Pre-release Vista versions to expire end of May
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If you're still using a pre-release version of Windows Vista, you have a little more than a month to upgrade to a commercial version before you start risking data loss.
According to an entry on the Windows Vista Team blog by product manager Nick White, all versions of Windows Vista beta 2 and release candidates 1 and 2 expire on May 31. After that time, users will have a two-hour window to retrieve data, after which the computer will automatically reboot without the chance to save, resulting in the loss of any stored data.