EPIC FAIL: Win7 Beta 2 hour shutdown - with PICTURES

[qubit]

I think your giving people two different statements which is why people are getting a bit upset.

On one hand you are saying MS shouldnt of done this, on the other you are saying its on a spare PC and were interested to see whats happened. Being that the latter is half way down the page i think most people have missed that bit.

I disagree that MS have done anything wrong and have gone about the transition very well, I have received countless emails from them reminding me.

However I do agree with you thats its interesting to see what does actually happen

My posting is clear, but it does sound very much like people can't read properly. I was curious how they went about the shutdown and certainly didn't expect this, I can tell you. Post 14 to MoonPig clarifed my original post to him. In short, I do think they have gone about this the wrong way and It's really not hard to understand what I'm saying.

 

[erocker]

No. Please see my response to MoonPig (post 14).

That doesn't answer my question whatsoever. So.. is there an actual point to this thread or is it just here for bitching and moaning? Forget it, this thread is or already has turned into a "defend" myself thread and isn't useful any longer. MS is just following through on their promise. Poor you.

 

[imperialreign]

Now look you! I don't hate Microsoft and I didn't say I did* and I don't have a problem with it shutting down every two hours. I'm just saying that they should have gone about the shutdown process in a much more professional manner, as I described. This current way, you could easily lose work or have a corrupted operating system. It looks like they're punishing their loyal beta testers and seems quite underhand., hence my Epic Fail award.

*In fact, when 7 is released I'm going to get the Ultimate version, as having all the features is important to me, even if the price premium is a bit high. I'll look at the prices and consider getting a TechNet Plus subscription. If it's not that much more than the Ultimate version, then It'll be handy to have in order to play with Microsoft's other products such as server 2008 and Exchange.

just gotta say it, like others have said -


It's a beta OS . . . which means, whatever work you intend to do on it is entirelly at your own risk. If you're working with that sensitive of material that you need to backup and/or save your work before a shutdown - it should be done on a final release OS + SP, not on a beta.

It makes no difference whether the popup states you have 5 hours, then shuts down in 5 min, or 5 mins and shuts down in 5 hours.

TBH, I don't see the point of this thread.

 

[erocker]

just gotta say it, like others have said -


It's a beta OS . . . which means, whatever work you intend to do on it is entirelly at your own risk. If you're working with that sensitive of material that you need to backup and/or save your work before a shutdown - it should be done on a final release OS + SP, not on a beta.

It makes no difference whether the popup states you have 5 hours, then shuts down in 5 min, or 5 mins and shuts down in 5 hours.

TBH, I don't see the point of this thread.

Agreed.