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Windows Vista Build 5215
This is Windows Vista build 5215 Ultimate (5215.vbl_ndt_netxpmobl.050807-0106) in VMware Workstation Pro. This is a Beta 2 build which was compiled on 2005-08-07 and expires on 2006-09-30 and was made available on 25 December 2021. How I got this to run: VMware Workstation Pro 11 (can be run on newer versions, but 11 and older is needed for Aero to…
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Windows Longhorn Build 4011
This is Windows Longhorn Build 4011 (4011.main.030305-2045) in VMware Workstation Pro (mostly). This is a Milestone 4 which was compiled on 2003-03-05 and expires on 2004-03-01 and was made available on 32 July 2006. I had DCE working in this build, but only for a little while because it makes the OS more unstable. This build was quite a pain…
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Windows 7 Build 7100
This is Windows 7 Build 7100 (7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700) in VMware Workstation Pro. This is the Official Release candidate build which was compiled on 2009-04-21 and expires on 2010-03-01 and was made available on 30 April 2009 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers and to the general public five days later. This build is similar to RTM, the only significance being that the…
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Windows 8 Build 8032
This is Windows 8 build 8032 (8032.0.fbl_core2_sid_data.110623-2054) in VMware Workstation Pro. This is a Milestone 3 (Developer Preview) build which was compiled on 2011-06-23 and expires on 2012-03-15 and was made available on 28 December 2018. As of the uploading of this video, this is the last known build to use Windows 7 branding during installation and to ship in…
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Windows Server 2008 Build 4066
This is Windows Server 2008 build 4066 (4066.main.040226-1010) in VMware Workstation Pro. This is a Milestone 7 build which was compiled on 2004-02-26 and expires on 2004-08-24. This build is quite buggy and unstable, so if you plan on testing this, a lot of patience may be needed as explorer.exe crashes may be common and there may be a lot…
Read More » Windows Longhorn Build 3706
This is Windows Codename Longhorn 3706 (3706.Lab06_N.021029-1731) in VMware Workstation. This is a Milestone 3 build which was compiled on 2002-10-29 and expires on 2003-10-24. This build was made public on 23 May 2006. This build has DCE available, but you need VMware Workstation 6.5 as backwards compatibility is not enough. So since I could not run Workstation 6.5 on…
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