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Windows 8 previews to go dark in 3 weeks

Warnings of impending expiration will start showing up Jan. 1, 2013

By Gregg Keizer

December 21, 2012 02:11 PM ET

Computerworld - Microsoft's free previews of Windows 8 will expire next month, giving users about three weeks to upgrade to a paid copy or face hourly restarts.

All three Windows 8 previews -- the Developer Preview of September 2011, the Consumer Preview of February 2012 and the Release Preview -- expire Jan. 15, 2013.

Windows 8 Release Preview, the third and final of the sneak peeks, appeared May 31, five months before the new OS launched in retail on Oct. 26.

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Read more at: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9234973/Windows_8_previews_to_go_dark_in_3_weeks

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