7264 in the wild?

[Lord Ba'al]

Why activate anyway, just use rearm if you need to between builds. Anyway, RTM will be here within 2 weeks or so.

Yes, Rtm is supposed to leak in about two weeks, so could wait for that just as well.

[joontje]

maybe someone can confirm this 'bug' with IE8 in this build.

I dont really care about it since i use firefox anyways and it doesnt happen with Firefox.

Basicly i started dragging around the window of IE8, making it pass outside the screen and the other way ( yes i was bored ) and my pc started lagging extremely, but only when i was dragging IE8 around my screen.

so i installed FF3.5 and gave that a bit of a beating around the screen, no lag at all.. opened IE8 again and boom laggy

Maybe it has to do with the fact that i have an ATI Card? i installed Catalyst 9.6.

[null_]

Internet Explorer 8 in this build seems a lot faster in terms of performance when opening new tabs.

[Jimmy422]

To anybody wondering: There's absolutely no visual changes to this build.

[Nexus-]

There is an activation work around that requires 2 files from a previous build. Works (Y)

Not to delve too deeply into things that shouldnt be talked about, but that may work for now but will watermark and 'mess up' the final rtm gold build. ;) It will trash the RTM, which is why it needs a proper method.

It won't upgrade over my prev version so no point doing a clean install since it's not officially RTM. Odd, the upgrade path isn't greyed out but when clicked it says I can't install.

right click setup.exe >go to properties > compatability tab > and run it in compatability mode for vista sp2. That works.

might as well install it if you spent the time downloading it right? and it wont make things any worse if you have just been upgrading one build over another, but for the final do a clean install.

[The Patri0t]

To anybody wondering: There's absolutely no visual changes to this build.

Thanks for that. Just waiting for RTM to appear on MSDN now :D

[FaiKee]

Thanks for that. Just waiting for RTM to appear on MSDN now :D

Just as a matter of interest I got a rumor (repeat: rumor) that 7267 was compiled on Jun 29(i.e. the winfuture.de date) and expected to go gold.

REpeat again: rumor, don't flame me if nothing happens.

[ToneKnee]

You can download what you want without activation. It's not designed for you to be blocked through a non activated copy just an "illegal" copy. There is a difference.

Just ReArm for 120 days if needed. Why "bypass" activation when its not necessary.

You are abusing the re-arm feature, you are still "bypassing" the activation feature by delaying it.

[Lock]

to close to RTM day for me to get excited about it

[Subject Delta]

maybe someone can confirm this 'bug' with IE8 in this build.

I dont really care about it since i use firefox anyways and it doesnt happen with Firefox.

Basicly i started dragging around the window of IE8, making it pass outside the screen and the other way ( yes i was bored ) and my pc started lagging extremely, but only when i was dragging IE8 around my screen.

so i installed FF3.5 and gave that a bit of a beating around the screen, no lag at all.. opened IE8 again and boom laggy

Maybe it has to do with the fact that i have an ATI Card? i installed Catalyst 9.6.

I have an ATI card (4850) and I tried that, I moved IE around my screen as fast as I could physically move my mouse, moved it off the screen from one edge to the other really quickly, no lag at all, and IE8 opened just as fast next time. Also using Catalyst 9.6

[ToneKnee]

I have an ATI card (4850) and I tried that, I moved IE around my screen as fast as I could physically move my mouse, moved it off the screen from one edge to the other really quickly, no lag at all, and IE8 opened just as fast next time. Also using Catalyst 9.6

+1, same here.

[The Patri0t]

Just as a matter of interest I got a rumor (repeat: rumor) that 7267 was compiled on Jun 29(i.e. the winfuture.de date) and expected to go gold.

REpeat again: rumor, don't flame me if nothing happens.

Not gonna flame you, don't worry. Just wondering if the July 13 date is solid or not. :p

[joontje]

I have an ATI card (4850) and I tried that, I moved IE around my screen as fast as I could physically move my mouse, moved it off the screen from one edge to the other really quickly, no lag at all, and IE8 opened just as fast next time. Also using Catalyst 9.6

+1, same here.

after i booted it today im unable to reproduce it aswell, solved after a reboot aparantly :p

[briangw]

Didn't I read somewhere that someone had issues with the copy files method for activating the x64? Does it or doesn't it work?

[mrmomoman]

You are abusing the re-arm feature, you are still "bypassing" the activation feature by delaying it.

No one is abusing anything. "You" implies that I have done this and I have not. MS even tells you how to use this feature when testing its trial server software so I guess they condone "abuse".

I assume you are not using anything past RC1 correct? Since that is the only official "release" for RC that you should use since obtaining the rest is "not legit".

[Subject Delta]

after i booted it today im unable to reproduce it aswell, solved after a reboot aparantly :p

Could have been caused by a memory leak in the graphics driver, or some other random glitch. What card do you have, and what 7 build was this encountered in?

[doug_jnr]

No one is abusing anything. "You" implies that I have done this and I have not. MS even tells you how to use this feature when testing its trial server software so I guess they condone "abuse".

I assume you are not using anything past RC1 correct? Since that is the only official "release" for RC that you should use since obtaining the rest is "not legit".

hehe...touche!

[dt]

Just curious here.. are these recent "pre-RTM" builds significantly faster than the RC build (x64 in particular)? I wonder if they managed to make Windows 7 even faster since then. Thanks!

[Subject Delta]

Not too impressed. Tried to upgrade from 7100 and it failed, not only that, but it totally screwed the security settings for one of my drives, requiring me to move all my data to another drive, wipe, and move back. Oh the joys of pre-release software :laugh:

[FaiKee]

Not gonna flame you, don't worry. Just wondering if the July 13 date is solid or not. :p

Now this is interesting, we've got 2 different says, pick your choice lol:

1. Still compiling RTM-candidates, latest known are

6.1.7267.0.win7_rtm.090629-1900 - RTM Candidate

6.1.7268.0.win7_rtm.090701-xxxx - RTM Candidate

and expect TAP download available by end-Jul.

2. WZOR still stays on 7265, announcing 7266 fake.

It's was said that 7265 had removed the show-stopper bug, probably going gold, is going to leak.....and...... fixed the "activation work-around".

[briguy992]

Does 7264 include the Win7 startup sound? Or is it still using Vista?

If it does include the new startup sound, can anyone post it, or a link if it's been posted already? :)

[KeeperOfThePizza]

better off waiting....

[FaiKee]

Err......what's up doc??

[null_]

Does 7264 include the Win7 startup sound? Or is it still using Vista?

If it does include the new startup sound, can anyone post it, or a link if it's been posted already? :)

Still uses the same start-up sound as Windows Vista.

[funkyblue]

Maybe they decide on the build to be released as RTM, then change the sounds/icons to prevent leaks?