went to link and the download links were grayed out. Busy ? maybe like to play with it, playing with the beta
fp At 12:50 PM 4/30/2009, [email protected] Poked the stick with: >The note on unlimited keys is the interesting part > Dear Microsoft U.S. Partner, We hope you are as excited as we are about >todays milestone, as we make the Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) >broadly available for download to managed Beta program participants, including >MSDN and TechNet subscribers. If you are not among those who participated in >one of the managed Beta programs, you only have to wait until Tuesday, May 5, >when the RC will be available through the Customer Preview Program. In this >bulletin, you will find important links and answers to questions that are >always top of mind for partners and customers in a release like this. Please >look for our regular U.S. partner newsletter on Monday, May 4, with more >details and resources for Microsoft partners, including training >recommendations. Sincerely, The Microsoft U.S. Partner Team > Why upgrade to Windows 7 RC? > Several new features, >including XP VPC, are available in the RC build of Windows 7. Also, you will >experience continued improvements in overall system performance and polish. > >If you are using Windows 7 Beta, migrating to Windows 7 RC will avoid the July >7, 2009, beta expiration date. Failure to migrate before the beta expiration >date will cause frequent system reboot prompts. > There will be no limits on >the number of keys provided or the number of Windows 7 RC downloads supported, >and we anticipate that RC downloads will be available at least through June >2009. What is the recommended path to >migrate to Windows 7 RC? The recommended path to migrate to Windows 7 RC >depends on what operating system you are currently running: > Current OS > Recommended Path to Windows 7 RC > Windows XP If >your hardware meets the minimum recommendations for Windows 7, we recommend >you do a clean install of Windows 7 RC when available. The recommended >minimum hardware for Windows 7 Beta can be found at >http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-faq.aspx . (Hardware >recommendations will be roughly the same for RC.) > Windows Vista > We recommend you upgrade to Windows 7 RC. > Windows 7 Beta We >strongly recommend you do a clean install of Windows 7 RC when available. You >do not need to first reinstall Windows Vista and then upgrade to Windows 7 RC. > In all of these scenarios, the Windows >Easy Transfer tool can be used to make it easier to restore files and settings >after a clean install. When will the final version of Windows 7 be available? >The final engineering milestone is the release to manufacturing (RTM), >typically 3-5 months after the RC. We believe the product is high quality and >to date have received very positive feedback. This might result in RTM >delivery before the 3-5 months timeframe. Ultimately, you'll decide the >quality and assess the delivery once you download and use the RC. Customer >and partner feedback will determine how quickly we release. How will Microsoft >collect and use feedback from Windows 7 RC? With this release, we are focused >on verifying that all the changes and fixes we made based on the beta tests >and feedback are working correctly. We do that by gathering the automatically >generated information (called telemetry) that your PC sends us when you use >Windows 7 RC. Telemetry tells us when your computer hangs, crashes, or has >performance issues, and what applications or devices you were using when you >experienced problems. It is important that we gather this data from thousands >of different hardware configurations to confirm that the fixes we included >based on beta feedback work on a wide range of hardware. It will also help us >identify any new problems. >Sent via BlackBerry -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Education which is not modern, faces the organic fate.
