BetaWiki:Featured article/2023-11
Windows 7 build 6519 is the official Milestone 1 build of Windows 7, which was uploaded to the BetaArchive FTP server on 10 June 2008. It notably introduces a series of major underlying functionality and design changes, such as fixes made against CPU clock drifting, support for higher color modes in the boot process, internally-facing changes to the overall installation process (including the major addition of a new command-line image servicing tool), as well as the introduction of several new features in existing user applications. Additional changes to the Windows shell, particularly in search facilities, advancements towards the Control Panel and the inclusion of several functionalities such as pinned application support in the Superbar, improvements to the Library system and changes to window management were also made available.
Overhauled versions of existing applications were also introduced as part of the build, such as early user interface work for a new version of the Windows Media Player application, the introduction of a reworked Calculator with support for statistical and scientific modes, minute improvements to the existing subset of accessibility tools as well as support for reading documents exported under the XPS format and viewing Terminal Services feeds over a network. Early foundational work for recovery disc creation and factory reset modes are also present, although the latter functionality does not properly function at this point in development.