The version has expired!????

[Clemour]

I have installed the software and tried to run the program
and a pop up appear saying your software has expired on
the 31.7.05 pls contact Microsoft...How can it expired
when it is not the due date? Pls advise. Thanks

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Go to Regional Settings in Control Panel
Click Customize button under Regional Options.
Click Date tab
Select the top item in each drop down menu.

 

[CATiffany]

-----Original Message-----
I installed the software and tried to run the program
and a pop up appear saying your software has expired on
the 31.7.05 pls contact Microsoft...How can it expired
when it is not the due date? Pls advise. Thanks
.

I had the same problem as you, and for the same reason:
non-standard date format. I was using yyyy-MM-dd, ddd
so expiration was 2005-07-dd (Monday),
or something like that.

When I dropped the suffix (ddd) then the install was ok.

I like to see day of week in my file dates,
so I'll probably revert to the yyyy-MM-dd (ddd) format...
tomorrow, and see if everything
still works ok.

MicroSoft should allow yyyy-MM-dd (ddd) date format;
they allow you to use that convenient format, but then
this little bug crops up with their operating system &
their beta. BUG.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Definitely a bug, but I'd be wary of changing the format back while still
running the beta. Others have posted here that the beta has suddenly
expired, due to a non-standard date format.

I am certain this will be fixed in a later beta version, but can't predict
when we'll see that version.