RTM **IS** the gold version.

Nothing is done to RTM after is attains this designation. RTM = Released to
Manufacturing, maybe within hours of attaining that designation. After 5
million have been pressed, they are not going to stop the presses to change
the code to add anything new.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Drew" <s@aol.com> wrote in message
news:C0F35854-96B6-414D-9B55-29AE43266044@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> yes but there going to be a gold version after RTM.RTM is justa final to
> build for companies to get the drivers update there usually a gold version
> after RTM before it goes public.
> "Will" <imagine_44******.com> wrote in message
> news:8CF770D1-FA86-446F-9041-5D9CABA46E9E@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> All beta builds (including RC1 and RC2) will stop working on the 1st of
>> june 2007 beta keys will work till then
>> RTM will be retail and beta keys will not work on it
>>
>> it is also likely that you will not be able to upgrade from RC1 or RC2 to
>> the final version you will probably need to do a clean install
>>
>> These evaluation builds are all timebombed to stop working you can find
>> out the exact date and time they will stop working by typing "winver" in
>> the run command
>> And it will be most likely that the beta keys will be blocked by MSFT
>> after the 1st of june 2007
>>
>> "Drew" <s@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:B9C4EB1C-110B-4591-B5F3-BB61D5B1CA5D@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
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