Windows 7 Build 7700 Spotted (Early Windows 8?)
Windows 7 build 7600 is the RTM version that's on all the new PCs today. It's the version that was completed shipped by Microsoft last summer – but it appears as though the developers are still tinkering away at it.
Neowin reported that a Russian site Wzor, which has a history of Windows leaks, posted screenshots from a post-RTM Windows 7 build 7700.
While many of you will find the screenshot completely uneventful, given that there does not appear to be any visual changes aside from the version number, the real news here comes from the build strings that tell us the progress that Microsoft is making.
The latest leak is 7700.winmain.100122-1900, which tells us that it is build 7700 and it was compiled in the 'winmain' lab on January 22, 2010 at 1900 hours.
Build strings leading up to this latest one are:
- 7650.0.winmain.090917-1843
- 7651.0.winmain.090924-1802
- 7656.0.winmain.091015-0833
- 7658.0.winmain.091019-1850
- 7659.0.winmain.091020-1830
- 7660.0.winmain.091021-1736
- 7661.0.winmain.091022-1755
- 7662.0.winmain.091023-1645
- 7664.0.winmain.091027-1825
- 7691.0.winmain.100106-1825
- 7692.0.winmain.100107-1735
- 7693.0.winmain.100111-1820
- 7694.0.winmain.100113-1753
- 7695.0.winmain.100114-1855
- 7696.0.winmain.100115-1725
Watching numbers count upwards is fairly uneventful, but it does prove that progress is being made on top of existing Windows Vista and Windows 7 code – perhaps en route to the release of Windows 8 slated for 2011.
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Naturally any progress will point to the next version. But isn't it more likely to be a Service Pack we're seeing?
I have to agree; I think 2011 is way too early for yet
Oops, let me start again: 2011 is way too early for yet another new version of Windows. I think Win7 has the potential to become the next XP in terms of ubiquity and longevity.
It's more than likely just SP2, or even a new dev build of SP1 - just because it's in beta doesn't mean the numbers stop.
I hope its proof they are fixing the current Windows 7
What's broken about the current Windows 7, Mr anon18?
What's broken about the current Windows 7, Mr anon18?
Black screen of death? Security issue or something, not sure.
Well that's a bit vague... I've never had the BSOD or any security issues, and I'm still running the RC, not even the final released version.
I've had a couple of odd minor issues with Windows 7. I haven't looked for solutions yet so they may be easy to correct. A couple of examples:
- when I insert a USB thumb drive, the autoplay doesn't bring up the options window, it starts minimized and I have select it to open it.
- The Desktop and various windows sometimes don't refresh to show newly created/removed items. This is most obvious when extracting something from an archive or deleting something from a set of search results.
- When installing some applications that require admin rights, the approval request dialogue box is minimized and must be selected from the taskbar to open it for interaction.
Like I mentioned earlier, they are minor issues. Hopefully SP1 will address them.
XP was 5.1, not 6. Vista was 6.
Yip, it would seem so. I still don't think it makes sense, but who cares what they call it as long as it works...
This will be the SP1,nothing to do with Windows 8.