Streaming Gates

Windows 7Despite the fact that Microsoft is now proposing to release full functionality Windows 7 with web browser “Ballot Screen” option for European Economic Area (EEA) customers, the original proposal, Windows 7 E which disables and removes Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), has been prepared with RTM of Windows 7.

Note: Standard Windows 7 will be published and distributed to European end-users unless regardless of European Commission decision on the new Ballot Screen proposal, which will render Windows 7 E obsolete and cease to exist.

Anyway, the official and original untouched Microsoft DVD ISO images for Windows 7 Ultimate E RTM Build 7600.16385 have been leaked to be downloaded via BitTorrent (BT) network. Windows 7 E RTM has the complete full build string of 6.1.7600.16385.090713-1255, and it’s essentially the same with a normal standard Windows 7 SKU, except that IE has been disabled and dropped (not included).

Microsoft has officially released Windows 7 Beta which has the build version tag of 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400, publicly known as build 7000, and was compiled on December 12, 2008. Internally, more build versions have been compiled and some have been released for testing to selected privileged beta testers, and it has been known that even Windows 7 build 7018 is available to external testers.