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Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Build 5299 Leaks

Posted by Steven Parker on 22 January 2006 - 13:23 · 113 comments & 20559 views

Our friends over at Bink.nu are reporting that build 5299 of Internet Explorer 7 has leaked on the internet. Activewin has also posted 50 high-res screenshots of the build, probably after finding it available for download at tech enthusiast site JCXP.net

If you can find it, (JCXP asks that links not be posted anywhere) the build weighs in at 11.2 MB and can only be installed on Windows XP. We must remind our readers that the beta is not called a beta for nothing, it's completely unsupported! Should people need to install it please use something like System Restore so you can roll back.

A feature complete Beta 2 version of IE7 is expected to be released to testers around mid February, as reported by Paul Thurrott in his Short Takes for week ending January 23rd.

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(1 reply) #1 Posted by rIaHc3 on 22 Jan 2006 - 13:31: Never Mind

Last edited by rIaHc3 on 22 Jan 2006 - 20:57

(1 reply) #2 Posted by Ferret on 22 Jan 2006 - 13:34: Does anyone know if this works with MS Flight Sim 2004 ?

Beta1 had problems with Flight Sim.

(3 replies) #3 Posted by elliot on 22 Jan 2006 - 13:49: I'm suprised they finally took the time to update the Windows 95 icons in options...

#4 Posted by Schnitzel on 22 Jan 2006 - 13:56: Lol, I too was amazed they've finally replaced the icons. W00t!

(2 replies) #5 Posted by Axel on 22 Jan 2006 - 14:07: LoL - News has been a little slow recently hasn't it???

I'm having issues with displaying windows live mail properly now I've installed it, I don't know if anyone else is having problem - I may try to tweak some of the settings to get it working!

#6 Posted by Staind on 22 Jan 2006 - 14:08: Impressive one.

#7 Posted by Sprocket on 22 Jan 2006 - 14:10: It's better than before, but I still think MS have a long way to go in order to improve the UI of Internet Explorer and the rendering etc.

#8 Posted by natocccp on 22 Jan 2006 - 14:11: It can be installed on Windows Server 2003 SP1.

(1 reply) #9 Posted by ecotrojan on 22 Jan 2006 - 14:46: doesnt work on XP64

#10 Posted by Banzai on 22 Jan 2006 - 14:51: this looks like beta looks like it might be turn be onto internet expolorer.

i wont post links but is the file digital signed and whats the md5?

#11 Posted by jbonello on 22 Jan 2006 - 14:57: I installed it but it has problems with Windows Live Mail. Anyone beta testing the new mail system should not install it as the webmail won't let you read any of your messages

#12 Posted by xxdesmus on 22 Jan 2006 - 15:02: anyone else hate the new favorites center? ...it's ugly as heck.

#13 Posted by mikeyj on 22 Jan 2006 - 15:22: it doesn't look all that cool

(1 reply) #14 Posted by chrischua83 on 22 Jan 2006 - 15:23: how oto adjust back Google as my default search engine in this build? anyone?

#15 Posted by Croquant on 22 Jan 2006 - 15:25: I'll stick with Firefox, thanks. I don't like the layout of this IE7 beta.

(2 replies) #16 Posted by simpleyred on 22 Jan 2006 - 15:34: meh, ill stick with firefox.

#17 Posted by CUBBYJR1 on 22 Jan 2006 - 15:40: do you need beta 1 in order for the valdidation to work because my windows is genuine .

#18 Posted by MI6Labs on 22 Jan 2006 - 16:07: ...Looks like an ugly rebranded firefox o_O!

(6 replies) #19 Posted by Xtreme $niper on 22 Jan 2006 - 16:08: Yeaah it doesn't exactly look appealing. And I know people hate it when others say "this or that is stolen from Firefox!" but really, think about it. The Zoom feature is clearly taken from Opera. Bah I dunno, I'll probably install it but never use it.

(2 replies) #20 Posted by Banzai on 22 Jan 2006 - 16:13: i know its a beta so don’t even say it, and no im not a tester so don’t say that either. But is anyone getting a "could not validate the integrity of update.inf error? when trying to install using update.exe and i get an unknown error when trying to install using isetup.exe. And yes my windows is genuine so dont say that.

#21 Posted by Troll on 22 Jan 2006 - 16:16: Working great, just like Beta 1 was here. Looking forward to the next release

#22 Posted by Lee69 on 22 Jan 2006 - 16:43: I dont like the look.

#23 Posted by Intelman on 22 Jan 2006 - 17:03: I think the look is great.

#24 Posted by IanD on 22 Jan 2006 - 17:36: Not hard to find, that's for sure. Google is man's best friend

#25 Posted by Ifoow on 22 Jan 2006 - 17:39: uglllllllllly

#26 Posted by IanD on 22 Jan 2006 - 17:50: Also, It's not that bad. I'm glad that Microsoft relized that tabs are indeed a good thing

#27 Posted by lebmike on 22 Jan 2006 - 17:58: argh, beta 2 does not work with the latest hotmail beta

#28 Posted by rmorris003 on 22 Jan 2006 - 18:24: ie7 broke my pc all microsoft apps wont work because of that security dll error

(1 reply) #29 Posted by wuzz on 22 Jan 2006 - 18:42: OMG! This is the worst IE ever. IE7.beta1 was ok but beta2 will be really big pain in the ass for developers. It's css rendering is buggy as hell and they removed all ways for workarounds (* HTML hack, height vs min-height values (height works like it really hould but min-height doesn't work at all) ) I really hope it's temporary. Beta or not beta but that kind of bugs should never happen.

BTW. beta2 really looks like from-programmer-to-programmer designed browser. Get an interface expert for gods sake.

Since beta2 i was really happy with IE and it's bugs and features but this version has gone really bad. I hope somebody from the development team reads this thread and does something about it.

(2 replies) #30 Posted by adri1456 on 22 Jan 2006 - 19:06: Is there anything new in IE that FF or others don't have?

#31 Posted by IntelliMoo on 22 Jan 2006 - 19:09: Besides ms's beta teams failing to communicate once again (Windows Live Mail not working right?! WTF), I cannot believe that with tabs implemented a script is still allowed to resize the main ie window!!!! Waiting for Maxthon 2.0................

#32 Posted by Arnaudt on 22 Jan 2006 - 19:46: has anyone managed to run this one on win2k3 and if so how? cheers

#33 Posted by Trade Wind on 22 Jan 2006 - 20:23: adri1456: QuickTabs. Ctrl-Q

(1 reply) #34 Posted by rIaHc3 on 22 Jan 2006 - 21:00: Well seeing as Windows Live Mail does not work, I cant download and test this out

#35 Posted by wetlegs6 on 22 Jan 2006 - 21:04: Wow, only a day late!

Neowin is getting quicker

#36 Posted by MGS3-SS on 22 Jan 2006 - 21:32: Fugly!

#37 Posted by Angel Blue01 on 22 Jan 2006 - 22:14: Why aren't they keeping the XP icons?

#38 Posted by texasjoe on 22 Jan 2006 - 22:33: Could someone check this for me please:
I can no longer play streaming WMV's like CMT.com's in neither IE 7 Beta 2 build 5299 or firefox 1.5.
Is it me or IE7? I've just updated IE6 to this beta2 preview and now streaming WMV videos don't start anymore. It gets stuck while 'connecting'. I already tried lowering my security levels.

Thanks

Last edited by texasjoe on 22 Jan 2006 - 23:25

#39 Posted by Funk Dok on 22 Jan 2006 - 22:50: shhh! I can't read my hotmail emails no more! clicking on the links doesn't work.
any ideas on how to uninstall this build?

(3 replies) #40 Posted by dl0711 on 22 Jan 2006 - 23:04: Its Not working all that good with Digg.com. Also This ver you have the Choice to Uninstall it under --> Start --> Control Panel --> Add or Remove Programs --> if you have SP2 check mark "Show Updates" --> Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview

Last edited by dl0711 on 23 Jan 2006 - 02:20

#41 Posted by toadeater on 22 Jan 2006 - 23:22: It looks better in Vista I guess. This XP version looks like a shareware app.

#42 Posted by chrisxtreme on 22 Jan 2006 - 23:30: I found a funny bug. This will only work if you have no RSS feeds. When I first open the browser with just one tab open, my start page, the RSS button is grayed out. If I open another tab, and then close that new tab, the rss button is no longer grayed out. Then when clicking the little arrow next to the RSS button it bugs out and uses 60-100% of my cpu.

#43 Posted by predator001 on 22 Jan 2006 - 23:40: i quite like it myself. pretty simple and clean and does what it says on the tin. seems very very fast too. im used to my customised operas interface and layout so it feels a bit weird but thats because im adjusting to it.

(4 replies) #44 Posted by osirisX on 23 Jan 2006 - 00:07: The interface is badly designed. Especially bad on the tabs bar.

#45 Posted by Matt500 on 23 Jan 2006 - 00:52: Isn't this the news that came out last week? Theres been a post about it for ages on the boards.

#46 Posted by mattrobs on 23 Jan 2006 - 02:01: How the hell is this "high-res"? It's 800x600; eughh..

(1 reply) #47 Posted by intoksicated on 23 Jan 2006 - 02:47: what is internet explorer?

is this a new browser?

#48 Posted by eck0 on 23 Jan 2006 - 04:09: :X Everytime I see a new release, it gets ugly'er.

Like wtf happened to the menus? :|

Ugly - I'd rather use telnet.

(2 replies) #49 Posted by Tokar on 23 Jan 2006 - 04:14: News that is two days late! Huzzah!

#50 Posted by chantszhim on 23 Jan 2006 - 04:20: There is a hidden "Add Google Search" link in the Source Code of Microsoft Windows Search Guide website (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/default.msp, which links to http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/A...FE0C/Google.xml

(1 reply) #51 Posted by jeff_pony on 23 Jan 2006 - 09:24: I love how some of you guys are slagging off a leaked beta. I'm wordless.....

#52 Posted by StuRReaL on 23 Jan 2006 - 10:18: I can't believe it they actually took time to make a nice clean interface without missalignments and strange double borders appearing here and there :o

All that said though i'm a little confused about the order of the bits and bobs, like the address bar being at the top and the refresh button being miles away from the forward and back buttons.

#53 Posted by Adster01 on 23 Jan 2006 - 12:36: Anyone else get jerky scrolling?

#54 Posted by matt74441 on 23 Jan 2006 - 17:01: Links Removed.

Anyone who is caught posting download links to this will be warned.

#55 Posted by Cyranthus on 23 Jan 2006 - 17:49: still looks like crap... even worse, imo. otherwise i would try and download it.

#56 Posted by rawd on 23 Jan 2006 - 21:13: I really didn't like it at all and reinstalled IE7 Beta 1

The favorites drop down was annoying. It kept sticking when clicking on a link and it would only let me open one submenu at a time

#57 Posted by m-head on 23 Jan 2006 - 21:37: I'll wait for the final before I use and judge.

#58 Posted by plastikaa on 23 Jan 2006 - 22:33: By the way for reference if anyone wants to go back to version 6, if you find after you go back entering a url loads the page in Firefox (did this to me) then you want to use system restore to get it back working properly. This is a very weird problem its almost like it saying "firefox is the default browser so open the page in that"

#59 Posted by mikemyres on 25 Jan 2006 - 12:31: My friend told me that you cannot run IE6 and IE7 at the same time, this seems dumb as these betas are designed for web developers such as myself, But I just want them both then I'll download the beta :@

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