Microsoft releases download of Vista RC1

Microsoft is offering Vista beta testers a pre-RC1 ISO download. Users can download the file and create a bootable DVD using a common DVD burning software. Microsoft will stop the program after 100,000 successful downloads.

With the final release date of Vista approaching, Microsoft understandably wants to get all of the major software bugs out. Testers are urged to install and test the operating system, "as soon as possible". Crashes, hangs or other errors should be reported with the built in "Windows Error Reporting" dialog box.

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