Tag: WINDOWS-7-BETA

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/02/25/how-to-upgrade-from-windows-7-rc-to-final/'; So the Windows 7 deadline is fast approaching. Officially, there's no way to upgrade from your RC to retail. But in the real world, it only requires a Windows 7 ISO image and editing a single file in Notepad. Here are the quick text instructions. After the jump you can find detailed (and ...

So you downloaded the first beta version of Windows 7 when it was released to the public in January. You installed it on a separate partition on your Windows XP, Vista, Linux, or OS X box played around with it for a little while and then forgot about it. You never got around to installing the Windows 7 release candidate that came later. Well, let me tell you what will happen the next time you ...

If you've been using an early build of Windows 7 beta and haven't upgraded to the Release Candidate yet, you'll probably want to do that by next week. Starting on July 1st, anyone still using Windows 7 Beta will have to put up with their computers rebooting every hour. The beta will expire altogether on August 1st. Meanwhile, the download program for Windows 7 RC closes on August 15th. You ...

Millions of people around the globe have downloaded and installed beta versions of Windows 7. And soon Microsoft will be launching a release candidate which offers new features and bug fixes. But the company's not making it easy to upgrade from Windows 7 beta to the Windows 7 release candidate. And there's a good reason for that: When the company releases the full version of Windows 7 most ...

Windows 7 beta has a ton of features that make the operating system easier to use and more visually attractive than its predecessors. There's the new taskbar, the ability to make foreground windows transparent and see what's on your desktop, and most importantly, the ability to run well on older or slower hardware. But you know what else Microsoft has included in Windows 7 beta? Games. Actually, ...

Next week Microsoft will be pushing out up to 5 updates to Windows 7 (build 7000) beta testers using the Windows Update service. Basically, this will be a test of the Windows Update process. Users won't notice any new features or bug fixes. Microsoft will begin sending out the updates on February 24th. Users should receive a notification that updates are available, but they won't be installed ...

If you've already registered for the Windows 7 beta but haven't downloaded the installation disc image yet, you'd better hurry up. Microsoft is turning off the spigot on Thursday morning at 9:00AM PST. In order to register your copy of Windows 7 once you download and install it, you'll have to have already signed up for the beta. The cutoff took place last night. While Thursday might seem like ...

You know that beta version of Windows 7 that's been floating around for a few weeks now? Yeah, turns out it's the last beta you're going to get. Because the next version of the operating system will be a release candidate. That means there will be no Windows 7 Beta 2. This isn't the first time Microsoft officials have stated that there would be just a single beta. But I believe it is the ...

It may not be one of the sexier changes Microsoft has made in Windows 7 beta, but the company has changed the way the operating system handles disk defragmentation. Microsoft developers Rajeev Nagar and Matt Garson have written a lengthy post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog explaining how fragmentation occurs, how modern hardware like high capacity hard drives changes things, and how Windows 7 ...

Update: Microsoft has extended the download period. You now have until February 10th to begin downloading Windows 7 Beta. We've been playing with Windows 7 Beta for the past few weeks (OK, some of us have been using it for a few months), and the operating system is pretty much everything we had hoped Windows Vista would be. It's fast, pretty, and runs pretty well on low power hardware. And ...

Windows 7 Beta may be available as a free download, and it may run pretty well right now. But it's still beta software. And that means that: Microsoft wants to remind users that they're looking at beta software. The company is hoping to solicit feedback to make the operating system better before the final version is released. To that end, the company puts a watermark in the bottom right ...