Windows 7 RC now leaked for Download

After a long silence from Microsoft about Windows 7 RC release date and public download, here is  interesting news come out today. Several users from Windows7center and sevenforums has spotted Windows 7 Release Candidate download page scheduled for May 5 on Microsoft Partner Program website. As per that page, every one should be able to download Windows 7 RC on May 5, 2009 which is way ahead of expected date.

Later on that page found to be accidental post and got confirmed that Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) will not be available for download to Microsoft TechNet and MSDN subscribers but it is available only to the Microsoft OEM partners such as Dell, Siemens (Microsoft Gold Partners).

We don’t have any information or confirmation from any of Gold Partners about availability of Windows 7 RC for download. The mystery of windows 7 RC build number still continues, only time will tell what will be Windows 7 RC Build number.

Windows 7 RC Download Page

Until now, a lot of Windows 7 RC builds have been making appearances at Torrent sites but as everyone knows, they all were fake. However, the Windows 7 RC build leaked out to torrents today with the build string 7100.0.winmain_win7rc pretty much seems to be the real deal.

Just head over to TPB and search for “Windows 7 RC (build 7100)” to download the appropriate build that works on your PC (x86 or x64) or simply download this zipped file with torrents. Once the ISO has been downloaded, simply burn it to a disc and make use of the key that came with Windows 7 beta to activate and use the OS.