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Did you know...
- ...that a Nashville Plus Pack build of Internet Explorer 4 had its page loading animation being a humorous banner of the Internet Explorer icon kicking the Mozilla mascot to jab at its competition with Netscape at the time?
- ...that the special actors in Microsoft Bob generally still have existing code that allows them to be used as normal actors outside of their apps?
- ...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?
- ...that Windows Longhorn build 4088 includes an early version of the .NET Managed rewrite of Desktop Window Manager that is not installed by default?
- ...that Windows 1.0 and Windows 2.x have a hidden easter egg with a list of members of the Windows team?
- ...that there was an E variant planned for Windows 7 in addition to K, N and KN, which didn't include Internet Explorer?
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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.
