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Well folks, we’re at it again.  Last night I was having a discussion with Rafael Rivera and we got to wondering if there was something more that Microsoft was hiding away from us, using the same method as they did to tuck away the superbar.  With that said, I started crawling my system with some tools to find references, as Rafael’s laptop was acting up and my machine could accomplish the task much quicker.  Completely to my suprise, the system pulled some results across many other files in the system.  Upon examination, Rafael discovered that this all ties into a new feature that we assume will be called “Desktop Slideshow”.  Think of this as a dreamscene-esque type feature but without the hassle.  Note: Desktop Slideshow will not play videos currently.  Probably never will.

OMG!  Can I have this?

Simple answer is yes, you will be able to, but not yet.  Rafael is redesigning the original patcher that enabled the superbar, to be more user friendly as well as tying in the patches to enable the Desktop Slideshow feature.  This patch will be an easy one thing does it all, and you will see all of the features that Windows 7 Build 6801 offers to an internal “Blue Badged” Microsoft Employee working in the Windows Division.  Click the link below to jump to Rafael’s blog post and read some more information and also see a video of the feature in action.

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