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The release candidate, build 7100, became available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and Connect Program participants on April 30, 2009. On May 5, 2009, it became available to the general public, although it had also been leaked onto the Internet via [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Paul |url=https://www.engadget.com/2009/04/24/windows-7-rc-7100-making-its-way-to-oems-a-torrent-tracker-near/ |title=Windows 7 RC 7100 making its way to OEMs, a torrent tracker near you |website=[[Engadget]] |publisher=[[Aol]] |date=April 24, 2009 |accessdate=May 25, 2009}}</ref> The release candidate was available in five languages and expired on June 1, 2010, with shutdowns every two hours starting March 1, 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx | title = Windows 7 Release Candidate Customer Preview Program | accessdate =May 5, 2009 | website= Microsoft.com|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> Microsoft stated that Windows 7 would be released to the general public on October 22, 2009<ref name="GA" />, about less than three years after the launch of its predecessor, [[Windows Vista]]. Microsoft released Windows 7 to MSDN and Technet subscribers on August 6, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/21/when-will-you-get-windows-7-rtm.aspx|title=When Will You Get Windows 7 RTM?|website=The Windows Blog}}</ref> Microsoft announced that Windows 7, along with [[Windows Server 2008 R2]], was released to manufacturing in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] on July 22, 2009. Windows 7 [[Release to manufacture|RTM]] is build 7600.16385.090713-1255<ref name="RTM" />, which was compiled on July 13, 2009, and was declared the final RTM build after passing all Microsoft's tests internally.<ref name="rtm">{{cite web|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx|title=Windows 7 Has Been Released to Manufacturing|last=LeBlanc|first=Brandon|website=Windows Team Blog|publisher=Microsoft|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227022915/http://blogs.windows.com/windows/archive/b/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx|archivedate=February 27, 2014|url-status=}}</ref>
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