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Kevin.   on 30 June 2009 - 20:18 · 79 comments & 32384 views

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Two weeks after we reported that Windows 7 build 7260 leaked, we now have another leak. This time, it's build 7264, which carries the build string of 6.1.7264.0.win7_rtm.090622-1900 meaning that it was complied last week.

Wzor is stating that the latest build is 6.1.7265.0.win7_rtm.090624-1905. We're still waiting for the final RTM, which is rumored to be signed off on July 13th.

Note: Users are reporting that the RC keys do not work with this build.



Image courtesy of blackroseMD1 from Sevenforums

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(3 replies) #1 master2k27 on 30 Jun 2009 - 20:31
Another build come on RTM!
#1.1 Lord Ba'al on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:41
Nice... I already thought there wouldn't be any more leaks before Rtm.
#1.2 xendrome on 01 Jul 2009 - 11:23
leaks aren't "planned" or "scheduled"... so...
#1.3 Dead'Soul on 01 Jul 2009 - 15:23
xendrome said,
leaks aren't "planned" or "scheduled"... so...


I think Windows 7's leaks completely planned after bugfixes or code changes.
(2 replies) #2 xpclient on 30 Jun 2009 - 20:34
Just by chance, have they fixed/brought back any of the items from this list?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_removed_from_Windows_7
#2.2 cybertimber2008 on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:53
Probably not, but the good news you can now run more than 3 concurrent applications in Windows 7 Starter!
(1 reply) #3 FoxieFoxie on 30 Jun 2009 - 20:52
Why InkBall was removed? Too time consuming? :-/
#3.1 GreyWolfSC on 01 Jul 2009 - 14:39
I don't know... I liked it.
(3 replies) #4 Midnight Mick on 30 Jun 2009 - 20:52
What a fugly wallpaper!
#4.1 artfuldodga on 01 Jul 2009 - 02:12
then... change it? i mean, my god
#4.2 leo_the_lion on 01 Jul 2009 - 03:45
A saying..............Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
#4.3 PGHammer on 01 Jul 2009 - 16:27
Midnight Mick said,
What a fugly wallpaper!



And you would prefer da fish?

The wallpaper (Harmony) is merely a default wallpaper (and while originally specific to the RTM-branch leaks originally; it's now available for not just other builds of 7, but Vista, or even other flavors of Windows/Linux/OS X/Solaris/etc).

(And I happen to "like" Harmony. I have it as my default wallpaper, in fact.)
(4 replies) #5 xSuRgEx on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:00
still no damn network activity icon. come on MS whats the point of having people on your 7 forums requesting it and you doing nothing but ignoring them.
#5.1 Nexus- on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:24
ignored due to there not going to be anything but fixing outstanding bugs at this point. If it was going to be done it would have happened before the RTM brach was made. Complaining at this point is like beating a dead horse.
#5.2 GP007 on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:49
What do you mean by network activity Icon? The one in the systray like XP etc? I thought 7 had one as well, it's been a while since I used beta 7000 on this old PC, but I remember there being one just the same.
#5.3 zivan56 on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:51
It would be useless to include it, as it would always be on. Windows 7 broadcasts SSDP messages almost every second, along with other network management messsage...so you would never know if it is background activity or user activity.
Just fire up wireshark and you will see...
#5.4 Glendi on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:29
xSuRgEx said,
still no damn network activity icon. come on MS whats the point of having people on your 7 forums requesting it and you doing nothing but ignoring them.


EU might sue them... because 3rd party programs will come with same functionality
#6 red77stars on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:03
I guess next build might be it or perhaps few more.
(1 reply) #7 xSuRgEx on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:06
proberly no my moneys on it not being in the RTM and those who want such feature will need to use a 3rd party app. its not like Ms's programmers cant implement that little tray icon, or is it ?? LOL
#7.1 PGHammer on 01 Jul 2009 - 16:29
xSuRgEx said,
proberly no my moneys on it not being in the RTM and those who want such feature will need to use a 3rd party app. its not like Ms's programmers cant implement that little tray icon, or is it ?? LOL


Considering the sanctimonious attitude of the EU, Microsoft is taking the path of least resistance on implementing new features - let third parties do so, even if it makes more sense for Microsoft itself to do it.
(5 replies) #8 MtDewCodeRedFreak on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:09
My bet would be the RTM build 7272.
#8.1 Windows7even on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:11
err wrong again sir...THE rtm build, the one and final, will be 7300...i would bet my left nut on that one....they are just gonna artificially increase the build number is all..its go time for all the hackers out there..bet they are starting work on hacking the activation scheme
#8.2 Nexus- on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:25
You know thats a good point, not that im endorsing it or anything but this is the first build they can start hacking at because its the first leaked build to not use beta keys and use (unreleased) rtm keys.
#8.3 FoxieFoxie on 01 Jul 2009 - 08:07
MtDewCodeRedFreak said,
My bet would be the RTM build 7272.


7277
#8.4 Dead'Soul on 01 Jul 2009 - 15:27
MtDewCodeRedFreak said,
My bet would be the RTM build 7272.

7000, IMO
#8.5 thealexweb on 12 Jul 2009 - 23:21
Windows7even said,
err wrong again sir...THE rtm build, the one and final, will be 7300...i would bet my left nut on that one....they are just gonna artificially increase the build number is all..its go time for all the hackers out there..bet they are starting work on hacking the activation scheme


Ouch bad bet, sorry mate.
(1 reply) #9 dancedar on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:19
Network activity is so annoying-i want my flashing icon back. I thought it was just broken in rc-damn.
#9.1 singularity0821 on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:51
In my opinion the most annoying fact is that they removed the sort bar for all view types in explorer...
#10 devHead on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:23
I agree that it really has to have the network activity showing in the little monitor there, or at least with the option like it did in Vista. Why remove it completely?
(1 reply) #11 manmohanjit1 on 30 Jun 2009 - 21:54
This is nothing, there is a new build on the loose. Build 7279. Its confirmed:
http://www.techinvaders.com/windows-7-buil...nd-7264-leaked/
#11.1 xendrome on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:35
Just FYI I am on that same Windows Ecosystem site, where it shows a 7279 build as the screenshot.. it doesn't exist. Someone is pulling peoples legs.
(2 replies) #12 Jimmy422 on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:00
New icons?

Please don't give me the whole "NO ITS FEATURE COMPLETE" crap because I was told by Steven Sinofsky we'd see new visuals before release.

Last edited by Jimmy422 on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:07
#12.1 +Tony. on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:16
+1
#12.2 Dead'Soul on 01 Jul 2009 - 15:28
Jimmy422 said,
New icons?

Please don't give me the whole "NO ITS FEATURE COMPLETE" crap because I was told by Steven Sinofsky we'd see new visuals before release.

visuals:=FEATURE
(2 replies) #13 aludanyi on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:14
"Feature complete" doesn't include UI elements, features are not icons and other visuals, features are the functions of the OS under the hood.
#13.1 salamanca on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:19
aludanyi said,
"Feature complete" doesn't include UI elements, features are not icons and other visuals, features are the functions of the OS under the hood.


Visuals need to be thoroughly tested for usability and accessibility. Playing with colours and appearances is not a mere cosmetic task and can have serious productivity implications. Just think of the millions of colour blind people using Windows everyday, and many more scenarios, including for those with a perfect vision.

Never underestimate the need to beta test visuals!
#13.2 salamanca on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:21
(visuals: foundation theme(s) and skin(s) - associated fonts, interface elements sizes (also at different display resolutions), etc. i.e., not just new icons!)
#14 aludanyi on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:25
Did I said that? I just said that visuals and UI elements are not features, I never said that is shouldn't be tested, quite the contrary, that is probably the reason why there will be only minor changes in the UI until RTM, but that still doesn't change the fact that UI elements are not counted as features.
(7 replies) #15 manmohanjit1 on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:29
This is nothing, there is a new build on the loose. Build 7279. Its confirmed:
http://www.techinvaders.com/windows-7-buil...nd-7264-leaked/
#15.1 Jimmy422 on 30 Jun 2009 - 22:57
I want that wallpaper in the screenshot.
#15.2 Satchmo Bevins on 30 Jun 2009 - 23:18
In other news......

-George Bush successfully completes an entire sentence. Lips in serious, but stable condition.

-Pigs learn to fly, begin to take revenge for "Bacon Holocaust".
#15.3 manmohanjit1 on 30 Jun 2009 - 23:42
Satchmo Bevins said,
In other news......

-George Bush successfully completes an entire sentence. Lips in serious, but stable condition.

-Pigs learn to fly, begin to take revenge for "Bacon Holocaust".

Lol
#15.4 Frank Fontaine on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:14
Why is the poster of that screenshot so insistant on showing screenshots of a connect window? I smell a fake personally, the bolded fonts in the connect window in the 7279 window are not of a consistant size, nor are the normal size fonts, in reality connect is not layed out like that
#15.5 xendrome on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:40
Frank Fontaine said,
Why is the poster of that screenshot so insistant on showing screenshots of a connect window? I smell a fake personally, the bolded fonts in the connect window in the 7279 window are not of a consistant size, nor are the normal size fonts, in reality connect is not layed out like that


Yea I am on the same connect site and it shows the same stuff, minus 7279, and only has 7000 and 7100.. it's def fake.. they don't jump the build numbers that fast in a few days.
#15.6 premium on 01 Jul 2009 - 04:37
manmohanjit1 said,



This is nothing, there is a new build on the loose. Build 7279. Its confirmed:
http://www.techinvaders.com/windows-7-buil...nd-7264-leaked/





UPDATE : THE GUY WHO LEAKED THE SCREENS SAID ITS FAKE!
#15.7 PGHammer on 01 Jul 2009 - 16:32
Jimmy422 said,
I want that wallpaper in the screenshot.



The wallpaper (Harmony) is far from new; it's the default wallpaper in all the 72xx series. In the news thread on the leak of 7232, there is a link to the wallpaper itself.

#16 Windows7even on 30 Jun 2009 - 23:31
are they still working on 2 different branches? if so then that easily explains these 2 different build numbers
#17 sava700 on 30 Jun 2009 - 23:33
Ugg.. I'd love to go up to one of these more recent builds but stupid Punkbuster won't update their crap software that doesn't prevent what its supposed to prevent in the first place.
(10 replies) #18 +warwagon on 30 Jun 2009 - 23:46
Call the plumber

On a side note, why the HELL is there a B in the word plumber
#18.1 cykosis on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:04
The guy that put the K in 'knife' put it there.
#18.2 krasch on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:19
cykosis said,
The guy that put the K in 'knife' put it there.

Not too far from the truth I'm sure, the roots of so many English words being so convoluted.

My guess is that the B in plumber relates to a word root coming from the Normans, who used Old French.
#18.3 .hasan on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:35
warwagon said,
Call the plumber

On a side note, why the HELL is there a B in the word plumber


probably so it doesn't get confused with plum
#18.4 Athernar on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:40
warwagon said,
Call the plumber

On a side note, why the HELL is there a B in the word plumber


Because the word Plumber is derived from Plumbum, the latin name for the element Lead or Pb, and as waterpipes used to be made from Lead rather than Copper.

Free history/science lesson for ya.
#18.5 Lord Ba'al on 01 Jul 2009 - 01:11
warwagon said,
Call the plumber

On a side note, why the HELL is there a B in the word plumber

...because it would be "plumper" with p's only.
#18.6 Dave J on 01 Jul 2009 - 02:14
Plumber comes from the Latin word for the metal lead. It is plumbum. The chemical symbol for lead on the periodic table of elements is Pb. I hope this clears up some things. The same is true for why there are two letter Us in vacuum. When a chemical procedure is performed in vacuo this means it is performed under vacuum!
#18.7 ascendant123 on 01 Jul 2009 - 05:09
If anyone is curious the root in old french is plombier (latin: plumbarius which means worker in lead). It evolved in modern usage in the late 18th century.
#18.8 Eldoen on 01 Jul 2009 - 10:42
krasch said,
Not too far from the truth I'm sure, the roots of so many English words being so convoluted.

My guess is that the B in plumber relates to a word root coming from the Normans, who used Old French.

Actually a slight correction. the Normans used old Norman, not old French, and largely influenced the loan words in the English language. Even some of the briton and celtic words that Old Norman had aquired, (neighbor for example) Parisian French which evolved from Old French won out in France but you do still find Modern Norman used in Normandy and it is the basis for the Law French in England. just a slight change.

El
#18.9 Eldoen on 01 Jul 2009 - 10:43
warwagon said,
Call the plumber

On a side note, why the HELL is there a B in the word plumber

the more correct question is why do we only have 26 letters for the 44 sounds that the English language makes.

and given those 26 letters why do we spell those 44 sounds ~ 1100 different ways??
el
#18.10 GreyWolfSC on 01 Jul 2009 - 14:42
It would be "plumer" without it. I guess that would be someone that collects feathers?
(3 replies) #19 manmohanjit1 on 30 Jun 2009 - 23:50
There is a new build which is 7229, it has a new wallpaer. I think so.

Manmohanjit Singh(techinvaders.com)
#19.1 cmcasey79 on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:29
Gee, what was that website again? We must have missed it the other TWO times you posted it in this topic alone! Not to mention the content there is suspicious.
#19.2 manmohanjit1 on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:56
cmcasey79 said,
Gee, what was that website again? We must have missed it the other TWO times you posted it in this topic alone! Not to mention the content there is suspicious.

What do you mean?
#19.3 xendrome on 01 Jul 2009 - 13:47
He means the information is fake, and that build does not exist.. Don't play stupid.
#20 br0adband on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:26
http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Apl...lient=firefox-a

Plumb has a "b" in it, because if it didn't it would be Plum... and fruit doesn't really have anything to do with plumbing... at least not till it's digested.
#21 smooth_criminal1990 on 01 Jul 2009 - 00:31
[witty plumber joke about how MS haven't found one, and how the profession is in decline]
(2 replies) #22 Jimmy422 on 01 Jul 2009 - 01:38
7279 is a fake. 7264 has nothing new except they use the new activation keyset and a slightly modified bootscreen.

To clarify on the bootscreen, the windows logo is smaller.
#22.1 Jonzy on 01 Jul 2009 - 01:54
Any working keys?
#22.2 Jimmy422 on 01 Jul 2009 - 02:11
No. The only keys that will activate this are most likely final RTM keys.

Also that thing I said about the bootscreen was a play on my eyes; it's the same.
#23 s0nic69 on 01 Jul 2009 - 05:20
eh... just right now i am throwing away my longhorn 4015 4029 and other builds....
#24 Cpt Spalding on 01 Jul 2009 - 09:15
Ok so we have all been chasing the dragon following these builds leak by leak. We all question what has changed in each build. My thought is why dont we all just be happy and content with the builds we have and not worry about the final, the complete, the ultimate RTM build. No great changes will be made from now till the 13th (Possibly the 13th). Someone might and probably will argue that it is worth it and why not. But i have realised i have become addicted to all this and i dont think i am the only one. My obsesion has become to much to handle so i have decided to not check sights or forums every hour. To not waste time and bandwith downloading currupt or pointless iso's or the annoying vhd. I will be content with my so called bugy version of windows 7 cause i am free from this Terrible addiction and curse. Good luck to all.
#25 veegun on 01 Jul 2009 - 10:50
i'll wait for rtm. i tried the beta way back in vmware. it's enough for me to get an idea of what all changed and what to expect. i don't need to download every new leaked version. it's a waste of time.
(5 replies) #26 hardgiant on 01 Jul 2009 - 14:13
7300 will leak in July. That is the one to wait for....
#26.1 Dead'Soul on 01 Jul 2009 - 15:30
hardgiant said,
7300 will leak in July. That is the one to wait for....

yeah, i will use it when it leaked to markets...
#26.2 Lord Ba'al on 02 Jul 2009 - 01:05
Since Beta/RC keys don't work for this one, I'll also wait for Rtm which is supposed to leak in about two weeks.
#26.3 +shinji257 on 02 Jul 2009 - 04:40
Dead'Soul said,
yeah, i will use it when it leaked to markets...


I wouldn't trust a leak with a 12 foot pole. The public RC leak apparently had a trojan in it.
#26.4 hardgiant on 02 Jul 2009 - 06:50
So long as the hash is verified then it's perfectly safe.
#26.5 PNutts on 03 Jul 2009 - 15:25
hardgiant said,
So long as the hash is verified then it's perfectly safe.


Yes, but you get the hash from the same source as the leak. While it is trivial to identify builds that were tampered and re-uploaded (with new hashes), not so much initially if the original leak was modified. The good news is that I trust it is only a short amount of time until such builds are identified and removed.
#27 Saint Shiv on 12 Jul 2009 - 06:34
Please update the retro icons in shell32.dll, is this meant for backwards compatibility?

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