SP 2 Beta question

[Curious]

Andy your original post asked how to remove the text warning to users of
your system that they were no longer a running a fully released version of
software but that they were running an evaluation/beta version of a future
release. Apparently you did not realize that the Beta version of the new
release in addition to new functions contained many modified and still under
test versions of files/programs in your original release and therefore you
did not think that the evaluation text warning should be displayed.
If you did feel that any one using your system should not be warned that the
system had been changed and added to and that these change and additions
were still under test and evaluation then I understand understand your
request but I would certainly not allow it to be implemented if I was MS.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Pity I even bothered to answer your post!

Forgive me but I've installed and uninstalled SP2 more times than you have
had hot dinners. Once the service pack has been removed and the computer
rebooted a few times the evaluation is removed.

I checked the other posts prior to making my post and could see that you
were somewhat angry at the replies. I have tried to word my reply to be as
helpful as possible, but still you have that 'angry' streak. It is extremely
rare that I give up on any thread, but this one certainly isn't worth my
time.


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[John Barnett MVP]

Actually Tom your reply wasn't available when i posted. However, I am aware
of Kelly's 'remedy'. My reply to andy stipulated that the inscription
couldn't be removed based on a reply I received from Microsoft which stated
that editing the registry would not remove the evaluation notice. This was
in reply to a post I made when Vista SP1 came out and I suggested editing
the registry (obviously Kelly has put the registry tweak into a script). I
suppose Microsoft didn't want people using a registry hack to remove the
evaluation so, I assume, as i had suggested it for Vista SP1, a Microsoft
employee decided to say it wouldn't work.

At least Andy has sorted the problem now. This is something that comes up
with every beta; fortunately it doesn't bother me that the evaluation is
there, but some people it does.

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[Richard G. Harper]

Actually, yes I have both installed and uninstalled Service Pack 2. If you
want the warning to go away remove the beta software and the desktop warning
will go away. I guarantee it.

P.S. - If it matters, I am also a Microsoft MVP.

 

[Tom Lake]

After installation of WindowsVistaSP2Beta-x86.exe, I've got a lettering on
the right lower corner of desktop just above the Notification Area:
"Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy. Build 6002"
My question is: How to remove this inscription?

To get rid of the version number on the desktop, the method
is the same as for XP. Go here:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

and look for

185. Remove Desktop Version from Desktop

Click on that and allow it to run. Your version number will be gone.
You might have to log off and back on to see the change.

Tom Lake

 

[LoveTheNews]

I have two comments:

1. Why is Microsoft the only software company able to get away with using
the end user for beta and Release Candidate testing? Wouldn't it be
professional of them to actually finish something before they charge the
customer for it instead of expecting the buyer to spend up to two years of
frustration with a product they can't properly test. Perhaps if Microsoft
wasn't trying to own all the software in the world, and focused on just one
product they might be able to sell something that worked out of the box and
earn their money honestly like all other software manufacturers must.

I am especially ticked at Balmer's recent comment that Windows 7 is
basically a 'fixed' Vista. But that won't stop Microsoft from charging for
it. So three and a half years, Vista at $350, Windows 7 at $350, that's $700
I'll have paid Microsoft for their inability to write an OS after decades of
failures. Most IT professionals, myself included, prefer Unix and would
never buy a Microsoft product if Microsoft ruthless business practices had
not led to it's monopoly of the PC community. (And the government can't make
an anti-trust suit against them, pitiful) Unix works out of the box and is
remarkably stable and certainly not prone to "vulnerabilities" that have to
be addressed every week.

2. What is a Release Candidate? Now let's see, Adobe released a beta of
Lightroom. I tried it, liked it, and bought it. I did NOT have to uninstall
the beta, the Retail version removed it and installed the full copy. I have
tried beta software from numerous companies this way. ONE BETA, try it, like
it, buy it, install it.

Now Microsoft's version has become beta 1, beta 2, beta 3 and it still
doesn't work. So we move onto RC1 and perhaps RC2. Ok, now at that point
Microsoft has got to get the customer to pay for the privilege of beta
testing so they sell the OS. It can't be installed unless you remove all
previous versions (remember it still didn't work, it was just time for Bill
Gates to add a new wing to the campus for the new software from the company
he recently drove out of business.)

So, John Q Consumer buys XP, or Vista and continues testing for Microsoft
and he hopes in a year but usually two the product will begin to perform as
advertised.

In conclusion I would like to remind everyone of the type of businessman
Bill Gates always has been. Mister 'Smoke and Mirrors' presented the first
Windows and indicated it was ready to be delivered if the investers were
ready to support it. The truth is, all he really had at the time were slides
of 'borrowed ideas of a GUI developed by Xerox and being developed by Apple.
He never has, and I don't think he ever will, deliver a product that works
and deliver it on time. It's not his style. Anyone interested in buying some
snake oil? It will cure all of your PC woes! Oh, wait, I'm being sued by
Microsoft because they claim they have rights to the snake.

Have a great day and remember: If you're running a Microsoft Application and
it's messed up, smile. It's not your fault, it's underdeveloped.