Windows 7 build 6941

Windows 7 build 6941 is a pre-beta build of Windows 7. This build was shared on 31 January 2020 by grabberslasher. Before being shared, the build was initially reviewed by Paul Thurrott, who provided screenshots of it; the images were lost during the transition to ITPro Today. Thomas Hounsell also uploaded screenshots of the build to OSBetaArchive, which have been preserved below.

Changes

 * The Superbar is now enabled by default.
 * The temporary boot screen has been replaced by a new one that is used in the RTM.
 * The video performance stage of setup has been updated.
 * The Superbar has minor appearance changes, mainly revolving around outlines.
 * Areas such as Action Center and Windows Media Center have received updates.
 * A selection of regional wallpapers/themes were introduced (Australia, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States). The United Kingdom and the United States themes consist of wallpapers representing their countries, while the Australia, Canada, and South Africa themes consist of six unrelated placeholder wallpapers, one of which is a duplicate. These themes can be enabled by setting the current location to any of these countries in the Region and Language Control Panel.

Bugs

 * This is the first build in which an additional Windows Media Player icon is placed in the superbar when upgrading from build 6931.