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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just days after it launched Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), Microsoft has released a fix for a major flaw that slipped through testing. Slideshow: Seven things to love, hate about Windows 7 The ...

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 ...

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 will turn off the download spigot for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) on Thursday around 11 a.m. ET, the company confirmed on Tuesday. The company has been sending out e-mails to users who ...

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 ...

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: ...