Published: Tuesday 5th May, 2009 | Author: Parm Mann
Products: Windows 7
Companies: Microsoft (All Microsoft content)
External reviews: Microsoft Windows 7
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email to a friendRight on cue, Microsoft has launched what it expects to be the only Release Candidate of its forthcoming operating system, Windows 7.
The software, available to download from Microsoft.com and set to expire on June 1st 2010, provides users with a chance to see what Windows 7 has to offer.
Microsoft lists the minimum requirements for the Windows 7 RC as follows:
As with prior Release Candidate versions of Windows Vista, Microsoft warns that following expiration, the Windows 7 RC will shut down every two hours, prompting users to install a non-expired version of the software.
Interested in giving it a go? The 32-bit and 64-bit downloads are available from here. Users experiencing difficulty with the download - due to the launch-day strain on Microsoft's servers - are advised that the software will be available until at least July 2009. With no limit on the number of users, there's no need to rush to get the download.
As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts and impressions in the HEXUS.community forums.
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To upgrade from beta you may need to extract the contents of the DVD and edit the cversion.ini file and change the "MinClient" value to the build of your beta version or lower.......then rebuild a bootable DVD or install from hard disk.
Sorry, bad phrasing, I'll be doing a clean install of the RC. I'm not comfortable with upgrade installs at all.Quote
Download took about 45 mins on the 6-5-09, used a free program called "Infrarecorder" to burn the ISO which installed first time on an 80GB SATA drive. A clear and straightforward installation routine even if people want to try and install for the first time.
I've got Googlemail and a LiveMail account set up that come directly into Windows Mail onto my desktop and everything seems fine.
I still won't be using it for anything like day-to-day or mission crit's, but it's great to have it to mess with on another drive. Nice one M$ :)Quote
..that runs in a painfully slow jave popup download 'manager' :censored:
It's not java - remember, you're talking about MS here and they do not like Java at all.
Most of the speed problems are down to it picking crappy mirrors, rather than the speed of the program itself.Quote
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