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. 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. In addition, the texture of the regular taskbar (from Vista) has been slightly altered and the classic start menu can no longer be enabled. Despite being an early build, it already has references to the final name in very few areas such as the Boot Manager and Recovery Environment, where the installation identifies as "Microsoft Windows 7."

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.