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* A noticeably faster installation

* A Homegroup is created automatically during installation (no longer asks you if you'd like one

* Taskpane in Windows Explorer (left-hand column) has changed from blue to grayish white

* Control Panel: task pane on the left has been removed and choosing the view is now done in the top right (Category, Large Icons, Small Icons)

* An IE8 RC1 build is included, works slightly faster

* WMP12: a slightly new icon, album art is bigger, and the Library button is now in the top right corner of the now playing window

* Icons: Homegroups has a new one, Paint has a new paste icon (which we've seen in the leaked 7025 screenshots), and jump lists for certain pinned items like Control Panel have icons for every option

* There's a new fade transition effect when you change wallpapers and Windows Explorer animations when moving items have been tweaked

* In Windows Features it is now possible to remove "Media Playback Applications" (Windows DVD Maker, Windows Media Center, and Windows Media Player)

* Two new items in can be added to the Start Menu: Homegroup and Downloads

* Gadgets now work regardless of whether UAC is on or off

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009...-build-7022.ars

No need of hacking registry to run Gadgets in case UAC is turned off.. IMO Thats a nice improvement

This build doesnt like iTunes much. I find if I connect my iPhone iTunes just locks out. Have to force close. IT also locks up sometimes when accessing the music store.

Also to note, everything I try to run in compatibility mode for Vista, the programme never runs. Just crashes. Odd

Edited by Lord Norr

-The "Sticky notes" don't have the "New Note" task.... In 7000, there was...

-The Snipping tool improved, now it's not save itself onto the picture.(in 7000, it's randomly visible on captured pictures)

-Windows DVD maker gets the ligthblue banner on the top.

Edited by nyolc8

Only a few minor issues here too. Picky ones.

I usually click start and type "note" for notepad & "power" for power settings.

But in Win7 you also have sticky NOTEs and POWERshell. Which both appear above notepad and power settings on the start menu. Not a major issue, but I'm so used to typing "note" and hitting enter, and now I have sticky notes.

-The "Sticky notes" don't have the "New Note" task.... In 7000, there was...

-The Snipping tool improved, now it's not save itself onto the picture.(in 7000, it's randomly visible on captured pictures)

-Windows DVD maker gets the ligthblue banner on the top.

The "New Note" task is still there (run it and it'll show), and Windows DVD Maker already had the lightblue banner in 7000.

^ Right now it is technically illegal for non-MS employees and actual beta testers (the few thousand of them) to have this build. Having said that, it's highly improbable you'll get a letter from MS's lawyers or the BSA or whomever about downloading the leaked ISO. The most they can do is simply contact tracker owners and get them to remove the torrent, but chasing after those who have the leaked ISO is entirely pointless considering a (somewhat) public RC will be available soon, and those who are running leaked builds are still sending back feedback to MS just like the public build 7000. Besides, if there was a NDA enforced, it won't do much to help now that most people know what Windows 7 will eventually become, as opposed to the days before PDC 2008 where very few people knew of the superbar, for instance.

If you're still extremely paranoid, you can try PeerGuardian to block out certain IP addresses.

And... something I haven't seen mentioned yet...

First time you fire up WMP12 and get past the setup, voila... there's some MUSIC in there now, 3 songs (I'm running 7000 at the moment but I had 7022 installed earlier). Can't recall the artists or the songs but, at least that's something better than a blank library, right? :D

Thanks, +rm20010, for your insight. I'm not as worried about Microsoft "suing" me as I am of my university "seeing" that I downloaded Windows off a torrent. Do you know if universities tend to monitor their connections or watch what students do online? Yeah, I know I probably seem like a n00b right now :-P but I'm kind of new to all this...

Thanks, +rm20010, for your insight. I'm not as worried about Microsoft "suing" me as I am of my university "seeing" that I downloaded Windows off a torrent. Do you know if universities tend to monitor their connections or watch what students do online? Yeah, I know I probably seem like a n00b right now :-P but I'm kind of new to all this...

The chances of your university 'spying' on your surfing habits is as equal as your ISP doing so, in other words, they probably won't care until a third party or law enforcement agencies force them to hand over some of your surfing details. (Well they might start monitoring if they notice you tend to blow your weekly/monthly quota too often... but I wouldn't know, I don't live in a res unit. :p) To actually catch you downloading a leaked torrent would require Microsoft or its legal team to download the torrent themselves, get a copy of the IPs who successfully establish a connection with them, and they'd start serving letters to the ISPs of said IPs.

With that said, I don't know of many cases in Canada where students have been slapped with file sharing lawsuits, unlike the crazy sue fest from the two ###### Assocations down there. :/ Should I mention that my friends who live in residence units connect to the DC++ networks in their units... take a wild guess as to what's on there :p

Anyways, do you have a copy of the public beta? If so, you're not missing out on much other than some minor touchups here and there... so just hold out until the RC.

So, I've just installed Build 7022 on my notebook...

  • Several screen savers, including "Aurora" have been removed.
  • When changing desktop wallpaper, there is subtle animation, instead of a static change.
  • When changing themes, there is no more audio confirmation.
  • The Control Panel sidebar has been changed in both color and size.
  • The "minimize window" title bar widget has been altered slightly.
  • On the jump lists, the "Close Window" option has a new icon.
  • Instead of the former "Custom" phrasing, a modified theme now says "Unsaved Theme."
  • Build 7022 includes IE8 RC1.

I really didnt get what this meant :(

I noticed that the icon is very slightly larger, perhaps by just 1-2 pixels on the top and bottom. The widgets in the top right are largely than they were in Windows Vista, but it seems the actual icons within the widgets have been altered, too.

It's possible I'm just seeing things, but when I compare 7000 to 7022, the "minimize window" icon really does seem a little larger.

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