hello everybody and welcome back to
another video today we're gonna be
talking all about Windows 7 the
operating system released by Microsoft
in 2009 meant to succeed Windows Vista
which was released three years earlier
while Windows Vista was widely
criticized when it launched Windows 7 on
the other hand it wasn't met with a lot
of praise when it was eventually
released it quickly surpassed Vista in
market share and years later did the
same to XP and even though Microsoft
killed off support for the operating
system back in January it still holds
about 20% of Windows computer market
share worldwide in today's video we're
gonna be exploring the development
process that eventually led to the
creation of Windows 7 I'll be taking you
through four unique builds of the
operating system compiled during
different stages of the development
process and discussing some of the major
changes that occurred over the years
let's get started as I discussed in my
windows 7 end of support video the
initial idea for what would eventually
become Windows 7 was actually devised 20
years ago even before Windows XP was
released Microsoft came up with the
roadmap detailing their plans for the
next three releases of Windows one of
these releases was known as Blackcomb
which was scheduled to debut sometime
after long horn which became Vista and
Whistler which became XP it's important
to note that the black home project
didn't go exactly as planned which I
discuss in more detail in my end of
support video it wouldn't be until the
summer of 2007 when it was revealed that
Microsoft was working on a new release
of Windows to succeed Vista its codename
was Windows 7 which ultimately became
the final public release name three
months after that on October 2nd 2007
Microsoft developers compiled build 6469
of Windows 7 this is a pre milestone 1
build and it is actually the 2nd
earliest development build of Windows 7
known to exist for the most part it
resembles the previous release of
Windows as most early development builds
do however in the initial set of process
we can see that the copyright date has
been changed to 2007 and the build
string at the bottom of the screen is
identifying itself as Windows codename
Windows 7 besides that the setup process
is identical to Vista the logon screen
even still displays the Windows Vista
logo at the bottom which can also be
seen in Wynn fur this particular build
is based on the business SKU of Windows
Vista one major change we can see in
Wynn ver is the NT version which has
been changed to 6 point 1 which would be
Windows 7 NT version everything about
the desktop screams Vista except for a
couple of notable changes probably the
most visible modification is the slight
design change to the taskbar and just
like in the setup process the build
string is displayed on the desktop in
the bottom right there's also a new how
to share feedback icon on the desktop
when opened an application with an
embedded web page appears explaining how
to share feedback and identify issues to
be fixed in future builds one of the
other cool things we can do is enable a
very early version of the Superb are the
larger taskbar that would be introduced
with Windows 7 this is done by adding a
key to the Windows registry
interestingly enough all user account
control prompt Swan opening Microsoft
applications will now say a w/e X build
account in place of Microsoft Windows in
the registry we can go into H key
current user software microsoft windows
currentversion explorer and create a new
key called task band then add a new D
word value named Ken has super bar and
give it a value of 1 once Explorer is
restarted the new task bar will appear
while it's obviously not feature
complete in this build the concept is
here and it does actually make a few
changes aside from just making the task
bar larger the center of the task bar is
a lighter gray color and the buttons
will now
group if you have two windows from the
same application open one feature that
has been removed is the classic start
menu which can no longer be enabled in
this build there's also a hidden boot
screen accessible by enabling a no GUI
boot this boot screen was not included
with the final release of Windows 7 so
it's kind of cool to see here two months
later Microsoft developers compiled and
build 65 19 of Windows 7 this is a
milestone one built and was the first to
be released to Microsoft partners like
the previous build I showcased 65 19
largely resembles Vista however one
major change is with the boot screen it
now displays the set up background with
a loading animation at the bottom this
boot screen would not be seen in the
final release of Windows 7 the setup
process is mostly identical to what we
saw in the last build however this one
is a multi skew build meaning that we
can select from a list of Windows
editions to install the EULA also
identifies the OS as a Microsoft
pre-release Windows 7 operating system
and the build string has been removed
from the bottom right our first sign of
change is on the login screen where the
image at the bottom now says Windows 7
as opposed to Windows Vista this is also
seen in win ver the build string is
still seen on the desktop however this
time the windows codename text has been
removed there have also been some
changes made to the gadgets as the
sidebar has now been entirely removed
this is exactly how Windows 7 behaved
there's also a new gadget asking the
user to rate their experience when
clicked a formal pop-out which could be
used to submit feedback to the
developers the feedback icon on the
desktop has been changed as well and it
opens up the same window that we saw on
the gadget although this time it's a
dedicated window as opposed to a gadget
pop out additionally in the system tray
the overflow icons now have a pop out
interface similar to the final build of
Windows 7 there's also an interesting
feature in autorun
it has a timer after 10 seconds it will
automatically perform the default action
which in this case is open folder to
view files this feature would not be
present in the final release of Windows
7 our next bill to take a look at is
build 60608
a milestone to build compiled on May
11th 2008 the boot screen and setup
process are identical to what we saw in
the previous build with one major
exception the logo has been changed and
now identifies itself as a Windows 7
same with the version string at the
bottom right another big inclusion is
the show desktop button seen in the
bottom right next to the system tray
this would also be a feature introduced
in the final release of Windows 7 at
first glance this appears to be the only
change made on the desktop however there
are a couple of hidden features that can
be enabled these features are protected
by Microsoft's blue pill lockdown system
essentially this system would protect
certain features from getting discovered
in the event of a leaked build however
there have been some attempts to patch
certain operating system files to enable
access to these hidden features once we
run the tool and restart our Windows
session you'll notice that the super bar
is back with some additional changes now
the application icons in the taskbar
will no longer display text there is
still grouping of icons but a new arrow
has been added to the right side of each
icon as you hover over it that reveals
additional options including pinning the
program to the taskbar there have also
been some major changes to a couple of
the default Windows programs the
calculator looks nothing like what we
saw in Vista or Windows 7 it's totally
new there's also a units conversion
feature built right in Microsoft Paint
is the other program where we can see
changes but it still looks more like the
Vista version of paint than what we saw
in Windows 7 however if you look on the
left side you can see some new buttons
these are actually different types of
pens that you can use to draw with the
buttons themselves are using placeholder
icons of
as for the feedback program while the
icon has been removed from the desktop
we can still access the program in the
Start menu the application itself is
entirely different and now asks you to
login using a Windows Live ID
additionally there's a new icon in the
system tray for the windows health
center which appears to be an early
version of Windows 7 Action Center
Windows 7 build 67 80 is a milestone 3
build compiled on August 29th 2008 about
11 months before Windows 7 would
officially launch it's in this build
where we can see many more visual
changes the setup wizard finally gets a
new background which is also used on the
login screen this is the same background
that would be used on these screens in
the public beta release of Windows 7 the
desktop wallpaper however is still from
Vista the boot screen has also been
changed in this build it now says
starting Windows similar to in the final
release but with a different animation
the feedback icon is back on the desktop
and this time its functionality is
stored in the control panel as opposed
to a separate application and just like
in the previous build 6780
updates the design of a few Windows
applications the calculator looks more
like what we saw in the final release of
Windows 7 and pain and WordPad have been
redesigned with the ribbon interface the
windows explorer also got a redesign
with the addition of libraries a feature
introduced with Windows 7 once again we
can run the blue pill catcher to get
access to some of the hidden features
interestingly enough use your account
control prompt and this build do not
fade the background out it behaves like
a standard window upon logging back in
you can see that the taskbar has been
completely redesigned and looks closer
to the final implementation there are a
few minor differences though we still
see the little arrow when hovering over
icons and the icons themselves appear to
be slightly more spaced out in this
build so those are some of the major
changes in build 6780 but before we move
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today and start learning on January 8th
2009 just over four months after builds
6780 was compiled Microsoft released the
first publicly available beta version of
Windows 7 this release known as build
7000 was made available for download on
Microsoft's website it provided the
general public with a first look at the
next release of Windows which would
ultimately debut six months later in
July of 2009 as such this beta is very
close to the final release the only
major difference at first glance is the
desktop wallpaper a beta fish-- a little
play on words that also signifies that
this is a beta release of Windows so
there you have it everybody that is a
retrospective look at the development
history of Windows 7 over the years I
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