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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 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 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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