Windows 7 Build 7057 Overview
Well folks, here we are again, another leak of Windows 7. This time we have build 7057.winmain.090305-2000. This build is a mere 6 days old as of this writing and brings forth a few changes since build 7048. I will outline these changes here as well as over a few other things.
UAC Issue
As you all know, previous builds of Windows 7 allowed you to change the level of UAC without ever receiving a prompt from the system. This could potentially allow a piece of malware to turn off UAC on your system and open it up to a much more lethal attack. This issue was not fixed in 7048 which surprised me, but it IS fixed in 7057. Hooray!
New Logon Screen
Upon first boot of this build you will notice the most obvious change over 7048. The logon screen is new. At first when I saw the screenshot I didn’t think I liked it, but after seeing it running it is pretty nice, although it might be a little too bright in some areas. See the screenshot below to have a look at the logon screen:
New Wallpapers
This build contains some new wallpapers over 7048. They seem to be centered around the “Characters” theme which is clearly geared towards little kids. Can’t say I’ll be using these but I’m sure they will make the 4 year old from the Windows Live commercials very happy. See screenshot below to see new wallpapers:
New User Pictures
This build features all new user pictures to be used for your account on the system. Some of these are quite nice and there are more than double the number that were present in Vista and previous builds of Windows 7. See the screenshot below:
Expiration Date Change
This build, in preparation for the RC, has an expiration date which is set to March 1, 2010. I have already seen people reading into this WAY too much stating that this must mean Microsoft won’t release Windows 7 until early 2010. I can assure you all that this expiration date is merely there to give people ample time to get retail bits before their RC build expires.
Startup Bug, Desktop.ini Opens in Notepad on Every Boot – FIX
This is an odd bug, mostly due to the fact that some instances of desktop.ini are visible and not set to system and hidden. Fortunately the fix for this is quite easy:
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Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
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Delete desktop.ini
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Navigate to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
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Delete desktop.ini if present.
That pretty much covers it, a small overview of the changes in 7057. Any questions or comments feel free to ask or discuss it in the comments.
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[...] that build 7057 (in x86 flavour, x64 to follow according to rumours) has leaked. Chris Holmes has a quick overview of the build, however I’d like to go over a few of the user interface improvements found in this [...]
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March 12, 2009 at 4:11 am
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March 12, 2009 at 4:49 am
Fix Windows 7 Build 7057 Desktop.ini Opening on Every Reboot:
[...] to chris123nt for providing this [...]
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March 12, 2009 at 7:24 am
{HACKS} Daily | Fix Windows 7 Desktop.ini Opens (Startup Bug) in Notepad on Every Boot:
[...] to Chris123nt for this [...]
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March 14, 2009 at 8:24 am
Fix for Desktop.ini opening automatically on Windows 7 build 7057 startup | ithinkdifferrent:
[...] you start up Windows. It can get rather annoying and can’t be turned off from msconfig. Thanks to Chris there’s a rather simple fix for [...]
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March 14, 2009 at 9:22 am
Fix for Desktop.ini opening automatically on Windows 7 build 7057 startup | Windows Seven 7:
[...] you start up Windows. It can get rather annoying and can’t be turned off from msconfig. Thanks to Chris there’s a rather simple fix for [...]
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March 15, 2009 at 9:37 am
How to fix the Windows 7 7057 desktop.ini startup bug « I Am Rajendra - Watch The World With Me…..:
[...] Delete desktop.ini from the folder. [edit] As posted by Chris123nt, you’ll also need to navigate to C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup [...]
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March 15, 2009 at 10:02 am
[...] Delete desktop.ini from the folder. [edit] As posted by Chris123nt, you’ll also need to navigate to C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup [...]
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March 16, 2009 at 2:04 am
Ukrycie pojawiającego się pliku Desktop.ini « HeavyGunner - Świat okiem młodego człowieka:
[...] jakiś błąd, którego niestety nie da rady ogarnąć z poziomu msconfig. Poszperałem po sieci i znalazłem [...]
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March 17, 2009 at 3:03 am
How to fix the Windows desktop.ini startup bug « mY Web BloG:
[...] Delete desktop.ini from the folder. [edit] As posted by Chris123nt, you’ll also need to navigate to C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup [...]
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March 17, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Rohit Dhand:
In the Windows 7 Build 7057, when ever we see the jpg Pictures and want to preview them with context menu, this generates a COM Surrogate Error. Kindly provide the solution to the same.
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March 17, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Fix for Desktop.ini opening automatically on Windows 7 build 7057 startup | Window7s:
[...] you start up Windows. It can get rather annoying and can’t be turned off from msconfig. Thanks to Chris there’s a rather simple fix for [...]
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Hi, chris, as usual you have put out some great information. thanks for your help on the Windows 7 issues. My Windows 7 7057 EULA states that it is RC1 and it does not expire until 1 June 2010.
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March 19, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Danny:
Hey Chris, nice overview
i have a slight problem though, everything is fine with my copy except for one thing, you know when you go to power options and command the laptop to shut it’s screen off after 1 minute? Well that worked for all of the previous builds, now when i do it, after a minute it goes black (which it should do), but then 2 secs after i see my desktop again. I’ve tried numerous things but nothing has worked. Any ideas? Do i need to do a fresh install again? I leave my laptop on all the time and want the screen to dim and turn off, but it’s not working
Thanks-danny
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March 23, 2009 at 4:22 pm
messiRules:
New problem with 7057: can’t access shared folders on my windows 7 machine from xp. Tried setting encryption down to 40/56 bits, disabling and enabling password protection – nothing. Any ideas?
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March 24, 2009 at 9:55 pm
illanten:
i got problems installing windows 7 on a pci-ex geforce 8600gt , when boot installation is iniatilizing, a blue screen of death screen appears showing a unrecoverable hardware error, i put off the vga card, using the integrated vga card and the boot installation passes with no errors at all, ¿why?, ¿any ideas?. sorry for my english
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March 29, 2009 at 12:25 pm
[...] Thanks to Chris123nt. [...]
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April 13, 2009 at 12:52 pm
rick jordan:
After fixing .ini problem in 7057, my screensaver no longer works nor will it go to sleep on its own…….any help here, thanks.
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April 26, 2009 at 8:25 pm
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