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Microsoft on Friday released the first of two expected final testing versions of Windows XP.

Despite the turmoil created by Thursday´s appeals court ruling, the Redmond, Wash.-based software company completed Windows XP Release Candidate 1 days ahead of schedule.

Release candidates are final testing versions before the software is sent to manufacturing and to PC makers. A second release candidate is expected in late July or early August.

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