Windows 7 RC Release

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Starting today, MSDN and TechNet subscribers can access the Windows 7 RC release candidate, with general public availability coming next week.

Generally speaking, the Win7 Beta that came out a few months ago was pretty feature complete, so the changes in the RC are primarily bug fixes and some UI changes.  There are a few new things to look out for though, like FireWire camera support, Virtual Windows XP, and Multitouch support.  Functionality to add Legacy Hardware is available too.

On TechNet Edge, we've been putting together some new videos with the latest news and info on Windows 7, so keep an eye out for that over the coming weeks.  In the meantime, there's lots of good Win7 content out already that you should take a look at, if you haven't already:

- Win7 What’s New

- Win7 Feature Walkthrough

- Inside Win7

- Engineering Windows 7 Blog

- Win7 Networking Overview

- Win7 Networking Enhancements for Enterprises

- Branch Cache Demo Video

- Direct Access Demo Video

- Migrating from XP to Win7 with MS Deployment Toolkit 2010

- Be ready for Win7: Application Compatibility

- Win7 Manageability Overview

- Win7 Questions & Answers

- Win7 Beta Installation Instructions

- Installing the Win7 Beta with Virtual PC 2007 SP1

- Installing Win7 in a USB stick

- Boot from VHD in Win7

- BitLocker To Go

- AppLocker

- Resource Monitor (resmon)