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- ...that Windows XP has been supported in various forms for almost 18 years, which is the longest compared to any other version of Microsoft Windows?
- ...that the IA-64 compile of Windows Server 2003 build 2462 includes login banners for a Personal edition of Windows 2000?
- ...that every Classic Mac OS version since Mac OS 7 renames the "Special" menu to a unique word beginning with S in beta builds for easy identification of such?
- ...that Apple has officially released several developer releases of what would later become Mac OS X for the x86 architecture as a part of its NeXT legacy, and secretly continued to maintain the port until Tiger?
- ...that the Start button in Windows 95 build 302 says "Ship It!", as a developer temporarily renamed the button in December 1994 for a joke?
- ...that the United States government once filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft over its decision to bundle the Internet Explorer web browser with the Windows operating system?
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Windows 7 build 6946 is a build of Windows 7, which was shared on 19 October 2024 along with its server counterpart.
It introduces overhauls across many internally-facing system surfaces such as the addition of API function redirection stubs, overhauls to existing encryption and troubleshooting facilities, and implements a variety of quality-of-life changes with regards to the system shell, in particular task management and the ability to share media through the Windows Media Player application.
