Details of this leak are still rolling in, so we apologize for sparse details. The only thing we currently know for sure is that both the x86 and x64 versions of Windows 7 build 7100 have hit the internet.
Some people are claiming this is the release candidate, while others are understandably suspicious of the claim. As we learn more about the build, we will be sure to update this post with additional screenshots and verified information regarding the newest leak.
For your immediate viewing pleasure:
Windows 7 build 6.1.7100.0.090421-1700
UPDATE: 4/24/2009 @ 3:32 AM
Amidst the leak of build 7077, Microsoft implored users not to upgrade from a pre-RC interim build to the release candidate. While no logic for the plea was given, the company did confirm that it would prevent upgrades unless users modified the cversion.ini file located in the Sources folder of the disc. Users who wished to move forward with an upgrade were given an unsupported process that involved changing a line in cversion.ini from MinClient=7100 to MinClient=7000; this procedure would trigger upgrade eligibility for pre-RC builds.
Exploring this file on the build 7100 leak, however, reveals a stark difference:
[HostBuild]
MinClient=7077.0
MinServer=7000.0
Either this build is not truly the release candidate, as the cversion.ini does not jive with Microsoft’s unsupported method, or the firm has changed its stance to allow a small subset of users on build 7077 to upgrade cleanly.
UPDATE: 4/24/2009 @ 10:39 AM
Reports for build 7100’s user experience have begun to trickle in, and two things have immediately cast suspicion on the build’s legitimacy as the release candidate:
- Multiple users are reporting ongoing issues with Windows Media Center. Obvious bugs like this should not exist in a release candidate.
- Many users are reporting an expiration date of February 3, 2010, while the official release candidate is not supposed to expire until June 1, 2010 as per Microsoft’s statements on the matter.
- The feedback tool is absent from this release. Microsoft bundled the feedback tool with January’s beta and has repeatedly cited it for providing invaluable data for Windows 7. It seems obtuse that the release candidate, a critical stage in the development of an OS, would arrive without it.
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