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Windows 7 SP1 Build 7201 Screenshots and Brief Review
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Well, I’m home from work and have the build installed, drivers installed, and I’m cooking up screenshots and the likes. To note, installation took a whopping 37 minutes on my Dell XPS M1530 with 4GB RAM and a 64-bit 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo CPU. While installation times like that are annoying for folks like me who constantly install and uninstall pre-RTM builds of Windows, it’s not such a horrible price to pay in the scenario of installing Windows 7 RTM and keeping it on your machine until whenever.
Performance so far is incredibly smooth. I haven’t used it rigorously yet, but I’ve installed all of my system drivers and performed some tasks/tweaks I perform when first installing a build (such as disabling hiberfil.sys via command prompt: powercfg -h off). The only bug I’ve noticed so far is one with the desktop not refreshing at times, but this bug seems to be solidly sticking with each build of Windows 7, unfortunately. Other than that, so far, it’s smooth sailing. The progress bar you may have seen in RC1 and prior during the, “setup is detecting hardware” and “video configuration” portion of installation is still present. I’ve taken a video clip of it below. Along with it, I’ve posted some screenshots. If there’s anything more significant to post as I mess with this build, I’ll update this post to reflect the new information.
WMV Download Link: Click Here
(Click each image for a full-desktop shot)
That’s all for now! More later, perhaps.
-Stephen
what's the difference between build 7100 has everything that they said the new thema aerodiamond and WinFS.
Anonymous: The Aero Diamond and WinFS mentions are fake. There is going to be no WinFS or Aero Diamond in Windows 7. As much as I've used build 7201 so far, I don't notice much of a difference, to be honest. Performance may be a bit smoother but other than that, they're equally as stable.
-Stephen
waiting for ppl to upload 7201 iso to megaupload ><
Hi there,
to verify, I want an screenshot of your registry with the buildstrings, thx.
regards,
iNsuRRecTiON