Windows 7 Build 7068 Screenshots

A Japanese blog (translated version) has released the first pictures of build 7068 or 7068.winmain.090321-1322. According to the screenshot, the build was compiled on March 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM. The pictures mostly highlight errors with some Windows 7 gadgets in the build. The blog also talks about the decreased performance with the aero interface enabled.

Here are the screenshots:

Build 7068 taskbar.

A gadget error highlighted in the article.

An expanded view of the gadget with the error.

The full screenshot of Windows 7 Build 7068.

Another full screenshot of Windows 7 Build 7068.

Tweak Your Windows 7: SetteMaxer

For those who aren’t used to playing around in their Registry Editor, the SetteMaxer tool is a good download. With the tool, users can tweak a number of settings in their Windows 7 Beta.

The SetteMaxer utility in Windows 7.

Features:

Optimize Menu Show Delay: Sets delay value of menus to 0 in order to have an os navigation faster.Optimize Wait to Kill Services Timeout: Sets its value to 1000 in order to shorten shutdown/restart duration.

Optimize Wait to Kill Applications Timeout: Sets its value to 1000 in order to shorten shutdown/restart duration.

Optimize Application Response Timeout: Shorten Application Hung Timeout when an application is not responding in order to restart or end it faster.

Enable Auto End Tasks: Enables closing the applications all together when shutdown/logoff/restart signal has been sent.

Enable Desktop Composition: Enables Windows Aero interface even Windows Experience Index could not be started / completed or probably is not enough to enable it.

Disable AutoReboot on Crash: Disables AutoReboot feature on Crashes, It may be possible to carry on the work if the problem is not stopping windows. Even if it is stopping, at least the error will be seen easly.

Disable Task Scheduler: Disables Task Scheduler.

Disable Remote Registry Access: It can be useful to protect the registry disabling of remote access if it is not needed to use.

Disable User Access Control: Disables UAC as configuring it to level 0. it will increase the system performance and probably compatibility of older applications while launching them as disabling default security option, will decrease security level.

Disable Windows Defender: Disables Windows Defender if you prefer not to use it to have a faster system as disabling default security options, will decrease security level.

Fix Settings for Windows Live Messenger: For WLM 8.5 . It may resolve some login problems beyond a proxy server.

You can download SetteMaxer here, or go to the SetteMaxer official website.

Logon Changer for Windows 7

Last week, Rafael Rivera Jr. made an important Windows 7 discovery regarding changeable login screen backgrounds in the operating system. We reported on how to change your login background in our post. While the login changing ability was found in the 7057 build on Windows 7, anyone running the operating system (build 7000+) should be able to change their login screen.

Now, Tweaks.com is making the task much simpler with an easy-to-use Logon Changer. The application is a lightweight utility that is extremely easy to use and lets the user avoid creating annoying registry values, renaming images, and dragging folders.

To use the program, simply run the application “TweaksLogon.exe” and begin. Click “Change Logon Screen” to select an image from your hard drive.

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The Logon Changer will then provide an example of what your login screen may look like. You can press the “Test” button to move to your Switch User view. Don’t worry, this does not log you out of Windows.

Once you are satisfied with your login screen, simply exit the program and enjoy. Reverting back to the default login screen is as easy as clicking the “Revert to Default Logon Screen” button in Logon Changer.

The program can be downloaded here:

Download Logon Changer

86% of Enthusiasts Like Windows 7

Since the opening of Windows 7 Info (W7Info.com), users have taken part in voting on the Windows 7 Articles blog. The title of the poll is “Rate Windows 7″ with the options of rating it “5 - Amazing, 4 - Good, 3 - Okay, 2 - Bad, 1 - Poor.” I’d like to point out the results of the poll thus far as 351 enthusiasts have cast their votes on our blog.

We first published our results after January and 75% of Windows Enthusiasts liked Windows 7. Since then, the results have been even more favorable for the new operating system. An 86% approval rating is high praise indeed from a critical market of PC users who torched Windows Vista, Microsoft’s last OS release. And, the ratings seem to be gradually getting better… from 75% to 86% in a matter of a month and a half.

We encourage users to take part in our poll, simply scroll down on the sidebar and cast your vote. Or vote here:

Rate Windows 7

• 5 - Amazing
• 4 - Good
• 3 - Okay
• 2 - Bad
• 1 - Poor

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Our results as of 3/19/2009 at 1:23 AM:

Amazing - 201 votes (57%)
Good - 102 votes (29%)
Okay - 30 votes (9%)
Bad - 5 votes (1%)
Poor - 13 votes (4%)

Compare this to our post-January poll results:

Amazing - 31 votes (38%)
Good - 29 votes (36%)
Okay - 11 votes (14%)
Bad - 3 votes (4%)
Poor - 7 votes (9%)