Posted on Monday, December 08 2008 @ 21:29 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Windows 7 Center
writes an attendee at WinHEC China has leaked a copy of Windows 7 Build 6956 on the Internet a couple of days ago. This build shows off some of the new features, including Windows Peeking or Aero Peeking, Desktop Slideshow and Modified Start Menu and Taskbar.
Just a day after WinHEC China began, an attendee from the conference managed to slip a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image of Windows 7 Build 6956 onto a portable device and upload it via torrent to the world. You’d think that Microsoft would have some sort of security enforced to keep this from happening after how hard they’ve been trying to prevent any leaks. The uploader from the PCBeta forum uses the alias Edward_Han, and is seen by the Chinese Windows community as a hero. The community has been referring to him as Edward_Han the hero, and even Master Edward_Han. The entire VHD image was actually supposed to be uploaded yesterday, but Ed’s computer shut off mysteriously, so the pirating had to be delayed for a day. As of now, there’s heated discussion on how to properly turn the VHD image into a fully functional install of Windows 7 Build 6959.
