Windows 7 build 7022 leaks

[gizbug]

Microsoft are currently working hard towards the Release Candidate of Windows 7. Currently the only official build available to testers and the general public is build 7000 but we have learned that 7022 has leaked to the internet today.

According to a Russian torrent site it was leaked by "friendly" Microsoft Ukraine individuals. It's not likely that the build contains any of the UAC changes Microsoft has promised recently promised. The build is Build 7022.winmain.090115-1850 which indicates it was built nearly a month ago. Some Microsoft employees have twittered recently that they were "installing 7034, Build 7034.winmain.090202-1920" so the company is clearly pushing ahead with the builds ready for the upcoming Release Candidate.

 

[Hyperlite]

....so through official channels, should these become available?

 

[Zenoth]

I think that Microsoft has already made it clear that the only other public build will be Release Candidate, there won't be a second Beta: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archi...neering-milestone.aspx

 

[Rhonda the Sly]

I was reading Paul Thurrot's site earlier today and noticed nugget:

Curiously, Microsoft never issued the public Beta ahead of time to its technical beta testers--left to stew and wonder what the point of the program was--or to the PDC reviewers who had been promised multiple interim builds of the product (builds that were never issued, incidentally).

Depending on whether Microsoft releases builds to TechNet/MSDN you might see later builds but the company did say one beta followed by one release candidate. I'd count on 7000 being used until the release candidate unless you hunt for leaked builds.

 

[13Gigatons]

I wonder what build will be RC.

 

[Modelworks]

7022 is an old build. The latest build I got from Autodesk was 7038.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
7022 is an old build. The latest build I got from Autodesk was 7038.

Any changes in 7038?

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

Originally posted by: Modelworks
7022 is an old build. The latest build I got from Autodesk was 7038.

Any changes in 7038?

Mostly bug fixes.

 

[Hyperlite]

So basically, none of the withstanding bugs in 7000 will be fixed (for public beta testers) until RC?

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Would anyone seriously trust to install something "leaked" in Russia?

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
So basically, none of the withstanding bugs in 7000 will be fixed (for public beta testers) until RC?

That is pretty much the way they have decided to do this release. Before you had beta 1, 2, etc then RC. This one they are going straight to RC

 

[slugg]

Assuming that they do officially release a newer build, do we need to do a fresh install, or can we just upgrade?