On Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:23:09 -0800, mike wrote:

On 1/1/2018 7:40 PM, wrote:
Last night at midnight my computer with Windows 10 failed. A message now
pops up and says "Windows 10 has expired". At 11:59 pm on December 31,
2017 Windows was working fine. At 12:00:01 January 1, 2018. it was dead.
I am now using an old computer with Windows XP to post this.

What version?
AFIK, the original insider editions were scheduled to expire.


It hasn't failed. Just another BS post from a.k.a.

Here is its earlier BS post:

| From:
| Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10
| Subject: Y2K Returns
| Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:06:53 -0600
|
| On December 31, 2017 at exactly midnight, all computers running Windows
| 8.x and Windows 10, will crash and never work again. Microsoft never
| told anyone that Windows 8.x and 10 expires on this date. As these
| computers crash, the entire internet will fail and all electrical
| service will cease to function worldwide.
|
| Prepare now. Buy ice chests and ice for your beer, and have a few
| flashlights available so you can grab the right kind of beer from the
| cooler.....