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Windows Longhorn Build 3790.1232
This is Windows Longhorn build 3790.1232 (3790.1232.winmain.040819-1629) in VMware Workstation Pro. This is an Omega-13 build which was compiled on 2004-08-19 and expires on 2005-08-14. While this build appears rather uninteresting due to its strong resemblance to Windows XP RTM (it’s basically Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 with Windows XP branding), it marks the first post-reset build. According to…
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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 Whistler Build 2433
This is Windows Whistler Build 2433 (2433.main.010206-1822) in VMware Workstation Pro. This is a Beta 2 build which was compiled on 2001-02-06 and expires on 2001-08-05. This build was made public on 28 April 2011. While it is a minor build, an interesting fact is that it is the last currently known build to contain CD Player. How I got…
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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…
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Windows 10 Build 9780
This is Windows 10 build 9780 (9780.0.fbl_partner_eeap.140622-0937) in VMware Workstation Pro. This is a Pre-Technical Preview build that was compiled on 2014-06-22 and expires on 2015-07-15. According to BetaWiki, the timebomb on this build is broken so it can be installed on the current date. However, installing it on the current date will break the ability to change the wallpaper…
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