Soft Forum: Windows Blue build 9319 has been released to Partners.

[Chris123NT]

Looks like it could be fun to dive into the beta scene again :)

The reason why I signed up for Neowin those long years ago anyways! :yes:

There's not much of a beta scene anymore. Back during the XP days and to a lesser extent the Vista days there was. But now? No way. I don't consider seeing one or two previews enough to spark a beta scene. I lost interest after Windows 8 to be honest.

[FaiKee]

Hope this is not a mis-information(??) 9347.0.WINMAIN_BLUEM1.130220 :)

Image of just the desktop screen-shot : http://i411.photobuc...keef/Winnew.png

Edit: ISO name: 9347.0.x86fre.winmain_bluem1.130220-1504_en-us_DV5.iso (2.51 GB)

[George P Global Moderator]

Hope this is not a mis-information(??) 9347.0.WINMAIN_BLUEM1.130220 :)

Image of just the desktop screen-shot : http://i411.photobuc...keef/Winnew.png

Edit: ISO name: 9347.0.x86fre.winmain_bluem1.130220-1504_en-us_DV5.iso (2.51 GB)

Why do all the screenshots crop the desktop so much? We can't even see the taskbar for example.

[rav.a]

ISO name:9347.0.x86fre.winmain_bluem1.130220-1504_en-us_DV5.iso (2.41 GB)

[Torolol]

Why do all the screenshots crop the desktop so much? We can't even see the taskbar for example.

perhaps its has no task bar, you know, like windows 3.x ?

[theyarecomingforyou]

Lots of misinformation in this thread... just saying.

That's what happens when Microsoft doesn't communicate accurate information to the public.

[Detection]

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[TurboShrimp]

Just a service pack nothing to be excited about.

[George P Global Moderator]

That's what happens when Microsoft doesn't communicate accurate information to the public.

While I agree that they haven't said much if anything on the other hand it's also backfired on them when they talk things up way in advice and things don't work out and end up dropped or changed. I think it's good to talk about it when they're close to releasing something to users.

[George P Global Moderator]

perhaps its has no task bar, you know, like windows 3.x ?

There is one, in the second picture you can see the very top of it a bit.

Just a service pack nothing to be excited about.

It doesn't sound like just a service pack really.

[Studio384]

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Uhm, yeah, FAKE...

[Detection]

Uhm, yeah, FAKE...

What makes you say that ?

[Gnieus]

Uhm, yeah, FAKE...

This actually could be real, it could be the login page for the Microsoft Internal Network (I can't remember what it's called exactly) that stores all the things Microsoft are working on, it's where people like Canouna and superDAE got there information and ISO's from.

[NEVER85]

Just a service pack nothing to be excited about.

An XP SP2-like service pack. I think it'll be closer to what Windows 98SE was to Windows 98.

[SuperKid]

What makes you say that ?

Why Windows Live ID, I thought its all Microsoft account now ?

[Detection]

Why Windows Live ID, I thought its all Microsoft account now ?

No idea, but looking closer at the image, the text on the Microsoft Employee tile is much lower than the text on the other 3 tiles

Not sure why anyone would fake something like that though, usually fakes are of the desktop / version number etc

[Order_66]

And who confirmed Win8 is a total failure? Or is this just your own bias against the OS?

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1139542-windows-8-adoption-rate-almost-at-a-standstill-far-behind-windows-7/

[Mr. Dee]

There's not much of a beta scene anymore. Back during the XP days and to a lesser extent the Vista days there was. But now? No way. I don't consider seeing one or two previews enough to spark a beta scene. I lost interest after Windows 8 to be honest.

Seconded. For me personally, Windows has become like Chrome or a web browser, just another update. If it comes, whoopee! Personally, I think Vista's gestation, Windows 7's stability from beta and Windows 8's non-existence of beta has kinda left me jaded.

[FaiKee]

This actually could be real, it could be the login page for the Microsoft Internal Network (I can't remember what it's called exactly) that stores all the things Microsoft are working on, it's where people like Canouna and superDAE got there information and ISO's from.

MS Corpnet. Actually the pic also came from soft-forum from microsofter.

btw, I suspect(it's just a guess) canouna has lost his corpnet login after win8 RTM'ed, or maybe he's on a more strict NDA.

[MattWeihl]

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Big deal. I can get to the same page - it's a standard sign-in page for Microsoft employees and partners. Not exactly hard to get to. I'd be more interested if the guy managed to sign-in.

[FaiKee]

LOL, what's the big fuss? :o

https://corp.sts.microsoft.com/adfs/ls/?wa=wsignin1.0&wtrealm=urn%3afederation%3apartners&wct=2013-03-04T11%3a13%3a50Z&wctx=571e4ff4-c7a3-441c-b6c3-6a0f4345e8db

[FaiKee]

Something like a "backpage news" : If you search for windowsblue.com; it was registered by MS in 2012, long before win8 RTM

Well, it seems MS had wanted it to be the winblue site? Then hit windowsblue.com......LOL, seems they lost interest in using this URL afterall. :laugh:

[Dot Matrix]

That's what happens when Microsoft doesn't communicate accurate information to the public.

They will when they're ready.

[FaiKee]

Presently there is a general mist of mystery(or expectation) around, a guy uploaded a file to a host site

It's just a text file reading:

9410131a8b705a7113628d23e3e795e8 *9347.0.WINMAIN_BLUEM1.130220-1500_X64FRE_CLIENT_EN-US-IM1_CCSA_DV5.ISO

is

The time stamp 1500 is different from the 1504 posted by Khohol in his soft forum post, and the hash may be fake, or somebody said it is actually the x86 hash (2.41G). People are hoping that it is a prelude to leak, just wait and see. :o

[George P Global Moderator]

We haven't seen leaks like we used to, besides I'd much rather wait for m2 which should be closer to RTW if the rumors are true.