Leaked Windows 7 Release Candidate sports artistic touches

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Geoff Spick13 March 2009, 12:30 PM

The leaked Windows 7 build 7057 is tagged "Release Candidate", suggesting that Microsoft is working furiously towards that early release. Interesting new touches in this build.


Another week, another leak of a new build of Windows 7 has hit the net. Tagged as the Release Candidate, this suggests that Microsoft has now finished adding new features and is concentrating on fixing the remaining compatibility and other issues.

Early news suggests that the developers have had another stab at fixing User Account Control, fixed gripes about the Superbar and added more final art to the system,  with updated graphics on the loading and shut down screens (see below).

One reason for the leak could be to get a reaction from users to see if they like the new style. If there's a positive one, it (or some similar but kept under wraps 'official' art) might make it to release, if not you can bet the next version will go back to a plainer art style. What do you think? Sure, it will barely register to hardcore users, but little art touches here and there make the general computing public feel warm inside and more attached to their systems.



It will take a day or two for the underground testing community to grab the file from BitTorrent sites and tear through the OS build and find out what else in new, improved and updated.

The expiry date of this version is the end of March 2010 which must be the absolutely last date that Windows 7 will be out by, but all indications, particularly seeing the Release Candidate tag, are that Microsoft is pushing for an early as possible release.

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Tin (Regular user):

If MS really care that people like the Welcome screen backgrounds, shutdown screens, etc, then they'd make them user changeable... Not necessarily with a dialog, just relatively easily switch in new ones without editing executable files.

Anyone else remember fiddling with the Win95 startup screens? I once made a great big "Ford" logo one for my brother's computer because it kept breaking down ;-)

13 March 2009, 9:57 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

McBanjo (User):

I would personally prefer to never have to see this screen, but alas, you windows folk don't have a reliable sleep or hibernate mode. How I pity thee.

13 March 2009, 11:21 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

FostWare (User):

Quoting McBanjo:
I would personally prefer to never have to see this screen, but alas, you windows folk don't have a reliable sleep or hibernate mode. How I pity thee.


Dunno what you've been doing, but my Vista x64 runs just fine for weeks in and out of hibernate / sleep.





13 March 2009, 11:31 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Tin (Regular user):

Hibernate is heavily driver dependant... Works for most, but screws up for enough that I'd say it's still a problem.

Oh, and then there's that curious issue Windows has where if you set it to sleep on closed lid, it'll sleep even if a shutdown or hibernate has been started... Flat battery overnight, guaranteed.

14 March 2009, 9:26 AM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

jake (User):

sleep works alot faster and more stable in windows 7 if anyone has noticed

14 March 2009, 8:27 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Halcon (Advanced member):

Well, well, let's see how this goes.
We are going in circles, without knowing how it will look like the finished product.
Microsoft is being pressured to release the next OS, due to the inability to convince the user base to switch to Vista.
They must iron out all the possible incidents that may occur if something goes wrong, this move is a make or break for the company in terms of monetary gain or financial ruin and credibility.

13 March 2009, 11:57 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Raindog (Senior Forumologist):

I can see the fan-boys now justifying their purchase of Windows 7 Ultimate. $500 for some artistic touches. Priceless. :>

14 March 2009, 9:45 AM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

jake (User):

ok changes:
new loggon screen background with a slighty changed logon ui
almost all the sounds have been replaced
some new icons
that new start button from build 7048 or something
small ui changes
new windows media center intro and sounds
thoes are just about all the noticible changes oh and i foregot the tons of new desktop pictures and if you select for example english australia in the setup it installs desktop backgrounds of australia vice versa and new user icons
oh the uac bug has been fixed
there is a new bug someone has put a desktop.ini file in the startup folder so it opend everytime you log in which is easy to fix

14 March 2009, 8:31 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

shrike (User):

UAC seems a lot better in this build, but I still found myself turning it off after a couple of hours. Looks nice and easy to use. File copy and deletion is still quite slow compared to *nix systems, but lots better than vista. Interested to see if there's many more changes to the final build.

15 March 2009, 6:41 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Sp33d d3mon (Cornerstone member):

LOL at Tin's 1st comment. I did the exact reverse to my really fast Vista PC (pls don't kill me 4 using vista), placed a whopping great Holden logo in place of the 'Microsoft Corporation' loading screen. :D

19 March 2009, 7:15 PM (12 months ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

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