Windows 7 build 6941

Windows 7 build 6941 is a pre-beta build of Windows 7, which was uploaded to BetaArchive by grabberslasher on 31 January 2020. Prior to it being shared, the build was initially reviewed by Paul Thurrott, who provided screenshots of it;https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-server/windows-7-build-6941-screenshots the images were lost during the transition to ITPro Today. Thomas Hounsell also uploaded screenshots of the build to OSBetaArchive,https://web.archive.org/web/20160928211045/http://www.osbetaarchive.net/gallery/category/2-windows-nt/ all of which have been preserved below. 
== Changes ==
* Introduced a new boot screen found in the RTM build, which depicts several colored orbs coming together to form the Windows logo.
* The third stage of setup has been updated to feature its RTM design, which shows a continuous orb in place of a placeholder progress bar.
* The copyright date of winver.exe has been updated from 2007 to 2008.
* This build now uses the final Windows 7 wordmark.
* The Superbar is now enabled by default and has received minor design updates.
* The welcome page to Windows Media Center received new screenshots. Additionally, the copyright date has been changed from 1985–2006 to 2008. 
* Windows Update received a new icon, which would later be backported to Windows Vista.
* A selection of regional wallpapers/themes were introduced. These themes can be enabled by setting the current location to any of these countries in the Region and Language Control Panel (Personalization Control Panel must be closed for changes to take effect).
** The United Kingdom and the United States themes consist of wallpapers representing shots of various regions in the two countries.
** The Australia, Canada, and South Africa themes consist of six unrelated placeholder wallpapers, one of which is a duplicate.
== Bugs and quirks ==
An additional Windows Media Player icon is placed in the Superbar when upgrading from an earlier build.
== Pseudolocalized language pack remnants ==
When the WIM for this build was staged, the pseudolocalized language pack (which still identified as the Turkmen (Turkmenistan) language, or tk-TM,https://web.archive.org/web/20110701154633/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2011/04/11/10152035.aspx at this point in time) was installed, and then improperly removed.
500MB of deleted files can be recovered from the install.wim, which appear to consist of files from the pseudolocalized language pack, and previous versions of registry hives. One 200MB file is the Hash-ID Spy database in Microsoft Access format. The Hash-ID Spy application itself was not deleted and remains at \Users\Administrator_ploc\Desktop of all WIM indexes.
== Gallery ==
=== Setup ===
File:WindowsVista-RTM-Boot.png|Setup boot screen
File:6941-SKUSelection.png|SKU selection
File:6941-VideoPerformance.png|Video performance
File:6941-OOBE.png|OOBE
=== Interface ===
File:Win7Boot.png|Boot screen
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-InternetExplorer.png|Internet Explorer
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-MediaCenter.png|Windows Media Center
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-ControlPanel.png|Control Panel
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-Paint.png|Paint
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-WordPad.png|WordPad
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-Calculator.png|Calculator
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-Personalization.png|Personalization
File:6941-Wallpaper-Personalisation.png|Desktop Background after bluepilling
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-UnitedStatesTheme.png|United States theme
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-UnitedKingdomTheme.png|United Kingdom theme
File:Windows7-6.1.6941-PlaceholderRegionalThemes.png|Australia, Canada, and South Africa themes
File:6941 action center.png|Action Center
File:6941-Demo.png|Demo
File:Windows7-6.1.6941.0-StartOrbComparison.png|Comparison between new and old start orbs
=== OSBetaArchive images ===
Win7-6941-fblsrv-01-Setup.png|Setup
Win7-6941-fblsrv-04-LoggingIn.png|Welcome
Win7-6941-fblsrv-05-Desktop.png|Desktop
Win7-6941-fblsrv-10-WinVer.png|Desktop with winver
Win7-6941-fblsrv-14-IE.png|About Internet Explorer
Win7-6941-fblsrv-16-MediaCenter.png|About Windows Media Center
Win7-6941-fblsrv-17-ControlPanel.png|Control Panel
Win7-6941-fblsrv-19-Paint.png|Paint
Win7-6941-fblsrv-20-WordPad.png|WordPad
Win7-6941-fblsrv-22-Calculator.png|Calculator
Win7-6941-fblsrv-24-Themes.png|Personalization
== Notes ==
== References ==
Category:Windows 7 builds