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 ...

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 ...

The Windows 7 Release Candidate will have "quite a few changes" that reflect feedback Microsoft received during the beta, Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president for the Windows and Windows Live ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s limited distribution of the Windows 7 release candidate (RC) on April 30 — followed by its more widespread release a week later — has triggered a firestorm of opinions, comments, critiques ...

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 ...

Microsoft is disabling downloads for Windows 7 RC on Aug. 20; the release candidate can be used until the software expires on June 1 Those wanting to try out Microsoft’s next OS before its official ...

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 ...

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.