That’s right.. go get your Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate NOW folks. The RC build is now freely available from Microsoft’s website here – http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx. Just get yourself a key (the old Beta keys will work just fine). I do recommend that you do a complete reinstall of the OS – although I’ve been successfully upgrading the OS from build to build since the Beta.

If you’re been working with build 7000 up until now, you won’t be able to directly upgrade to build 7100. I tried that on my work laptop and the setup process denied me. Luckily I did have build 7077 (or something like that) on hand so I upgraded build 7000 to that build and then upgraded from 7077 to build 7100 just fine. Again – you’re probably better off reinstalling everything from scratch.

In any event, go install with confidence folks – Windows 7 RC looks awesome. The new XP Mode on the other hand.. well.. more on that in a second.

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