Important Things to Know about Windows 7 SP1 Beta

Windows 7 SP1 Beta version has been released to public and can be downloaded using following link:

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta Released to Public, Download NOW

But before you install SP1 Beta, you should keep following things in your mind:

NOTE 1: This Beta version will insert a time-bomb in your Windows. It'll add an expiry date of June 30, 2011 to your Windows. So you can use your system till June 29, 2011. After that you'll need to either upgrade to final version of SP1 or uninstall Beta version of SP1 to be able to use your Windows.

NOTE 2: There are no new features or GUI changes in SP1 Beta. Its just a set of all released updates and hotfixes for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. From the server side, two key new features have been included: Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX.

NOTE 3: SP1 Beta will also add a watermark on your Desktop which says:

Windows 7
Evaluation copy. Build 7601

If you don't like it and want to remove it, you can use a small tool mentioned in following topic:

How to Remove Windows 7 Watermark (Build Info) from Desktop?

NOTE 4: If you want to completely uninstall SP1 Beta from your system, you can use instructions given in following tutorial:

How to Uninstall Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta?

NOTE 5: Final version of SP1 will release in the first half of 2011.