Posts tagged Boot Screen
Windows 7 Build 6956 possibly available for download
Dec 5th
Some reports suggest that Windows 7 Build 6956 has been spotted in the wild i.e. leaked online in the form of Virtual Hard Disk image. This possibly is same build that will be shown in CES and whose new boot screen has been featured online.
Please note that downloading this is not legal.
Windows 7 beta (or beta 1) is possibly been released in January or February 2009 which Keith Comb has even mentioned in a comment on his TechNet blog (has since been removed) that “we (Microsoft) are targeting to have the DVD’s in the materials from 1/13/2009 on”. With the imminent arrival of Windows 7 beta 1 milestone build, any build version that is leaked or made know publicly can be of ‘beta quality’ (means can be released as beta build). Windows 7 build 6956, which is been showcased during WinHEC 2008 in Beijing recently, is one such candidate.
According to a participant, Edward_Han who managed to steal a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) image of Windows 7 Build 6956 out of WinHEC 2008, the build has the following features and enhancements (for complete Windows 7 features, see top 30 Windows 7 features or Windows 7 Reviewer’s Guide):
- Desktop font no longer has problem when using Desktop Slideshow as background wallpaper rotator.
- More Windows Aero features.
- A lot more new desktop background wallpapers.
- New Windows 7 start screen.
- Increase in the Windows Experience Index which is now ranging from 1.0 to 7.9, which can be hacked to change the score.
Windows 7 new Boot Screen Video
Dec 4th
As reported earlier here about Windows 7 latest build reported to have a new boot screen.
Geeksmack.net has got hands on a boot screen video from new beta Build of Windows 7, it can be build 6954 or 6956. The later might be released at CES as reported.
Head over to Geeksmack.net to watch the new boot screen animation.
Windows 7 latest build reported to have a new boot screen
Nov 25th
There has been no significant change in boot screens of Microsoft’s operating systems for the last few years. Same goes for Windows 7. The boot screen of Windows 7 builds that have been showed by Microsoft are pretty much same as Windows Vista and others but Winfuture.de has reported that a newer internal build 6954 has got a new boot screen which is significantly different from the previous boot screens.
It is also being speculated that the newer boot screen might be present in the earlier builds of Windows 7 but kept hidden. As per information Win Future has received, the new boot screen shows animated items/balls that come together to/to form Windows logo. It is not clear yet if the new boot screen will be present in the final version.
Microsoft is also thinking about giving the OEMs a choice of changing the boot screen to their requirement. It can of course be done through 3rd party softwares but I don’t think OEMs have been allowed to do it in the past.