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UPDATE: Windows 7 SP1: Builds 7200 and 7225
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Typically, I don’t like rehashing news that exists on other sites, but when it’s hot-off-the-presses and on a site in a foreign language, I like bringing information I find interesting to other English-speaking readers. Anyway, now that we’ve got THAT out of the way, the Russian site wzor.info has once again come through with some interesting tidbits. The Google translation comes through a little wierd, but the main points of interest are the following two build strings:
7200.0.winmain_win7ids_sp.090529-xxxx
7225.0.090529-xxxx
Now, what’s not clear from the translation is if they’ve seen these build strings via internal images or if they were just simply checking the file versions on .dlls and .exes in the Windows 7 SP1 build they posted tons of screenshots of the other day (which I also posted about here).
Update: wzor.info says build 7200 is an actual build!
Update 2: wzor.info has now posted a screenshot of their claim. If they weren’t such a reputable source in the past, I wouldn’t be so inclined to believe this. It’s extremely simple to resource-hack any .dll or .exe to read whatever version you want it to, but like I said, these guys come through with solid information consistently, so here’s the shot (more to come soon, I’m sure):
Update 3: wzor.info has just posted 2 additional screenshots; one of the 7200 SP1 installer version and the other of build 7225:
6.1.7225.0.amd64fre.winmain_sp.090529-2022
Regardless, the shift to build 7200 implies a significant change. With the rumor of Windows 7 going RTM sometime in the next month or so, I figured the RTM build would be 7200. Maybe it will be and the SP1 compiles are simply picking up from there. Meh. It’s just speculation for now, but that’s half the fun! I’ll keep you posted on further information as it’s posted! Oh, and they said that screenshots are soon to come, so we’ll see what happens…
-Stephen
Grazie x la news (I’m not English, I’m Italian: thank for the news )
Vincenzo: You’re very welcome, Vincenzo! Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment! =)
-Stephen
Digital Signatures shown along with downloadable exe’s or it’s fake. Strange why they haven’t shown this information in any screenshots isn’t it?
That’s my take on this anyway, good job on following up on it all too Stephen.
They are really going along with 7, I wasn’t expecting RTM until much later than this.
I wouldn’t be overly surprised if they’re just testing the servicing stack with a test version of Windows 7 SP1. Hopefully, it’ll be easier to slipstream Windows 7 SP’s compared to Windows Vista (although, supposedly, they’ve fixed slipstreaming with SP2 — and are supposed to be providing instructions at some point on how to slipstream SPs and such without having to bust open several WIM images).