Hot on the heels of my previous post on how to obtain a Vista RC1 product key I see that Microsoft has now officially opened the Vista RC1 Customer Review Program to new participants, so no need for the hack anymore If you fancy trying out Vista RC1 then now is your chance. Personally, there [...]

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Cybernet Technology News have reported a way of obtaining a product key for Vista RC1. Thanks for this great tip. Rather than me repeat their excellent instructions please click on the link above for details.

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I managed to install Vista build 5536 which is a pre-RC1 version on a spare hard drive yesterday. The installation process went smoothly without problems. The UI is very slick and has some nice features and navigating around the system doesn’t seem any slower than Windows XP.

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Paul Thurrott from Windows IT Pro magazine has been blogging again about the upcoming release dates for Windows Vista. Further to his earlier blog on Vista RC1 availability he is quoted as saying: “Exclusive to WinInfo: On Monday, Microsoft publicly reaffirmed its plan to ship a version of Windows Vista to businesses in November and [...]

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Paul Thurrott provides some exclusive information on ship dates for Vista RC1. He is quoted as saying: “According to sources at Microsoft, the company plans to ship Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) in early September. More important, perhaps, is that Microsoft still plans to release Vista to manufacturing by the end of October as [...]

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I see that Vista RC1 sign-ups will be opened up some time in the near future. This is what it says on the Vista blog: RC1 Availability Update OK, so I’ve been getting RC1-related questions a lot, both via blog comments and directly over email: Will Microsoft open testing sign-ups again when RC1 is released? [...]

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