Windows 7 RC User Guide

What is Windows 7 RC ?

The Release Candidate (RC) is a pre-release version of Windows 7, which might have bugs and errors and during the use such bugs would be notified to Microsoft Engineers and such bugs would be fixed in the final release.

How To Download Windows 7 RC ?

Windows 7 RC is available for download here.32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 RC are available in five languages: English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish.You would need a Live Account to Register and download Windows 7 RC.

How long is the Windows 7 RC license valid ?

The Windows 7 RC license expires on June 1, 2010.Starting on March 1, 2010 after which the system would shutdown automatically after 2 hours.Windows will notify that the expiration process is beginning and two weeks later users PC will begin shutting down every two hours.

What To Know Before Installing Windows 7.

• Troubleshoot problems.
• Burn an ISO file to make an installation DVD
• Install Windows
• Backup Data
• Set up a network
• Create and use a system recovery disk

Upgrade from Windows XP

It is recommended you do clean install ie., backup your data and install Windows 7 as a fresh OS.

System Requirements

• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor,
• 1 GB RAM (32-bit)/2 GB RAM (64-bit),
• 16 GB available disk space (32-bit)/20 GB (64-bit) and
• DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.

You can check if your current system is capable of running Windows 7 or not using the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Tool.

Compatibility Issues

Window 7 has a feature called XP Mode which uses virtualization technology, such as Windows Virtual PC, to create a Virtual Windows XP environment so that users can run older programs compatible with Windows XP-based PC under Windows 7.

Windows 7 Final Release Date

There are many rumors in cyberspace speculating Windows 7 Final Release Date, NeoWin mentioned recently that the latest speculated date for Windows 7 Final is October 15th 2009.

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2 Responses to “Windows 7 RC User Guide”

1. Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows 7 Comparison Chart | TECH YARD says:

   May 20, 2009 at 12:31 pm

   [...] by WP Greet Box Windows 7 Microsoft’s next upcoming OS has got all the attention with its Recent Public RC and while users still talking about how it performs over previous Windows OS, Microsoft has [...]

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2. MSFT_GlenF says:

   May 28, 2009 at 7:00 pm

   The best site for all the up to date news on the product is found at the Windows 7 support forum, at microsoft.com/springboard. The site will also give you all sorts of useful information, such as the “what’s new in the r.c.” feed….or you can also you use talkingaboutwindows.com as an additional resource
   Thanks,

   Glen@microsoft-springboard

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