Windows 7 build 6469

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

Windows PowerShell
This build comes with Windows PowerShell 1.0 pre-installed.

Disk Defragmenter
The option to choose which volumes to defragment has been added back after being removed in Vista's RTM.

Control Panel

 * Classic View has been renamed to "All Control Panel Items".
 * The final link in Category View now goes to All Control Panel Items rather than to Additional Options like in Vista.
 * The left pane for both the category and All Control Panel Items views is now collapsed, and it only contains an icon that when clicked from the latter returns the user to Category View.

Installation
Some copies of this build are not bootable due to a bugcheck with code.

People Near Me
People Near Me fails to launch with error.