Windows 7 build number "changed"

[v0id]

Info

Microsoft has released 8 important update packages for Windows 7 RTM Build 7600.18365.090713-1255 in July that updates various components of Windows 7 RTM to even newer versions. These update packages, leaked to Internet by Russian who also leaked Windows 7 RTM retail x86 and x64 ISO and Windows 7 RTM OEM x86 and x64 ISO, have no official description by Microsoft yet. However, some ideas about what each update does can be retrieved by taking a peek into the content of CAB files.

* KB123334 (Windows6.1-KB123334-x86.msu or Windows6.1-KB123334-x64.msu)

Microsoft-Windows-IEInstal assembly that updates IEInstal.exe in %ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\ folder to version 8.0.7600.16399 or 8.0.7600.20495.
* KB123456 (Windows6.1-KB123456-x86.msu or Windows6.1-KB123456-x64.msu)

Microsoft-Windows-notepad revision distribution that updates Notepad.exe to 6.1.7600.16399 or 6.1.7600.20495.
* KB674103 (Windows6.1-KB674103-x86.msu or Windows6.1-KB674103-x64.msu)

A update that upgrades Win32k, User32, TCP/IP Binaries (tcpip.sys), SxS, NDIS (ndis.sys), GDI32 and Common Controls components to version 6.1.7600.14000 or 6.1.7600.20496.
* KB675605 (Windows6.1-KB675605-x86.msu or Windows6.1-KB675605-x64.msu)

A GDR update that upgrades Windows 7 OS Kernel, HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer), BootEnvironment Core BootManagerPCAT components to 6.1.7600.16399 or 6.1.7600.20495. This update package is responsible for changing the BuildLabEx string to 7600.16399.x86fre.win7_gdr.090722-1835 or 7600.16399.x64fre.win7_gdr.090722-1835 and changing win7_rtm in the BuildLab string to win7_gdr.
* KB972636 (Windows6.1-KB972636-x86.msu or Windows6.1-KB972636-x64.msu)

IE compatibility update with new version of 6.1.7600.14000 or 6.1.7600.20497.
* KB973751 (Windows6.1-KB973751-x86.msu or Windows6.1-KB973751-x64.msu)

Update to Windows 7 Image Based Setup-Media and Setup Navigation Wizard Framework to version 6.1.7600.20497.
* KB974039 (Windows6.1-KB974039-v2-x86.msu or Windows6.1-KB974039-v2-x64.msu)

Update to Windows Search Engine to version 7.0.7600.16401 or 7.0.7600.20497.
* KB974138 (Windows6.1-KB9741386.msu or Windows6.1-KB9741364.msu)

Update to Windows GI and Font Embedding components to version 6.1.7600.16402 or 6.1.7600.20498

Note that the system will a GDR or LDR minor revision number of 1xxxx is the update is installed as GDR (default), or 2xxxx if it’s installed as LDR or QFE hotfix, which should not applied to most users. GDR (General Distribution Release) and LDR (Limited Distribution Release), which also known as QFE (Quick Fix Engineering) are simply two different maintenance branches maintained at same patch level by Microsoft, although LDR branch is cumulative of all previous patches available. GDR is normally distributed via Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center to improve user experience, and contains software updates that address widespread critical issues, such as security vulnerabilities, and that are broadly released. The fact that Microsoft adds GDR into build string of OS kerner (ntoskrnl.exe) of Windows 7 RTM may signifies that the reliability and stability can still be improved considerably.

However, do note that Windows 7 RTM official build is still maintain as 7600.16385, as BuildLab and BuildLabEx is reflected change to OS kernel. Other components that are not been updated, such as IE8 and Windows 7 Software Licensing Manager (SLMgr) will still report itself as build 7600.16385.

It’s interesting to see that bug fixes, patches and updates are available so early after official RTM of Windows 7, and Windows 7 is not even been officially make available through any distribution channels yet. These updates may also been slipstreamed directly by OEM computer manufacturers into factory-installed PCs and branded OEM DVDs when computer with Windows 7 preinstalled are shipped. It looks like Windows 7 SP1 (Service Pack 1) should come soon rather than later.


Changelogs:

1) WARNING! after the upgrade (as long as it turns out a) you will have a new version of windsurfing 6.1.7600.16399
7600.16399.x86fre.win7_gdr.090722-1835 or 7600.16399.x64fre.win7_gdr.090722-1835

2) Issues GDR updates contain only those fixes that are available everywhere and are intended to address common problems of critical

3) Faster Run

4) WEI up (From 5.1 up to 5.3 )

More changes:

HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) Ver = "6.1.7600.16399"

ndis.sys 6.1.7600.16400

tcpip.sys 6.1.7600.16400

notepad.exe = 7600.16399
ntoskrnl.exe = 7600.16399

Description: updates that were released in July, not included in the RTM code. 8 updates.

After the upgrade until it turns out any () you will have a new version винды 6.1.7600 16399.
7600.16399. win7_gdr. 090722 x86FRE.-1835 or x64fre 16399 7600... 090722-1835 win7_gdr.
The GDR update releases contain only fixes that are produced everywhere and are intended to address critical problems common
Some files become version 7600.16400 16401, some 7600

123334
name="Microsoft-Windows-IEInstal" version="8.0.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-IEInstal" version="8.0.7600.16399"
123456
name="Microsoft-Windows-notepad" version="6.1.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-notepadwin" version="6.1.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-notepad" version="6.1.7600.16399"
name="Microsoft-Windows-notepadwin" version="6.1.7600.16399"
674103 resources
675605
name="Microsoft-Windows-BootEnvironment-Core-BootManager-PCAT" version="6.1.7600.16399"
name="Microsoft-Windows-OS-Kernel" version="6.1.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-BootEnvironment-Core-BootManager-PCAT" version="6.1.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-HAL" version="6.1.7600.16399"
972636
name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-IECompat" version="8.0.7600.16400"
name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-IECompat" version="8.0.7600.20497"
973751
name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup-Navigation-Wizard-Framework" version="6.1.7600.20497"
name="Microsoft-Windows-ImageBasedSetup-Media" version="6.1.7600.20497"
974039
name="WindowsSearchEngine" version="7.0.7600.16401"
name="WindowsSearchEngine" version="7.0.7600.20497"
974138
name="Microsoft-Windows-GDI" version="6.1.7600.20498"
name="Microsoft-Windows-Font-Embedding" version="6.1.7600.20498"
name="Microsoft-Windows-Font-Embedding" version="6.1.7600.16402"
name="Microsoft-Windows-GDI" version="6.1.7600.16402"

 

[LFB]

they're already out by Zukona:

Description: updates that were released in July, not included in the RTM code. 8 updates.

After the upgrade until it turns out any () you will have a new version винды 6.1.7600 16399.
7600.16399. win7_gdr. 090722 x86FRE.-1835 or x64fre 16399 7600... 090722-1835 win7_gdr.
The GDR update releases contain only fixes that are produced everywhere and are intended to address critical problems common
Some files become version 7600.16400 16401, some 7600

123334
name="Microsoft-Windows-IEInstal" version="8.0.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-IEInstal" version="8.0.7600.16399"

123456
name="Microsoft-Windows-notepad" version="6.1.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-notepadwin" version="6.1.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-notepad" version="6.1.7600.16399"
name="Microsoft-Windows-notepadwin" version="6.1.7600.16399"

674103 resources

675605
name="Microsoft-Windows-BootEnvironment-Core-BootManager-PCAT" version="6.1.7600.16399"
name="Microsoft-Windows-OS-Kernel" version="6.1.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-BootEnvironment-Core-BootManager-PCAT" version="6.1.7600.20495"
name="Microsoft-Windows-HAL" version="6.1.7600.16399"

972636
name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-IECompat" version="8.0.7600.16400"
name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-IECompat" version="8.0.7600.20497"

973751
name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup-Navigation-Wizard-Framework" version="6.1.7600.20497"
name="Microsoft-Windows-ImageBasedSetup-Media" version="6.1.7600.20497"

974039
name="WindowsSearchEngine" version="7.0.7600.16401"
name="WindowsSearchEngine" version="7.0.7600.20497"

974138
name="Microsoft-Windows-GDI" version="6.1.7600.20498"
name="Microsoft-Windows-Font-Embedding" version="6.1.7600.20498"
name="Microsoft-Windows-Font-Embedding" version="6.1.7600.16402"
name="Microsoft-Windows-GDI" version="6.1.7600.16402"

 

[v0id]

I know i just installed and now i have 7600.16399 version!

 

[Tews]

Now watch all the threads about the REAL RTM builds.... :roflmao:

 

[spliff]

How can u check ?

 

[zigzag3143]

Now watch all the threads about the REAL RTM builds.... :roflmao:

Here we go again.

 

[Bruised]

Here we go again.

Here we go again 2.

 

[dan7777]

do we have to download the whole thing-iso or just add the files to 16385 rtm ?

 

[LFB]

I know i just installed and now i have 7600.16399 version!

Yeah me too, everything fine here... no major changes...

some updates signature are from today...:shock:

 

[dan7777]

Yeah me too, everything fine here... no major changes...

any chance of pointing us in the right direction for this update please

 

[DataMan47]

*facepalm*

Windows version numbers are in 4 parts: 6.1.build.QFE.

Whenever a hotfix updates a file, it updates the "QFE" portion of the version number (the "QFE" number for W7RTM is 0x4001 (16385)) for that file ("QFE" is the name that Microosft internally calls that last number, according to some MSFT employees). It has been like this since... forever. You install a Windows 2000 hotfix, and it's going to update the QFE portion of the version of the file that is updated. If you install a Windows XP hotfix, the file's QFE number is going to be changed. If you install a Vista hotfix... you get the picture.

The version number reported in the registry and in the about dialogs (for XP, at least) are taken from the version number of the main kernel EXE file.

Which means that any hotfix that happens to update the main kernel EXE file will also update the QFE portion of the version number that "represents" the whole system.

This is nothing new or exceptional. It has always been like this. XP and Vista version numbers have been updated in a similar fashion countless times (each time there was a kernel hotfix, and there's been a lot of them!).

To reiterate: all that is going on is that there's a hotfix that updates a small handful of files, but it just so happens that one of these files is the kernel, so Windows "reports" a different version number. Anyone who pays attention to the behavior of XP and Vista hotfixes knows that this is not news, not anything special, and not anything to get excited over (though I've lost count of the number of times I've had to correct people about this even on places like Wikipedia).

 

[dan7777]

all my updates failed to install not sure why lol

 

[SSP]

You can download these updates by torrent on this site:

http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/35164135/file.html
[link removed by admin]


(i think its legal to download a update?)

 

[akramh]

all my updates failed to install not sure why lol

do you have a frankenshtinebuild?

 

[DataMan47]

I am a little curious, though, about the Notepad hotfix. I mean, seriously, Notepad?! Has there even been any changes to Notepad since XP (aside from the new icon introduced in Vista)? Windows Notepad is really not much more than an edit control in a window--what kind of a bug could they have possibly found in Notepad?!

 

[v0id]

   Warning

@SSP Remove your link before admin see and bann you!

 

[dan7777]

do you have a frankenshtinebuild?

no mate i have the untouched iso

 

[KrullKitty]

Round and round and round we go

It is the RTM...

It's not the RTM! LOL

 

[Brand]

Quite not convinced yet so I'm quite not believing.

 

[3r1c]

16385 is the RTM, this is a windows update.
When you buy windows in october you will get 16385.

But anyways when I run windows update it says there are no new updates, and "about windows" still shows 16385 for me.