Microsoft announced the availability of a critical security patch yesterday affecting a variety of Windows operating systems.Interestingly, the Windows 7 pre-beta build, which will be available to developers next Tuesday, also contains the bug. Microsoft stated "Customers running Windows 7 Pre-Beta are encouraged to download and apply the update to their systems. On Windows 7 Pre-Beta systems, the vulnerable code path is only accessible to authenticated users. This vulnerability is not liable to be triggered if the attacker is not authenticated, and therefore would be rated Important."
In a support article Microsoft details some Windows 7 Pre-Beta file information notes. The build string on the notes is 6.1.6801.4106, the same build string that has been screenshotted recently.
It is believed that the 6801 build is a milestone 3 (M3) build released to select customers and partners over the last few months.
Microsoft will be releasing the build to attendees at their professional developers conference next Tuesday.
eg. new taskbar concept
What's wrong with the current one? It works great! I find it easier to use for the standard user then the alternatives out there
And expect torrents on Wednesday. Just kidding.
expect it on Tuesday 1 AM
released by Russians hackers group
I honestly don't believe Microsoft would release a build compiled more than 7 weeks ago ( counting all the weeks until PDC ) has the pre-beta, it seems too much time for internal testing time and I'm sure they want to show stuff not yet availbale in screenshots, to make people more exited, I bet the build released will have 3 or 4 weeks of internal testing and a couple of new stuff, maybe minor or major but only people involved in 7 will know..
So will see what's going to be released next week, maybe I'm right maybe I'm wrong, but I would love to be right and play with a more recent build
Last edited by neufuse on 24 Oct 2008 - 15:36
Windows Vista's current UI was frozen as far back as build 5270, some would say 5259. There were only small tweaks overtime.
Ui = Vista (code) -----> Underlying OS = Mostly Vista -----> Win7 = services pack/ui??
Ui = Vista (code) -----> Underlying OS = Mostly Vista -----> Win7 = services pack/ui??
With that logic I can say vista is still NT 4.... because its still mostly NT4 code... heck 70% of the OS code is still from NT4 just tweaked... So Vista is just SP20 to NT4? I think people are getting to use to Apple's versioning scheme... the whole we'll stay on version 10 for years and just make minor or even major updates to it and just increment it a minor build number...
Ui = Vista (code) -----> Underlying OS = Mostly Vista -----> Win7 = services pack/ui??
With that logic I can say vista is still NT 4.... because its still mostly NT4 code... heck 70% of the OS code is still from NT4 just tweaked... So Vista is just SP20 to NT4? I think people are getting to use to Apple's versioning scheme... the whole we'll stay on version 10 for years and just make minor or even major updates to it and just increment it a minor build number...
Windows Vista is on the Windows 2000 code base... Windows 2000 (NT5) was a complete rewrite from the ground up.
But I agree with your post... People are falling into an Apple way of thinking.
Too bad it doesn't work as well as 2003 does.
Too bad it doesn't work as well as 2003 does.
Works better ime.
MS Paint + a ribbon bar = boring.. Talk about a one hit wonder, also what’s the use of adding tabs to the ribbon bar, when there’s only one tab (talk about wasted space). If that’s the best MS can do they better fire their Ui team.
Nb. Given Vista Ultimate users got screwed, I wonder if they get Windows 7 for free?
I'm more scared of being screwed with Win7 being nothing more than a better Vista with some UI changes.
Thats exactly my concern, I’m quite happy with Vista. But doshing out another few hundred for a Ui update and what may seem like a service pack may not be worth it. but maybe time will prove otherwise.
Last edited by Stoic33 on 25 Oct 2008 - 11:03
+1 thats what i thought too
Worth an update? maybe
Worth Paying for (i.e. vista users)? possibly not
again only time will prove otherwise..
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