When Microsoft first launched Windows 7, it sold a limited number of Family Packs for the OS. The Family Packs have since been long sold-out, but now Microsoft is bringing them back, but again only for a limited run. The Windows 7 Family Pack gives you three licenses to put on as many computers. The more »

Its the morning of March 2nd and you woke up realizing that the issues you are having with your Windows 7 Release Candidate operating system are not going away. Well, they are not going to go away, in fact they are here to stay and its time to upgrade. Yup, the free ride on the more »

Microsoft has begun sending out friendly email reminders to those who may still be running the release candidate version of Windows 7. And in a not so subtle way, they are telling you that its time to upgrade. According to the email; “Starting on March 1, 2010 your PC will begin shutting down every two more »

Welcome back to InterrupTech. Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry. We cover the Barnes & Noble Nook, Windows 7, Moto’s Droid, Apple’s latest computers, Dell’s new Adamo XPS, RIM’s new BlackBerry watch, VW’s new iPhone app, and Google’s music service.

You’d have to be blind not to see Microsoft trying to shove Windows 7 into the living rooms of America through TV commercials. The most recent — the gaggy sweet little girl making rainbow and flower pages though, is in my opinion, not their best effort. But, that effort is now veering in a new more »

The notebooks riding the Windows 7 train continues as we now have an announcement coming courtesy of Toshiba. I should also point out that a few of these latest models from Toshiba will also have a touchscreen displays. Lets begin with the new touchscreen display models, these are the Satellite M505 and the Satellite U505 notebooks, both of which feature widescreen TruBrite TFT touchscreen displays.

First things first, while Windows 7 should be stable, it is important to point out that this is still a Release Candidate. In other words, this is not the final release and you may experience an issue or two. That said, I have been running Windows 7 beta 7000 since that became available several months ago and it has been smooth sailing. Bottom line, make sure you back up any data before you do an install just in case something happens. Also if something does go wrong, don’t say we did not warn you.

Ok, assuming you are still ready to check out Windows 7 RC1, if you have not gotten your download, then it may be a good time to get that started. Here is the download link. [Download Windows 7 RC1]

After you have completed the download, you will have to burn the ISO to a DVD and get ready to perform the installation. Don’t forget to back up those files first.

As expected, Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 has been made available to the public. What that means is anyone who may be interested is able to download, install and run Windows 7 and this version will not expire until June 1, 2010. That means you will get to use and run Windows free for a more »