With few weeks left for Windows 7 RC to be released, some Neowin users have found Windows 7 build 7057 in the wild. The build string reads - 7057.0.x86fre.winmain.090305-2000 which means that this was compiled on March 5. 
The EULA reads this for now
Yes, this makes it clear that Microsoft is already cooking its Windows 7 RC builds (not final build though)
The most immediate change users would notice is the new welcome and shutdown screen
It looks really nice. I hope it's animated though, not just a picture.
I mss the old class look of XP without the welcome screen that just said "Windows is starting up"
+1
Nice startup screens indeed
I miss the DOS start up screens, doesn't mean there practical
why tell people that "windows is starting up", when they know that... "welcome" looks much more simple..
DAAYYAAAAMM!!!!.. cannot wait to see the final version of this OS.. I hope they do more to it......
I feel Microsoft will hit a homerun with this once the release the final version..
In a way. Thank god Vista screwed up.. (to an extent
Yeah, I'd like to avoid drama on my desktop, I want something that stays in the background and doesn't harass me, and isn't brighter and more colorful than the content I'm reading or working on!
There's too much fantasy adventure with the glowing orbs, flowery backgrounds and various other touchy-feely, quasi-Web 2.0 decorative effects and high stylings that the colorblind fruitcake who has been designing the Windows GUI since Vista has added. Seriously, who's going to want this in their office or as a gaming PC? Vista was bad enough with its gradients, now Microsoft has discovered flowers and glowing effects.
I know Steve Ballmer is behind this.
"Ok, we've got enough gradients and glowing effects, now we need... let's see... what do people want.... FLOWERS! We need more flowers!"
This looks so tacky and pitiful compared to what even amateur designers have done it makes me want to laugh, only I'm not laughing because we're going to be stuck with these design choices for years, seeing them every day, at work and at home.
I still hope this is all just beta period experimentation and MS is going to have a new GUI for 7, rather than an even more flashy looking version of Vista's.
And don't tell me to use Windows classic, because that's no excuse.
I feel Microsoft will hit a homerun with this once the release the final version..
In a way. Thank god Vista screwed up.. (to an extent
wut?
anyway. what never ceases to amaze u.
thats, my dear, is something i really love to enjoy so much: http://www.epdlp.com/fotos/kubin4.jpg
They included sound schemes into themes in build 7048, so why not custom startup screens from this build?
If they do that, they'll run the risk of OEMS putting on their own themes which might not represent the image that MS wants to be known for. It would not be recognizable as a Windows 7 machine. But yeah, as a user I want it to be customizable.
If they do that, they'll run the risk of OEMS putting on their own themes which might not represent the image that MS wants to be known for. It would not be recognizable as a Windows 7 machine. But yeah, as a user I want it to be customizable.
They will provide guidelines for OEMs to follow. OEMs will follow these because otherwise Microsoft will not allow them to install Windows on their products
It looks so elegant and green at the same time, like it's trying to say it's both beautiful and energy conservative.
I love the new 'Welcome' and 'Shut Down' screens, but the 'loading' cursor now doesn't seem to go with those and I think that needs updating.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Definitely looks like a "holdover" from Vista now. I don't mind it as a mouse cursor for "waiting," but as a status icon, it's out of place and ugly.
Definitely! I'll be giving feedback to Microsoft about this when the release candidate is released!
he's using virtualbox?
You can see the program name on the titlebar
And damn can they please change the icons from the Vista ones? Geez :/
You can see the program name on the titlebar
And damn can they please change the icons from the Vista ones? Geez :/
The last picture say, Sun xVM VirtualBox. So it absolutely not VMWare.
Dunno what fix you're thinking of, but that ain't it. It's not going to get more strict.
Caveman, I have heard from elsewhere the 'UAC level change prompt' update is in this build.
Microsoft said they'd change it in RC build, so I was right. There's no change to the UAC security as far as 7057 yet (7057 BUILD IS NOT THE RC, just fyi). If you don't hear it from me you'll hear it somewhere else if you don't believe me, just wait
You need to stop hearing stuff and make sure you're right before you say something.
Here's the article:
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/02/06/m...or-in-windows-7
That's okay, I thought it was just a misreading too
Last edited by artfuldodga on 12 Mar 2009 - 04:28
I'm getting it for sure - also got Vista too.
Last edited by Calum on 13 Mar 2009 - 02:33
I have this problem too. Can you give details on the fix please. Much appreciated.
Go to:
C:Users\AppDataLocalMicrosoft
Delete folder "Windows Live Contacts"
any one have been able to give us some pictures?
Luckily I don't do that :p
Ick, double post.
I was hinting at the sometimes rather odd thin line though.
I like Neowin posting news about everything on topic. This is definitely on topic. Without the links this is 100% OK.
Precisely! I personally love this type of news
Seriously though, I hope Frogboy sees to it that none of the Stardock products do get leaked ahead of time. I can assure you that, given the examples set forth by Neowin, I'll be the first as well as the loudest one to shout the news.
Anyway, larger image:
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9651/desktopp.png
Nothing special going on with the superbar there, that's visible in that screenshot at least, but it's good to settle one's curiosity at least. :p
Last edited by Jugalator on 12 Mar 2009 - 08:04
Hang on - I just noticed the brighter shade of glass background that distinguishes between the orb, the application icons and the tray icons?
"Ummmmmm... you probably should ignore that"
Very hard to tell considering the non-transparent theme is being used.
You don't know how much that comment has made my night!
I read somewhere this morning that Windows 7 Beta outperforms Vista SP2 and XP SP3
Um, this article? MS don't provide changelogs, especially for leaked builds (!), so it's up to the community to find changes at the moment.
7000 > 7048 had a list of changes, etc. This article says: new startup screen, terms of c...
Actually 2-3 years is the usual time for Microsoft to produce a version of Windows. Just look at all previous versions of Windows prior to Vista. Vista was the exception. So Microsoft aren't trying to put Vista behind them at all, no special case here.
Only the Ruskie and Slovene builds in the wild or something?
You do realise that MS can't go to Google, seek for "nice wallpaper" and add it as welcome screen, right?
It's not like they would have to anyway though, MS owns one of the largest collections of photography and art in the world.
The welcome screen is not the only change in this build. More bugs would have been fixed and there are a few user interface tweaks.
I suggest you research how software development works, for your own sake
No. At least for now...
Last edited by Calum on 13 Mar 2009 - 03:51
Your magic castle?
I wonder where hardgiant found x64, I've got a VM just waiting to get upgraded as well!
Just hang tight though, I'm sure Neowin will report as soon as the x64 version hits the torrent sites.
Check Skype and Cross loop for me..
Vista RC1/RC2 didn't expire until May 2007, almost a full 4 months after retail
And yet nobody seems to care about these things... but hey... we got a new welcome screen... that makes up for everything else!
Wow are you right, it isn't like I was able to load windows 7 on a 5 year IBM R40 thinkpad with 1G of ram and and 32MB video card and have it run pretty smoothly. Obviously I won't be doing any video editing, but everything runs great. Vista wouldn't even load, Windows 7 loaded, had drivers, and was up in running in about an hour, and it hasn't crashed yet, been 4 months now.
I always have to laugh at people that seem to think a new kernel is needed in order for Windows to be truly new. Especially considering there's really not much wrong with the kernel. Kernel, it's the magic word for some people so it seems. I bet you can't even explain me what a kernel is and what it truly affects.
You blame others for being pathetic because they like a login screen while you truly show how superficial you are by judging an entire OS based on a screenshot. You seem to only judge a book by it's cover so to say.
If you would have used Windows 7 you would now that it IS more stable and that it IS performing better and that usability has improved greatly.
Furthermore if you're so psyched about Compiz wobbly windows and what not, why just not use it and be happy with it and leave us losers struggling with that inferior OS? Obviously you're way to good to use Windows, so how can this article even interest you, let alone be worth commenting on?
so it took you 2 mins to read my ****... there's a genius on the rise!
I always have to laugh at people that seem to think a new kernel is needed in order for Windows to be truly new. Especially considering there's really not much wrong with the kernel. Kernel, it's the magic word for some people so it seems. I bet you can't even explain me what a kernel is and what it truly affects.
You blame others for being pathetic because they like a login screen while you truly show how superficial you are by judging an entire OS based on a screenshot. You seem to only judge a book by it's cover so to say.
If you would have used Windows 7 you would now that it IS more stable and that it IS performing better and that usability has improved greatly.
Furthermore if you're so psyched about Compiz wobbly windows and what not, why just not use it and be happy with it and leave us losers struggling with that inferior OS? Obviously you're way to good to use Windows, so how can this article even interest you, let alone be worth commenting on?
another genius.. good.. the world really needs people like your my friend... you know where right? at the bottom of the grand canyon! don't you think that after all these years M$ is into OS business the stability and performance would be common sense? let's give M$ the nobel piece price for making a stable OS in 2009! so let's work with the current kernel, ok? at least for now which is pretty stable on my Vista 64 machine.. and yeah... they need some geniuses there to make the current stable kernel more stable... and you kinda missed the point there buddy... judging an OS from it's welcome screen is superficial but it's not me the one doing it! why didn't you said anything about the theming system in windows? maybe because I was right? could be! do you not realize how useless is all the fancy interface if you can't exploit it at its maximum? it's not about the wobbly windows in compiz... i was trying to make a point there... clearly you missed it... but i'll be glad to explain it in plain english... the point was that it's pretty amazing what a free software looks like compared to the super hyped Windows OS which is clearly monopolistic and making tones of money for M$!
it's clear as daylight that i'm talking to a 4 year old and M$ fan boy who can't be objective in his comment because he doesn't have the notion of decency when it comes to software... everyone can see it's a damn ripoff and i'll buy it like the rest of the turds cause i have no other choice obviously!
You know, if you actually had something worthwhile to say you wouldn't have to resort to trying to insult people to make a point. And you accuse me of not being able to be objective...priceless.
Oh, and for someone that clearly considers himself as intellectually superior your English is quite...terrible.
There, I think that's enough energy wasted on you.
You know, if you actually had something worthwhile to say you wouldn't have to resort to trying to insult people to make a point. And you accuse me of not being able to be objective...priceless.
Oh, and for someone that clearly considers himself as intellectually superior your English is quite...terrible.
There, I think that's enough energy wasted on you.
so in order for me to be intellectual... I a dude from freaking Romania got to have a perfect English.. accent? or what? dumbass! your point is totally relevant to this discussion... brava genius!
and instead of replying to what I actually said there and point what are the flaws in my statement and come up with some solid arguments... you totally ignore the important things and comment the meaningless stuff... and sorry for making you spend energy on me fanboy specially in this time of crisis when the energy is so expensive!
hey tithead... bright comment there.. congrats... must have taken you some time to think of it! what would the world be without people like you? errr.. let me guess... a better world? definitely!
(BTW, where... ??? Shhhh....)
Cheers.
Search on pi rate bay or mini nova they both got it
got it up and running. my beta key worked fine. so far so good. seems a bit more stable than 7048.
Yes, thanks I will search on 3.14 rate ray
However, the Rate Pi Bay seems to be overcrowded by Neowinians now:
"Search engine overloaded, please try again in a few seconds"
Should I upgrade?
Should I upgrade?
7000 was ok but buggy
7022 good but still some bug
7048 better with little bug
7057 i think you got your answer now
Is there any article shows what have they done in this build?
Justed install build 7048, x64bit and i have to say it runs great! i think ill stay with this build till the RC1 comes out!
...
7000 was ok but buggy
7022 good but still some bug
7048 better with little bug
7057 i think you got your answer now"
So if the 'blind' had looked around they would have been running the x64 versions from the beginning ... ;-)
"lflashl on 15 Mar 2009 - 09:11
found the lastest 7057 build, very bad for me, slow install, slow boot up, and that forever just to run a program of anything else."
I've got to agree 95% - only I've got no problem running anything (and it's a bunch).
This is the first new OS from M$ that I've been able to "UPGRADE" and not lose a single file ...
Let's just say that Vista should, or was, that should have been 'beta' and Win7 the RTC - cleaner, faster, less complaints from the peanut gallery.
I've been using an beta testing since Windows 1.01/DOS 1 ... and this is the first time I'm happy with the product even before customers get it.
Enjoy
if i download this and install using a beta key, will it overwrite all of my files currently in my Windows 7 partition?
Or can I upgrade?
"if i download this and install using a beta key, will it overwrite all of my files currently in my Windows 7 partition?
Or can I upgrade?"
No, it won't overwrite your files - knock-on-wood 3X ... as always, back them up on a DVD, second HDD, TAPE, etc., etc ... whatever turns you on.
Please re-question, do you already have Win7 installed? You can go either way, if you already installed an earlier version, and all you want to do is upgrade it, by all means choose the upgrade window. If you for some reason have a well messed-up install and it's giving you problem(s), then a format is the way to go and a new install of the latest version.
Today's my day, if it's gonna happen - then it will. ;-)
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