Windows 7 build 6956

Windows 7 build 6956 is a pre-beta build of Windows 7. This build was leaked as an x86 Ultimate compile on 2008-12-04. It was originally made available as a VHD which can be installed using the WinPE of build 6801.

This build has been mislabeled as build 6965 in multiple sources, including ZDNet, which has posted a few screenshots of build 6956 with the article name mislabeled.