User:Anonymous74/win7buildproject

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This is the main project page for my project to install every build of Windows 7 in VMware Workstation Pro 16.

LEGEND:

  • Green: Build is installed.
  • Orange: Build is not yet installed.
  • Red: I tried to install the build, but it didn't work.


Milestone 1


6469.1.fbl_find_dev(wexbuild).071002-1531

  • Installed: Yes
  • Installation Problems: None noted.
  • Installation Difficulty: /10
  • Installation Notes: Installed over a year ago.
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): 6/10
  • Build Notes: First leaked build.
  • Hardware Compatibility used: 8.x


6519.1.winmain.071220-1525

  • Installed: Yes
  • Installation Problems: I have to disable USB 3 for it to work.
  • Installation Difficulty: 1/10
  • Installation Notes: I forgot to disable USB 3 but it worked anyway. I guess it wasn't enabled to begin with.
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): 5/10
  • Build Notes: First build with no sidebar.
  • Hardware Compatibility used: 8.x


Milestone 2

6568.1.winmain.080312-1858

  • Installed: Yes
  • Installation Problems: Only available as a VHD file.
  • Installation Difficulty: 6/10
  • Installation Notes: Converted to vmdk with qemu-img and then it worked fine in a vm.
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): 4/10
  • Build Notes: Show Desktop button appears for the first time in a Windows 7 beta.
  • Hardware Compatibility used: 16.x


6608.1.winmain_win7m2.080511-1400

  • Installed: Yes
  • Installation Problems: Nothing noted.
  • Installation Difficulty: 1/10
  • Installation Notes: Installed fine
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): 2/10
  • Build Notes: Nearly all references to Vista have been changed to Windows 7.
  • Hardware Compatibility used: 8.x


Milestone 3


6730.1.winmain.080612-1840

  • Installed: No
  • Installation Problems: It gave an error after transplanting the WIM to 6608's setup.
  • Installation Difficulty: /10
  • Installation Notes: Superbar now resembles the RTM version.
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): 6/10
  • Build Notes: A whole bunch of various changes.
  • Hardware Compatibility used: 8.x


6780.0.winmain_win7m3.080829-1900

  • Installed: Yes
  • Installation Problems: Nothing important.
  • Installation Difficulty: 1/10
  • Installation Notes: Installed very fast!
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): 6/10
  • Build Notes: A whole bunch of various changes.
  • Hardware Compatibility used: 8.x


6801.0.winmain_win7m3.080913-2030

  • Installed: Yes
  • Installation Problems: Nothing Important.
  • Installation Difficulty: 1/10
  • Installation Notes: installed just fine.
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): add later/10
  • Build Notes: the automatically changing wallpaper feature was introduced.


Beta


6910.0.winmain.080915-1555

  • Installed: No
  • Installation Problems: Nothing notable.
  • Installation Difficulty: /10
  • Installation Notes:
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): /10
  • Build Notes: Minor changes.

Hardware Compatibility used:


6931.0.winmain.081016-1805

  • Installed: Yes
  • Installation Problems: Use LSI Logic or it will crash.
  • Installation Difficulty: 2/10
  • Installation Notes: forgot to check LSI Logic and had to restart installation
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): /10
  • Build Notes: The superbar now looks very similar to the RTM build.
  • Hardware Compatibility used: 8.x


6936.0.winmain.081023-1800

  • Installed: No
  • Installation Problems: Use LSI Logic or it will crash
  • Installation Difficulty: /10
  • Installation Notes:
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): /10
  • Build Notes: the Vista start orb on startup is removed :(
  • Hardware Compatibility used:


6941.0.fbl_srv.081102-0300

  • Installed: No
  • Installation Problems: Nothing noted.
  • Installation Difficulty: /10
  • Installation Notes:
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): /10
  • Build Notes: The final boot logo is introduced!
  • Hardware Compatibility used:


6956.0.winmain.081122-1150

  • Installed: No
  • Installation Problems: Nothing Important.
  • Installation Difficulty: /10
  • Installation Notes:
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): /10
  • Build Notes: Minor changes.
  • Hardware Compatibility used:


7000.0.winmain_win7beta.081212-1400

  • Installed: Yes
  • Installation Problems: Unknown
  • Installation Difficulty: /10
  • Installation Notes: Installed over a year ago.
  • How interesting is it? (IMO): /10
  • Build Notes: The official public beta.
  • Hardware Compatibility used: 15.x

Updates:

  • 9/17/21 - Installed build 6519.
  • 9/18/21 - Installed builds 6568 and 6608 (I forgot to add 6608 to this list until 9/25/21.
  • 10/5/21 - Tried to install build 6730.
  • 10/20/21 - Installed Build 6780
  • 12/25/21 - Installed Build 6801
  • 4/27/22 - Haven't quit, just not motivated at the moment. I'll come back to this in the future...sometime......
  • 5/15/22 - Installed Build 6931, and I got DWM and Bluepill working. Pretty nice build!