Windows 7 Release Candidate is finally up for download from Microsoft. If your one of the brave that ran the Beta and don't want to or don't care enough to do a clean install, you've got some tweaking to do in order to install the RC over the Beta ...

Windows 7 Release Candidate is finally up for download from Microsoft. If your one of the brave that ran the Beta and don't want to or don't care enough to do a clean install, you've got some tweaking to do in order to install the RC over the Beta build. Microsoft has kindly provided directions on exactly how to do this, and for anyone it should take just a few seconds to make the change and start the installation process. Skip the first 9 paragraphs and go straight to the step by step directions if you want to skip the "We don't recommend doing this" warning.

One of the new features I was hoping to see in the RC build was the addition of XP Mode or XP Within Windows 7 through the Virtual PC software that some of us have been using for several years now. Unfortunately, this does not come with the RC, but is available as an optional download here. It’s designed to be the successor to Virtual PC 2007, although as far as I can tell there haven't been many changes aside from the application pass-through and splendid USB support.

Aside from XP Mode, Windows 7 testers finally have the complete IE 8 build with the Release Candidate. The caveat is that as of this morning, the compatibility sites list hasn't been completed and should be released as an update in the next day or two. Some sites may or may not be set to...
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