Download Windows 7 RC from Microsoft right now
Microsoft has just opened the downloads for Windows 7 Release Candidate. Head on over to their site to download it right away before the servers crash! Looks like they are a few hours early on the release. You can continue to use Windows 7 Beta keys to activate the RC. Check below for the links:
Tip: Use Firefox and you won’t be bothered to install any ActiveX Plugins or Download Managers.
Official Download Links from Microsoft:
A couple users have been reporting broken downloads of corrupted images. In this case, it’s best to download the image from IE and use the download manager that allows you to continue from dropped downloads.
How to bypass the Download Manager with Direct links to Download Windows 7 RC:
Only download from here if the above links don’t work. To download directly with these links, right click the language you want to download and choose Copy Shortcut. Then paste the URL in your address bar and push Enter.
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Not working for me here… HTTP 404.
Anyone’s getting it?
Works fine, downloading as we speak
the link takes me to the Beta product key page…
Oh got it! Got to click the link under the two main ones.
thanks Al
Right click the link, click on copy location, put it in your address bar and tap Enter.
That’s basically how you do it but I’m not going to make a public announcement about it or anything. MS Pulled it to keep the load even and I don’t want to ruin their plans. But a few extra dls won’t hurt
thanks man
I’m trying to download windows 7, 32-bit version, it directs me to microsoft.com download page, but does nothing from there. It just has a green spinning circle in the page and goes no further… any advice please? I’m dying to try it out!
I am just being directed to the beta page…not RC yet that I can see
Just updated this page with direct links for those who are having trouble.
The RC page looks very similar to the beta page. Also try pressing Shift + F5 or clearing your cache
Duh, ActiveX failed to run… running IE8 under W7 beta.
Is there a direct link already 4 64-bit English version? This way I can use my own download manager…
Direct Links posted. Run them in Firefox and they won’t even bother you about getting a download manager
I am not getting the RC page, just the beta page.
Can someone post me a link?
Direct Links posted, not sure if MS will be too happy at me for making download access so easy xD
http://wb.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/release/windows7/e/b/5/eb58e76e-17fa-409b-855f-11fbe84d1c93/7100.0.090421-1700_x64fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culxfrer_en_dvd.iso?lcid=1033&RURL=https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/productkeys/win7-rc-64/enus/
This is for 64-bit English version
Thank youuuuuu!
It was pulled
How about the 32?
yay! downloading fine for my 2Mbit connection… 210 KB/s, 4 hours to go…
I’m getting 630KB/S on my 10mbit connection, 1 hour to go
post the link…please
842 kb/s on 8 mbit
Not, working for me either, i get directed to the old beta page myself like shane is. Tried clearing cash and using firefox. Maybe microsoft temporarily put it up for testing. sorta a pre check before they put it up for good.
Hey.. at this site: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx
They said “The Windows 7 RC will be available May 5, and you’ll be able to download it from this site through July.”
????????
This page is being regularly updated with new links as we get them. New links from Technet have just been added
Hey everyone…the main windows 7 page is down, but the technet links still works
It just says “Cannot connect to server. Anyone else get this?
Now it says, “The file has been changed on the server.” Any help?
well i did click on the bottom link that was posted here a bit ago and it took me to the windows 7 rc download page. I entered in my email and password and it took me straight to the download page, where it downloaded and installed a download manager, gave me my activation key, and its downloading now at an incredible fast rate. At the speed its going ill have it downloaded in about 15 min.
All these errors I’m getting are within the download manager.
It seems to be up again. here is the link.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx
Could it be because I’m doing it in firefox?
I got mine from Firefox
not working lol,. redirecting to their official website.,
ignore my post please,. everything works fine for me now, ive tried the alt link,. thank you windows7center! more power…
you guys rock!!! downloading 64bit rc1 from alt. tech link above as we speak..396kbs!! less then 2 hours to go!
Technet link works fine guys. I guess I’ll put some asterisks beside it xD
Donwloading at 1MB/s ^^”
What kind of monstrous Internet plan are you on =o?
Im almost done with the download. I got about 15% left to go. wow, of all the times comcast has crashed on me and as slow as it usually is, This is crazy fast. for once they do something right but im holding my breath because it would not surprise me if in a few minutes the damn power will go out like it allways does when something important pops up.
I just went from 600kb/s to 1kb/s
10mb of download
agreed. Where did you get that internet?
So… I can only get mine to download incredibly slowly as a regular download in google chrome.
In firefox it opens the download manager, but keeps on saying that the download has an error. And in ie 8, it just goes to an active x page.
Any ideas?
thanks
Open you IE and go to tools, Internet options, Advanced, and reset the whole browser to default. then go to this website, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx
Let me know if that works for you.
working great on tchnet,.
nah… resetting ie didn’t help. I just see “please wait while the download manager starts your download.” but nothing happens.
That’s odd, if I use firefox, I wait a bit and the usual download screen will pop out and ask me if I want to open or run. Maybe try IE and install the manager?
But I’m running Firefox 3.5b4 and no manager required
Hmm I just got onto my office computer running vista, went straight to the website, downloaded the manager and as soon as the download manager came up it started downloading right away. what kind of connection are you on? DSL, Cable? The last thing I can think of is restart your pc, as well as the modem and everything and try again.
google chrome says 6 hours…
maybe i’ll just torrent it.
Anyone else have any tips to get the download to work faster?
The links up there are to download it with the download manager until you enter on them with google chrome and maybe safari for windows.
to get the direct links just put “/dl/” before “/download/” on the links.
Example:
x64 rc1 direct link
http://wb.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/release/windows7/e/b/5/eb58e76e-17fa-409b-855f-11fbe84d1c93/7100.0.090421-1700_x64fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culxfrer_en_dvd.iso?lcid=1033&RURL=https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/productkeys/win7-rc-64/enus/
I just tried… Not working. I think they pulled it from the server.
You still having problems?
I gave up last night… Appears to be working now… Crossing my fingers
i got cable… i think my download is just messed up. i can get the download manager to open in ffx and ie 32. but it says the file size doesn’t match and just restarts 1000 times. No idea how to get it to give me a new link though.
Sly, If you would like for me to try and help you download this, I can remotley connect to your pc and help you out. If you use msn, Send me a IM at winterwolf2009@live.com
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx
All you guys have to do is visit this link.
I dont understand why anyone is having trouble, I checked this with all 3 computers in my home, 1 desktop running vista, 1 laptop running vista, and another laptop running windows 7. Tried both IE 7 And IE 8 and everyone of them took me to that page, I entered in the email address of mine, and it started the download manager which started downloading the RC right away. The only 2 things I can think of to why you guys are having trouble is for 1 your IE or other browser is screwed up by having something enabled or disabled on it, or 2, your Internet connection is very slow or is having problems.
ok… i finally got a download to work. Here’s what i had to do.
I’m running win 7 7057 64X. I had to open up IE 32 after clearing all ie settings, then go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx and once I let the active X install it was all good.
Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this, but I hope that helps if you run into a similar problem.
ok right on glad you got it working. If anyone else needs any help, feel free to give me an IM at my Windows live Address i posted above. Thanks
thanks for the help guys.
…so this is 7100 right? or is it a different build….
This one is exactly the same as the one I downloaded from bit torrent on April 24. I checked MD5, they are same.
Well, I have finaly Downloaded the RC from the Microsoft website, And am Currently Installing it. I will post the build number for you shiggity as soon as it is installed, And If anyone wants me to post a screen shot, just tell my how to post them and i will be glad to.
Umm… Everyone already knows it (7100) and there are tons of screenshots out there.
lol
it says 7100 in the download. My download is 7100.0.090421-1700_x64fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culxfrer_en_dvd.iso
btw… why are all the icon dudes grumpy. Not a smile in the bunch
i dunno I dont even know how to change it. I am even subscribed to the forums on here and i can’t figure out how to post here as who i am in the forums, with my wolf icon etc. Is it possible to log in as your forum username and post here using it?
you’ve been helpful, thanx for the effort,.
haha. Head to http://www.gravatar.com and assign an avatar to your email. Maybe I should post an article about it. I just noticed they are all grumpy! I need a new avatar set xD
Ok I have the RC Installed, And the desktop up and running. For some of you who still had questions about the build, yes, it is Evaluation copy build 7100.
The x86 and the English language link are actually pointing to the x64 version. Ended up downloading a 3 gig image I can’t use.
Yes, you are right! That’s why I cancelled the download. Has anybody a link to the 32bit English version???
You can get the direct download links for both x86 and x64 from here http://www.redmondpie.com/official-direct-download-links-for-windows-7-rc/
Ya the same thing happened here. So now I’m trying to download from Microsoft and it keeps freezing at 99% Dang Microsoft.
oh my god I’m so sorry. I will change it right away. If you need more help please ask
Im downloading at 1.9mb/s+ Thanks for the links al
Freezing at 99% saying it is corrupt! Damn!
Just finished getting the 32bit from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx?ITPID=sprblog at 1.36mb/s, and it took 39mins…
I as well just completed the entire download only to learn that the .iso is corrupted. How the heck do you get corrupted downloads from M$? I thought that was just a torrent thing?
http://wb.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/release/windows7/e/b/5/eb58e76e-17fa-409b-855f-11fbe84d1c93/7100.0.090421-1700_x64fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culxfrer_en_dvd.iso
it works!
Speed’s fluctuating too much! I’m downloading it for more than 4 hours and it’s still 73% (2,24 GB)…
I got the same problem, 73% and nothing more
Close web browser and downloader. Start browser and try to download iso again, it will start from 73%
It’s still downloading, but the speed dropped from 300 kb/s to 30 kb/s… :@
76% and moving forward (slowly though!)
Downloading as we speak.
It’s going to be 3 hours for me…*sobs*
Have the servers stablized now? Surprisingly I haven’t heard of any crashes, just unstableness
Does anyone have MD5 for 64-bit English? Really would like to check it before burning to a DVD…
Did you download from Microsoft? If you did there’s no reason to check, it’s legit for sure. But here are the hashes:
x64: 98341AF35655137966E382C4FEAA282D
x86: 8867C13330F56A93944BCD46DCD73590
yes, but you know, just in case, lol.
I’m posting this from Windows 7 RC on VMWare! Performance has been improved a noticable amount since the beta!
… and if sb would be interested about XPM…
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
sb?
thankyou
Downloading on 1 mb/s connection
Download speed 6,5 kb/s
2 Days 12 Hours to go
Damn… ~_~”
I click download and it brings me to the site to login, and then it takes me to a site where a little green circle just goes around and around. It never gives me anything else…help?
Is the RC even worth downloading?
Im just asking because I dont want to have to backup all my data, and have to re-install a couple of programs. just for a rough copy of an OS.
could someone please enlighten me who has already installed and played around with it
Also, if anyone has tested any video games, that did not work with vista, could they please shed some light?
Thank You
Kyle
Are you on Windows 7 at all? If you are still on the Beta, then you definitely need to jump on the RC.
It’s hard to tell you if it’s worth downloading since I am the founder of this blog so my answer will be biased. To give a safe answer, I would say download this if you are curious about computers, not a complete “newbie” for lack of a better word, and want to check out Windows 7. Downloading the RC is the only legit way of trying Windows 7 without breaking any laws and the download is not going to be up forever.
As far as games go, I heard there were some issues with Gameguard (Maplestory or Nexon Games). There are also issues with some punkbuster games such as Cod4. This is mainly due to the companies’ inaction to update their software.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please ask in our forums =) (At the very top) Our members will be more than happy to help you
I’m from Iran and we are blocked,May you upload for me?I need it.
thanks very much
Sina
my email address is mathone20@gmail.com
One of the best site for uploading files is:http://depositfiles.com
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