Windows 7 build 6801

Windows 7 build 6801 is the official Milestone 3 build of Windows 7, which was released to attendees of PDC 2008. This is the last build to have the Windows Vista desktop wallpaper set as default.

New features

 * You can now select multiple wallpapers and choose to change to each one of them every selected amount of minutes.
 * Taskbar properties has more options, such as small icons.
 * The taskbar has new icons.
 * Internet Explorer 8 has received updates.
 * Welcome Center has been renamed to Getting Started.
 * Windows Mail is no longer able to be opened, but the files for it are still present.
 * The ability to change the background graphics in Windows Media Player library has been removed.
 * When starting Windows RE, Startup Repair now launches instead of the System Recovery Options. You will need to cancel Startup Repair to access the Recovery Options.

Bugs

 * Stability issues can be encountered while moving desktop gadgets.
 * Much like in build 6780, in some configurations it is not possible to upgrade to this build due an error in which.
 * The text under "Find out what's new in Windows" is missing, which results in displaying placeholder text.