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Windows 7 RC Released

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Just a reminder that Windows 7 RC has been released for download which you can get from the Windows 7 site. Two new features in Windows 7 RC which weren’t in Windows 7 Beta are Windows XP mode and Media Streaming. Dropped in Windows 7 RC is the Bluetooth Audio driver and Drag and Drop into Libraries. To upgrade from Beta to RC, you will need to backup your data prior as you can’t direct upgrade from Windows 7 Beta to Windows 7 RC. I will be following the clean install path and use Windows Easy Transfer to move my accounts, settings and data.

For good information for IT Pros, check out Windows 7 Springboard on TechNet.

Windows 7 Beta is Available Now

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Just got the word that Windows 7 General release is now available on the Windows 7 website. Also make sure you patch the release for the mp3 flaw.

I also noticed in the release notes that if you have an iPhone and install the 64 bit version of Windows 7, and you install the 32-bit version of iTunes and your phone will not sync up properly. To get the 64 bit version of iTunes, go to http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes801forwindows64bit.html.

I am also looking for an antivirus for Windows 7 and when I do find one, I’ll post a link.

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Windows 7 Beta

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The Windows 7 Beta was to have been released to the general public and you were to get the beta through the Windows 7 page at Microsoft.com http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/. Having went to the page and looking around, I clicked on IT Pro. From there a page comes up and says basically that the interest in Windows 7 was so great that were experiencing some problems because of the heavy traffic. They will be adding more resources so that the download experience will be better and then will be posting the beta. Check out this link to the Windows 7 Team Blog for the latest information. 

If you went to TechDays here in Canada, remember that free TechNet subscription you received in your box of Techie Crunch? Well, here is a chance to get some value from it. Go hit the TechNet site and download Windows 7 from there.

If you don’t have a TechNet or MSDN subscription sit tight and know you will be able to get it soon.  Apparently, Windows 7 was showing up before the beta went live in the torrent streams, but it wasn’t the correct version in some cases, as you can see in this post on Softpedia . My suggestion is to wait it out and get the correct version straight from Microsoft. Don’t waste your time and bandwidth downloading something that may be no good, or worse, tampered with and made into a security risk.

 

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