Windows 7 Release Candidate Update

There certainly has been a lot of discussion about Windows 7 in the last few weeks. A lot of folks want to know when they can get their hands on the official RC, when we are going to RTM, and what I had for breakfast.

I’m pleased to share that the RC is on track for April 30th for  download by MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Broader, public availability will begin on May 5th.

On behalf of everyone here, I would to thank all of our beta testers for helping us get to this point. You guys have been busy. At the peak of the feedback cycle, we were receiving a “Send Feedback” report every 15 seconds for an entire week. Since then, the engineering team has been busy analyzing the feedback, fixing bugs, and working hard to improve the overall experience. Many of your suggestions helped us refine the new and improved taskbar, the behavior of Aero Peek, Touch, Windows Media Player, and much more. In case you have missed the previous E7 blog entry outlining some of these changes in detail, you can read about them here and here.

Be sure to check back with us next week… And by the way, I had eggs for breakfast :-)


Comments

  1. Posted on: April 25, 2009 at 2:21PM  

    I would love to get the latest "RC" version for "MS Windows 7" I have been doing the testing for the Beta version....Its excellent. The touch interface is so great. Really a new milestone for the team and something really good to look forward... Team MICROSOFT you guys Rock!

  2. Posted on: April 25, 2009 at 5:47PM  

    The real question is, are Microsoft's servers prepared for the onslaught of interested uses for the RC of Windows 7? This release has to be easily the most eagerly anticipated/hyped/wanted OS in Microsoft's history. EVER.

    Hope Microsoft is preparing well for this as well.

  3. Posted on: April 25, 2009 at 8:47PM  

    I've been using Server 2008 as my dev PC and am dependent on Hyper-V for app testing, but the sticky taskbar items in 7 make my mouth drool! Never underestimate the power of muscle memory. Choosing between Vista and 2008 was easy; now the choice is more difficult. Congrats to the vast improvement!

  4. Posted on: April 25, 2009 at 11:50PM  

    When i'm trying to remove a flash drive formated with NTFS

    it shows the device in use

    but no programs is accessing it

    but FAT32 works fine

    it happens both in Beta & RC1

  5. Posted on: April 26, 2009 at 12:39AM  

    I can barely contain my glee! I'm really looking forward to putting the RC through it's paces, and seeing how Win7 has changed.

    Even my lappy is getting the RC, and that's saying a lot coming from me. ;-)

  6. Posted on: April 26, 2009 at 2:46AM  

    First at all there is a problem inherited from Vista, when the system is installing and the MBR is for example made by Linux it does not know how to remove it, make it active and install on the partition. XP could wipe out all things and make it ready for itself, VISTA and W7 does not know how to do it. So give me FDISK or GUI to it!!! I suggest to fix it. Sounds crapyp that I can't install system on blank disk or disk prepared by Linux, OsX, Unix, etc...

    Second it is fast, like my UBUNTU...so great job, I just hope it is going to be stable like my UBUNTU. Vista is slow, on my 2x2.2GHz 4G Ram and ultra fast chipsets is is just slow to death. W7 is flying so I am very impressed. I hope Microsoft is not going to change it so I do not change my opinion about the product. I suggest you let people to customize the view experience, so far it is for IDIOTS and is making me a bit frustrated that I can't set it up as I wish. I presume it is Beta problem and it is going to be resolved in full release. Please remember that some users like to have simple, fast and functional GUI instead of 3D slow not functional demo unfitting into any professional work.

    Regards and all best, so far great job...

  7. Posted on: April 26, 2009 at 6:48AM  

    improve color layout for currently using task icon

    Taskbar color layout too bad.

    If you using light color desktop background, you will don't know what is the using task icon.

    Its brightness too high, so looks too blurred when light color desktop background.

    Currently using task icon is recognize hard when light color desktop background.

    improve color layout for currently using task icon

    screenshot:

    www.windows7taskforce.com/.../560

  8. Posted on: April 26, 2009 at 6:49AM  

    1)

    need keep Menu color layout consistency for Windows 7.

    Please keep color layout consistency for Menu.

    Why the 'Include in libary' used another color layout?

    view snapshot:

    www.windows7taskforce.com/.../560

    2)

    Improve Start Menu and Appliaction Menu color style (suggestion consistency)

    (discriminated Appliaction Menu color very difficult)

    There is no consistency between the Start Menu and the Appliaction Menu.

    To keep Start Menu and Appliaction Menu color style consistency, like Windows XP.

    All use white color for background, light blue color for selected item.

    view snapshot:

    www.windows7taskforce.com/.../560

    3)

    keep theme style consistency for Windows 7

    keep theme style consistency for Menu bar, Tool bar. like Windows XP theme style's consistency.

    view snapshot:

    www.windows7taskforce.com/.../960

  9. Posted on: April 26, 2009 at 6:55AM  

    Stand-alone Pin Recycle Bin to Taskbar

    Problem:

    Currently, Recycle Bin was Pinned of the Windows Explorer Jumplist.

    It is very unhandy. Because the Recycle Bin is a frequently used module.

    But put on desktop often covered with other window...

    Solution:

    Stand-alone Pin Recycle Bin to Taskbar (default).

    With not show Recycle Bin icon on desktop (default).

    Of course, you can Unpin this Recycle Bin from taskbar.

    screenshot:

    www.windows7taskforce.com/.../560

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Windows Fax and Scan's toolbar update to win7style

    Problem:

    Windows Fax and Scan's toolbar update to win7style.

    like Windows Photo Viewer or Windows DVD Maker.

    Solution:

    Windows Fax and Scan's toolbar update to win7style

    screenshot:

    www.windows7taskforce.com/.../560

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    complete remove Windows Mail from Windows 7

    Problem:

    Now Windows Mail already can't start. It's already unsupported in win7.

    But it's still remain on the win7 (\Program Files\Windows Mail\).

    If you go to the \Program Files\Windows Mail\ folder, you'll still find the Windows Mail folder and those files in them. And you can't run WinMail.exe.

    Solution:

    complete remove Windows Mail from Windows 7

    Please delete WinMail.exe

    Move other files to system32 folder.

    Don't put them in \Program Files\Windows Mail\ (folder name wrong)

    www.windows7taskforce.com/.../2721

  10. Posted on: April 26, 2009 at 10:06AM  

    I Hope Everything Will be Fine :)

    Thanks All Windows 7 User...

    Good Luck..;)

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