Does Windows 8 build 7700 exists in Internet?

[Applegame12345]

I have seen lot of screenshot of this build.
Have leaked ISO of this build?

[Courage]

No, not really. While some builds have leaked screenshots, they do not necessarily mean that those builds are leaked.

Offtopic Comment

Some would argue that 7700 should be referred to as a Windows 7 build only (seeing as how it's basically a post-7 RTM build), but that's another story.

[Valerio]

The build is unleaked, but these should actually be the infos about the unleaked ISO:

MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.7.POST-RTM.7700.X64.RETAIL.ENGLISH.DVD-WZT
FILE: 7700.0.100122-1900_x64fre_client_en-us-GRMCXFRE_EN_DVD.iso
SIZE: 3,231,166,464 byte
SHA1: C0CB719B781D49B39D8CC93A27F990A366B8E4C7
MD5: EBEB8AEC73339536564D26DB584A9474
CRC: B3F323D6

I've found them on an old article on a Windows blog. Those strings suggest that it's just a simple post-RTM and nothing special.

[Courage]

The build is unleaked, but these should actually be the infos about the unleaked ISO:

MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.7.POST-RTM.7700.X64.RETAIL.ENGLISH.DVD-WZT
FILE: 7700.0.100122-1900_x64fre_client_en-us-GRMCXFRE_EN_DVD.iso
SIZE: 3,231,166,464 byte
SHA1: C0CB719B781D49B39D8CC93A27F990A366B8E4C7
MD5: EBEB8AEC73339536564D26DB584A9474
CRC: B3F323D6

I've found them on an old article on a Windows blog. Those strings suggest that it's just a simple post-RTM and nothing special.

Nice stuff. There's a bit more info about this build though:

1. It's full buildtag is 6.1.7700.0.winmain.100122-1900.
2. Server 7700 also managed to get out to some people around that time. Again, there's not much difference between it and the Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM. I'm pretty sure that screenshots can be found of this build elsewhere, like TCB.

[Wheatley]

I would like to know the logic behind why people call this build Windows 8. It's Windows 7. Claiming 7700, a build which is just 7 with improvements (shocker, post-RTMs often are just that) 8 is simply illogical. These post-RTM builds are the base yes, but let's not confuse early groundwork with a completely new release. You wouldn't call a fenced plot of land a house until you see at least one part of a house built on said plot. I personally believe the post-RTM 7 truly became 8 much later in the 77xx series.

And yes, this build exists, maybe not on any public place of the internet, but it does exist in the hands of some internet users and maybe even private servers.

[Windows OS]

I would like to know the logic behind why people call this build Windows 8. It's Windows 7. Claiming 7700, a build which is just 7 with improvements (shocker, post-RTMs often are just that) 8 is simply illogical. These post-RTM builds are the base yes, but let's not confuse early groundwork with a completely new release. You wouldn't call a fenced plot of land a house until you see at least one part of a house built on said plot. I personally believe the post-RTM 7 truly became 8 much later in the 77xx series.

Yeah. It's the same thing with build 2202. MANY people are claiming that this is a early Whistler build, which it isn't. It is just a post-RTM build of Windows 2000 built to test the then-new Source Depot code management system. Other than that, it is identical to RTM Windows 2000. I guessing that since the build number is bigger, people who first had the build must've assumed that it's an early Whistler build than just a post-RTM Windows 2000 build. Same thing here.

[haroldas.velioniskis]

MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.7.POST-RTM.7700.X64.RETAIL.ENGLISH.DVD-WZT it must be leaked, since is labeled like that. WZorNet (WZT) is a quite famous warez releaser. https://twitter.com/WZorNET

[Valerio]

Yeah, I know about WZor, they got that build since it was them who leaked some screenshots of that 7700 x64 build, so that build seems leaked, but just to few people. Oh, and here's an interesting old topic if someone's interested: https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewt ... =2&t=11449

[MrUTB]

This build was leaked to minority usenet groups, in fact. This is a Windows 7 POST-RTM build, and It was a begin to start Windows-on-ARM development.

[DiskingRound]

I was curious at one point to see if it had Start screen references hidden in twinui.dll if it had. However the chance of that is lower than there being a small man inside a black hole with a flashlight looking for a circuit breaker to turn the lights on, as this build is almost identical to Win7 - in fact one can not call it Windows '8' at all but a post-RTM build of Windows 7, but it could be part of the branch that becomes Windows 8. I've seen a screenshot of 7652 (or 7657 ?) somewhere.

[LuLu]

there is a reason that build numbers get jump
and anything not going under current build road is considered as "next"

therefore you call it post-mortem, but it is actualy an alpha of windows 8
just like win2k with SD, just like 35xx longhorn

[hounsell]

therefore you call it post-mortem, but it is actualy an alpha of windows 8
just like win2k with SD, just like 35xx longhorn

Bad example there with the Win2k SD builds, I'd say they firmly fall under Win2k Post-RTM and not Whistler. Their whole purpose was to trial Source Depot, not develop Windows.

Jumps don't necessarily mean all that much either. MS always jumped on an RTM with Vista up to Windows 10, even for post-RTM builds, to allow room for SP builds at the very least.

[LuLu]

as long as it contains new code or its sole purpose was recompile for
foundation for next version it is considered as alpha of new

it doesn't matter what is being tested
if they did recompile of XP with just buggy sidebar, it wouldn't be XP nor post-RTM "XP"

you say testing SD, I say new code integrated
he says ordinary jump from 7600 to 7700, I say it already had some changes

who knows when they started with ARM code test...
we only have Ballmer interview showing and I quote "this is next version of windows, with windows 7 shell"
as far as we know the testings might already started after 7 RTM-ed