As expected, the Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) is now available to the public for download. The beta keys Microsoft gave out during the public beta will work just fine with this build. The ...

As Microsoft promised, on Tuesday, the Windows 7 Release Candidate was made available to the public. It had previously been available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Here are the details from ...

If you aren't an MSDN or TechNet subscriber, but still want to get your hands on the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), Tuesday May 5 is the day downloads begin. But there's no need to rush. (And doing ...

A minor (?) oops on Microsoft's end has revealed the (current) date of the Release Candidate (RC) for Windows 7. A Technet web page indicates the RC build will be coming in May, not April as was ...

The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will be available to MSDN and Technet users on April 30. I tested the x86 version of the RC (otherwise known as Build 7100), the image of which was 2.35GB. Windows 7 ...

Welcome to Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) testing. We’re on our way to Windows 7, and the RC is a great opportunity for IT professionals like you to take Windows 7 and begin testing it in your real ...

With Microsoft’s release of Windows 7 RC to the MSDN and TechNet community, lots of folks have been busy downloading, burning, and installing. Immediately after coming home from the hospital yesterday ...

Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 7 Release Candidate, the forerunner to the final version of the new operating system, a day earlier than planned. Microsoft Corp. last week launched its ...

The Windows 7 Release Candidate leaked earlier today contains a lot of minor tweaks to previous beta versions of the new operating system, but Microsoft says that it also has a couple of new features: ...

Last year’s free preview of Windows 7 will start nagging users to pay for the operating system in two weeks, and begin automatically shutting down PCs in one month, Microsoft reminded customers today.

The Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) download page on Microsoft’s TechNet site carries a date of “May 2009,” and spells out a slew of details about the upcoming ...

The anticipated release candidate (RC) for Windows 7 is now available, Microsoft announced. Mike Nash, corporate vice president, Windows product management group at Microsoft, said Thursday the RC for ...