Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I get a
small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads

"Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.

My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't get any
warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to function normally.
This only appeared when I installed the service pack.

Any one have the same problems.

Thx in advance.
Stu.

Stuart expressed precisely :[color=blue]
> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I get a
> small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>
> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>
> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't get any
> warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to function normally.
> This only appeared when I installed the service pack.
>
> Any one have the same problems.[/color]

it's not a problem. It's even mentioned in the release notes.
It just shows you're running an evaluation copy of the Service Pack,
which by the way will expire at the end of May 2008.
Your copy of Vista is still genuine and activated. Nothing to worry
about. ;)

--
Kind regards,
Mark Veldhuis.

Stuart wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I get
> a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>
> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>
> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't get
> any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to function
> normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.[/color]

You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
testers do.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
[url]www.elephantboycomputers.com[/url]
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Malke wrote:[color=blue]
> Stuart wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>
>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>
>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.[/color]
>
> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
> testers do.[/color]

A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
customer.
--

Wim Hekken ;-)

"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Malke wrote:[color=green]
> > Stuart wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
> >> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
> >>
> >> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
> >>
> >> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
> >> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
> >> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service[/color][/color][/color]
pack.[color=blue][color=green]
> >
> > You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
> > directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
> > testers do.[/color]
>
> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
> customer.
>[/color]


Wrong

RC = Beta

Build tags have always been a part of Windows betas and are always removed
from the final software when it is release. Release Candidate is still
pre-released software (beta), so you will have to live with it a little
while longer until Release to Web/Manufacturing is reached.
--
Andre
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
[url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry[/url]
"Stuart" <stuartfrith********.com> wrote in message
news:eP$x2IuSIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I get a
> small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>
> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>
> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't get
> any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to function
> normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.
>
> Any one have the same problems.
>
> Thx in advance.
> Stu.[/color]

It is a Beta. Period. RC=Beta

--
Peter

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"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Malke wrote:[color=green]
>> Stuart wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>>
>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>>
>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.[/color]
>>
>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
>> testers do.[/color]
>
> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
> customer.
> --
>
> Wim Hekken ;-)[/color]

philo schreef:[color=blue]
> "Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Malke wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Stuart wrote:
>>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>>>
>>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>>>
>>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service[/color][/color]
> pack.[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
>>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
>>> testers do.[/color]
>> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
>> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
>> customer.
>>[/color]
>
>
> Wrong
>
> RC = Beta[/color]

RC = Release Canditate. There were three beta versions.
--

Wim Hekken ;-)

As the others say, it is normal. However, if you don't like it there, you
can remove the watermark:

[url]http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/12/10/patched-user32dllmui-to-remove-evaluation-copy-text-on-desktop-of-vista-sp1-rc1/[/url]

--
Dustin Harper
[email]dharper@vistarip.com[/email]
[url]http://www.vistarip.com[/url]


"Stuart" <stuartfrith********.com> wrote in message
news:eP$x2IuSIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I get a
> small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>
> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>
> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't get
> any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to function
> normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.
>
> Any one have the same problems.
>
> Thx in advance.
> Stu.[/color]

"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message news:ORKfA#vSIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> philo schreef:[color=green]
>> "Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Malke wrote:
>>>> Stuart wrote:
>>>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>>>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>>>>
>>>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>>>>
>>>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>>>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>>>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service[/color]
>> pack.[color=darkred]
>>>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
>>>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
>>>> testers do.
>>> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
>>> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
>>> customer.
>>>[/color]
>>
>>
>> Wrong
>>
>> RC = Beta[/color]
>
> RC = Release Canditate. There were three beta versions.[/color]

Lawd have mercy..... a release candidate is still in beta testing.
Anyone with a smidgen of computer sense knows this.


-Michael

"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
news:ORKfA%23vSIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> philo schreef:[color=green]
>> "Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Malke wrote:
>>>> Stuart wrote:
>>>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>>>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>>>>
>>>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>>>>
>>>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>>>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>>>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service[/color]
>> pack.[color=darkred]
>>>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
>>>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
>>>> testers do.
>>> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
>>> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
>>> customer.
>>>[/color]
>>
>>
>> Wrong
>>
>> RC = Beta[/color]
>
> RC = Release Canditate. There were three beta versions.
> --
>
> Wim Hekken ;-)[/color]


It is still an evaluation version..

--
Mike Hall - MVP
[url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx[/url]

That Is Because This Is Not The Final Release Of Service Pack One, And It Is
Time Bombed As Well, Just FYI.

P.S. RC = Release Candidate, Which Means That it Is Still Beta Software,
Also Just FYI.

"Stuart" <stuartfrith********.com> wrote in message
news:eP$x2IuSIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I get a
> small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>
> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>
> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't get
> any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to function
> normally. This only appeared when I installed the service pack.
>
> Any one have the same problems.
>
> Thx in advance.
> Stu.[/color]

"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
news:ORKfA%23vSIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> philo schreef:[color=green]
> > "Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
> >> Malke wrote:
> >>> Stuart wrote:
> >>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
> >>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
> >>>>
> >>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
> >>>>
> >>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
> >>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
> >>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service[/color]
> > pack.[color=darkred]
> >>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
> >>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what[/color][/color][/color]
beta[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> testers do.
> >> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
> >> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
> >> customer.
> >>[/color]
> >
> >
> > Wrong
> >
> > RC = Beta[/color]
>
> RC = Release Canditate. There were three beta versions.[/color]


Nope...it's still a Beta though perhaps a later one

Release Canditate is a pretty much a final beta. No new features can be
added, only fixes to bugs. It is still technically a beta in that it is not
final code. It has all the features that the final will have, but there will
still be some bugs. Those will be worked out for the final release
(non-beta).

--
Dustin Harper
[email]dharper@vistarip.com[/email]
[url]http://www.vistarip.com[/url]


"Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
news:ORKfA%23vSIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> philo schreef:[color=green]
>> "Wim Hekken ;-)" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23WRNAxuSIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Malke wrote:
>>>> Stuart wrote:
>>>>> Hi all. I installed the service pack yesterday. Now when I log on I
>>>>> get a small logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. It reads
>>>>>
>>>>> "Windows Vista (TM) Evaluation copy.Build 6001.
>>>>>
>>>>> My windows is a genuine copy and it tells me its activated. I don't
>>>>> get any warnings to register or any thing like that all seems to
>>>>> function normally. This only appeared when I installed the service[/color]
>> pack.[color=darkred]
>>>> You installed a beta service pack. Report the bug to wherever you were
>>>> directed to report bugs when you downloaded the beta. This is what beta
>>>> testers do.
>>> A RC is a Release Candidate, not a beta!
>>> But all software is presented as bananaware. Its has to ripen at the
>>> customer.
>>>[/color]
>>
>>
>> Wrong
>>
>> RC = Beta[/color]
>
> RC = Release Canditate. There were three beta versions.
> --
>
> Wim Hekken ;-)[/color]

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:16:21 -0800, "Dustin Harper"
<dharper@vistarip.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Release Canditate is a pretty much a final beta. No new features can be
> added, only fixes to bugs. It is still technically a beta in that it is not
> final code. It has all the features that the final will have,[/color]


Probably true, but if a severe-enough issue arose with some feature,
I'm sure they would feel free to remove that feature, if it otherwise
meant delaying the release significantly.

[color=blue]
> but there will
> still be some bugs. Those will be worked out for the final release
> (non-beta).[/color]


No! It is *never* true that any released piece of software has had all
the bugs worked out. Doing so is impossible for two reasons:

1. Developing any piece of software as big as an operating system, or
even an operating system service pack, is an enormous undertaking.
Windows has millions of lines of code in it, developed by many
different programmers. Any attempt to make such a beast "perfect"
would fail by the very nature of the process. With something this
large and this complex, the more you test, the more bugs you find. If
you wait to fix all the bugs, new ones will be found faster than you
can fix them, and no product will ever get released.

2. You can prove the presence of bugs if you find them, but you can
never prove their absence. Except for a trivial program of the "Hello
World" ilk, there is no such thing as bug-free software, and that's
more true of operating systems than any other kind of software.

What happens in practice is that every company release its products
knowing that there are remaining bugs. They make a business decision
that the remaining bugs are minor enough, occur infrequently enough,
or occur only in very unusual circumstances, and release the product.
They have no alternative, because to wait until all bugs are gone is
to wait forever.

I don't like that situation any more than the next person, but it's a
fact of life. There is no such thing as bug-free software.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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