Ambroos Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 (edited) So, here we are again! New build! Hooray! We'll soon see it publicly available, but it's out there somewhere already! That means: time for the QnA topic! The topic for getting the answers to all your questions about Windows 7 :) If you post a screenshot, please try to upload them somewhere else (Flickr/Picasaweb for example) and post a thumbnail on the forums. Be nice for the low-bandwith people and for Neowin's servers! Merry Christmas to you all, and have fun with Beta 1 :) Ambroos Edited December 26, 2008 by Ambroos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Notice anything new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 At first sight, not really. It's only minor tweaks and changes from 6956 probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blachole Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 How are boot/shutdown times compared to older builds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 How are boot/shutdown times compared to older builds? Feels about the same as 6956 did to me... Not running AV software (never in beta's) so it will probably be slower when most people use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardarkless Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 does this contain the IE vulnerability fix and IE 8 RC1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted December 26, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2008 From some of the screenshots I have seen, Windows Photo Viewer still needs to have its UI updated to be consistent with Windows Media Player (as do all the other Windows programs, such as DVD Maker if it hasn't already). I know this is a beta and I know that most of us will install Windows Live Photo Gallery, but many won't as they won't know of it. Even if they will know of it, why continue to have these inconsistencies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 So, here we are again! New build! Hooray! We'll soon see it publicly available, but it's out there somewhere already! That means: time for the QnA topic! The topic for getting the answers to all your questions about Windows 7 :) Guidelines (I can't enforce these but you give everyone the best experience when sticking to them) - If you have nothing to say, then don't say it. Don't go flaming at someone and always make sure what you say makes sense. - Talk proper English and use punctuation correctly! It's terribly annoying to try and figure out some Chinenglish for example. - Do not post any warez links. Don't give serials, downloads, cracks, whatever. - If you post a screenshot, please try to upload them somewhere else (Flickr/Picasaweb for example) and post a thumbnail on the forums. Be nice for the low-bandwith people and for Neowin's servers! Hope you all follow them! I'll soon be uploading my screenshot galleries like last time! Now get your discussions in here :) Ambroos Ambroos, can you tell me how the speed is compared to 6956? What about any previous bugs that you've encounted, have they been corrected? There was a bug where you right click a window on the Taskbar to close it and the context window doesn't close which I find annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Does it feel any faster than previous few builds? And how is ram usage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted December 26, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2008 It's very similar to 6956 to be honest I wouldn't expect any major changes so if you're running 6956 this is pretty much beta 1 code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlmedia Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 i hope IE8 is a little bit more stable, i still experienced issues with it in 6956, of course this is to be expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denyboy Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 DOES SKYSTAR 2 WORKS ON BETA 1. PLEASE TELL MEEEEE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denholm Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Thanks for your thread Ambroos. It's irritating and annoying that the whole world has access to beta 1 before Microsoft's own 'chosen' beta testers. +1 Epic fail and /facepalm to Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCheese Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Thanks for your thread Ambroos. It's irritating and annoying that the whole world has access to beta 1 before Microsoft's own 'chosen' beta testers. +1 Epic fail and /facepalm to Microsoft. Get off your high horse. As I've said before, It doesn't affect or harm the invited beta testers in the slightest. You make it sound like some elitist club when really it's just a group of people who signed up to connect who were randomly chosen. Even those people did get it before hand it would STILL have leaked to the general population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Not really on topic, but it's some real interesting show on TV so won't be replying the next two hours :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElite Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 ^ :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cell2007 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 no major visual changes are expected in beta 1. Seems like this beta will be feature-complete no additional changes on the UI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 One thing I noticed when I accidentially launched up my setup again (didn't notice in initial install) is that the "Check compatibility online" option is removed (temporarily?). Setup also gave slightly different messages when launched from within Windows (compared to 6956). The "Preparing temporary files" text is quite huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prymitywista Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Ok, maybe another question: Is it any changes in 7000 XD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelli Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 How is the responsiveness? Still feeling as snappy? Noticed anything quirky yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted December 26, 2008 Global Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2008 Is the install time faster over Vista? Did they have that target of 20mins or w/e? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Do you have to repartition and install or can I launch the installer while using 7 build 6956 and upgrade to 7000 or just use upgrade option in the normal install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosi Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Whats the memory usage like at the point where your desktop is usable after boot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denholm Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Get off your high horse. As I've said before, It doesn't affect or harm the invited beta testers in the slightest. You make it sound like some elitist club when really it's just a group of people who signed up to connect who were randomly chosen. Even those people did get it before hand it would STILL have leaked to the general population. :p you, I am important - otherwise they would not have chosen me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratch42069 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Probably has been answered before but is Folder Views fixed? You know in Vista how you can change the folder view and it will randomly choose it's own view. Is that an issue in Windows 7 still or has it been fixed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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