Windows 7 build 6748

Windows 7 build 6748 is a Milestone 3 build of Windows 7, which was shared on 4 November 2024 as both an AMD64 original ISO and a WIM dump of the x86 compile in the business SKU from a HP Compaq 6715b notebook, alongside with its server counterpart and its AMD64 public symbol MSI. Prior to its upload, one user-contributed screenshot was shared on The Collection Book, followed by various additional screenshots to this site on 20 October 2023.
== New features and changes ==
=== Applications ===
==== Desktop Gadget Gallery ====
Both the Contacts and Sticky Notes gadgets have been removed from the operating system (although the latter is still available as its own dedicated application, which still does not function in this build as it was undergoing an extensive rewrite).
==== Windows DVD Maker ====
The header caption design for Windows DVD Maker has been updated to consistently reflect the newly-introduced light blue look seen in the Windows Explorer user interface.
=== Miscellaneous ===
* Windows XP-style DPI scaling is now used by default. 
* New desktop wallpaper images have been introduced for the existing subset of built-in system themes.
* The Go Fish! theme is no longer included.
* A shortcut for the internal Feedback Tool has been added to the desktop.
* The shortcut to Windows Ultimate Extras is no longer present. The applet itself was removed entirely in an earlier build.
* The delta build number has changed from .1 to .0.
=== Bluepill-specific changes ===
==== Taskbar ====
The taskbar now includes three default pinned applications, which include Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, and the Windows Explorer.
==== Calculator ====
The overall layout of the Programmer mode has been completely reworked.
=== Bugfixes ===
==== Desktop Window Manager ====
Color bleeding during Desktop Window Manager composition (observed since build 6720) has been fixed; as a result, background elements obscured by window frames no longer have their color values multiplied by excessive amounts.
Graphical artifacts in window captions, specifically corrupted frame buffer output of window names, no longer recur in this build.
==Bugs and quirks==
===Installation===
It isn't possible to open the Command Prompt in the WinPE.
===Hibernation===
Hibernation may not work properly and will more likely cause a full system shutdown rather than saving the contents of memory to disk for later reuse.
===Graphical PowerShell===
The x64 native variant of Graphical PowerShell crashes at startup in the x64 compile, unlike the x86 one.
===Bluepill===
The icons in the ribbons of the bluepilled variants of Paint and WordPad do not render in higher DPI settings and will show up empty as a result.
== Gallery ==
=== Setup ===
6748-Setup.png|Setup
6748-Setup2.png|Install now
6748-SKUselection.png|SKU selection
6748-EULA.png|End-user license agreement
6748-Installation Type.png|Installation Type
6748-Disk Partitioning.png|Disk Partitioning
6748-Installing.png|Expanding Windows files
6748-i386-devinst.png|Installing Devices
6748-i386-setupWILLcontinueafterrestart.png|Setup will continue after restarting your computer
=== Interface ===
Windows7-6.1.6730-Boot.png|Boot screen
Windows7-6.1.6748-Desktop-BluePilled.png|Desktop (Blue-pilled)
Windows7-6.1.6748-ActivityEverywhere.png|Activity Everywhere Wizard
Windows7-6.1.6748-ActivityEverywhere-Tasbkar.png|Activity Everywhere in Taskbar
Windows7-6.1.6748-Calculator.png|Calculator
Windows7-6.1.6748-ControlPanel.png|Control Panel
Windows7-6.1.6748-Paint.png|Paint
Windows7-6.1.6748-StartMenu.png|Start Menu
Windows7-6.1.6748-SystemProperties.png|System Properties
Windows7-6.1.6748-WordPad.png|WordPad
6748-i386-bptb.png|Partially blue-pilled taskbar without DWM
6748-i386-wmp12xp.png|Windows Media Player with HighVersionLie set to Windows XP
Windows7-6.1.6748-WMPPlayerMode.png|Windows Media Player in Player mode
Windows7-6.1.6748-WordPadHiDPI.png|WordPad at 125% DPI scale
Windows7-6.1.6748-PaintHiDPI.png|Paint at identical scale
=== Images uploaded prior to publication ===
Windows7-6.1.6748-TCB.jpg|Screenshot from The Collection Book
== Notes ==
Category:Windows 7 builds