Windows 7 build 6469

Windows 7 build 6469 is a pre-Milestone 1 build of Windows 7. It is currently the earliest leaked build of Windows 7 and was leaked to BetaArchive on 26 April 2011.

General

 * This is the last build to show the information of the system's RAM on the About Windows applet, which had been present since Windows 1.0.

Taskbar

 * This build is very similar to the RTM build of Windows Vista, although it contains a hidden boot screen and an early rendition of the Superbar.
 * The texture of the regular taskbar from Windows Vista has been slightly altered.
 * The Classic Start Menu is completely removed.

Superbar
To enable the Superbar, open the Registry editor, go to, create a key called  , create a DWORD value called  , and set its value to.

"No GUI" boot screen
Launch Run in the Start menu, type 'msconfig', click on the "Boot" tab, check the "No GUI Boot" box, and then restart the system.