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Windows 7 will be the next version of Microsoft Windows, an operating system produced by Microsoft Corporation for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, netbooks and media center PCs.

The Microsoft Engineering team has outlined how Windows 7 Beta users can upgrade their version of Windows 7 to the soon to be released Release Candidate of Windows 7. Most users want to have a great experience.

Windows 7 Upgrade

The disappointing news is that Microsoft suggests to do a clean install instead as the development changes introduced after the release of the beta of Windows 7 were not always compatible with the upgrades made thereafter.

The Windows 7 release candidate setup will quit automatically if it recognizes
a pre-RC build on the computer system.

Download the ISO as you did previously and burn the ISO to a DVD.
Copy the whole image to a storage location you wish to run the upgrade from.
Browse to the sources directory.
Open the file cversion.ini in a text editor like Notepad.
Modify the MinClient build number to a value lower than the down-level build.
Save the file in place with the same name.
Run setup like you would normally from this modified copy of the image
and the version check will be bypassed.

For testing users. it is still possible to upgrade a pre-release candidate release
to the RC of Windows 7. Check back often to download the final version.