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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 have accidentally revealed the availability date for the public release candidate (RC) of Windows 7. Showing up on TechNet, the Windows 7 Release Candidate testing program will be available ...

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: ...

Microsoft will turn off the download spigot for Windows 7 Release Candidate on Thursday around 11 a.m. ET, the company has confirmed. Microsoft will turn off the download spigot for Windows 7 Release ...