Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) Upgrade

Last year, Microsoft gave it’s customers the fantastic opportunity of testing the new version of Windows 7 by making the Beta Release Candidate version available publically.  If you are still running the RC version, you need to upgrade to a full release version of the operating system as soon as possible!

On 1st June 2010, the Release Candidate version of Windows will expire, which will cause your PC to restart every 2 hours and prevent Windows from saving your work during shutdown.

Our Windows Online team have published a useful explanation of how to tell if you are running a release candidate version of Windows, and what next steps you need to take…

What should I do if I'm running the Release Candidate (RC) version of Windows 7?

May some of your friends and family be using the Release Candidate?  If so, please share this blog post with them…