Windows 7 RC Downloads Now Closed
The doors are closed, guys!
Microsoft today stopped offering downloads of the Windows 7 release candidate free for testing. Those of you who managed to download a disc image prior to the cut off date will still be able to register, activate, and even obtain new keys until October 21.
"You will still be able to register your product and get registration keys but, the media will no longer be available for download," wrote Stephen L. Rose in the Windows Team Blog.
While it may seem a little old fashioned to be trying out the RC when Windows 7's already finished and is released to manufacturing, this will likely be the only way to legally use a build of Windows 7 from now through mid-2010 without paying a single dime.
With Windows 7 hitting retail on October 22, it might be worth hanging tough with that Windows Vista installation for another couple of months before going ahead with the upgrade – unless you have an unused PC to spare.

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It was my understanding Vista SP1 to 7 upgrades weren't really needed. I'd think the XP to 7 market is much larger.
I may just go buy it in OCT instead of waiting for the RC to end.
Does the drivers page for your printer support Windows Vista? If so, download and install those drivers...they should work. If your printer has no Vista drivers, the only option is to setup XP Mode, install your printer on there, and share it to Windows 7.
ssalim, I know that my HP 4L printer didn't work until I did a Windows Update and it found the drivers. Have you tried that? As Titanius said, if you had drivers for it under Vista then those should work as well.
ummmm, i hate to say you are wrong, but you are very wrong.... i have run every build of windows 7, including the alphas....and even at that stage it was more stable than any prior windows os ever. so please, unless you have a valid reason why it is buggy and can give examples, keep yer yap shut. also i would love to know what type of hardware you tried it on? was it one of your store bought systems that originally came with windows 98/ me? but then again i got it to run stable on a pentium 1 and pentium 2 stable, not too fast, but it ran...
Overall i'm really happy with 7.
well with a little tweaking you can make them look the same, but honestly youll get much better performace pound for pound on win 7....and a lot less freezes, crashes and bsod.... well i should say none cause i havent been able to bsod a single version of windows 7 yet, and trust me ive tried...though i can make some programs freeze, but it doesnt crash the os
i think vista should be wiped out.... permanently...though it rounded out to be a decent os, it still gives me that windows me feel, and 7 again is so much faster and better with resources, it doesnt waste them