 2007 4:48 AM by RoyOsherove
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Saturday, October 27, 2007 5:41 AM by Justin-Josef Angel [MVP]

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Just use one of your Windows Server 2003 keys on the VPC OS and I think it'll keep working.

Saturday, October 27, 2007 5:41 AM by Ian Smith

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LOL at the t-shirt. Been taking some heat on Channel 9 for whingeing about this happening yet again and was beggining to think maybe it was just me being "unreasonable" at being annoyed that Microsoft have yet again shot themselves in the foot. I need to get me one of those t-shirts.

Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:06 AM by soliko

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y don't you pull the clock back?

Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:16 PM by RoyOsherove

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Justin: and how do I do that? (Assuming I have a key - where do I enter it?)

Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:39 PM by todd brooks

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Sunday, October 28, 2007 1:18 AM by Justin Etheredge

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That's not a Monday detail Michael!! (Sorry for the Office Space reference) That really is a crappy situation to be in though.

Sunday, October 28, 2007 5:03 AM by Ian Smith

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There's a post here that details the process for applying a Windows 2003 license key to stop the expiry - time-consuming and not exactly a "quick hit" though :(

blogs.msdn.com/.../update-on-expiring-vs2008-beta2-vpcs.aspx

Monday, October 29, 2007 8:56 AM by Gokhan

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