Build Listings

Here is a list of the Windows Vista Builds, up until current:



3683 - [Alpha #1]

4008 - First Acknowledged Leaked build - March 1st, 2003 [Alpha #2]

4051 - Developer Build, For those who want to use the SDK.

4067 - Shown to Developers at WinHEC 2004

4069 - Shown to Developers at WinHEC 2004

4074 - Last Real XP like build

4083 - x64 Build only leaked.

5048 - WinHEC 2005 Build

5112 - Vista Beta #1 [First REAL Vista build]

5219 - PDC 2005 Attendee Build [CTP #1]

5231 - October CTP [CTP #2]

5259 - TAP members/November CTP [CTP #3]

5270 - December CTP [CTP #4]

5308 - February Enterprise CTP/ Feature Complete [CTP #5]

5342 - March CTP [CTP #6] - minor updates to Feb CTP

5365 - New build which is much faster then previous and built for perfomance

5382 - May Leak, Only minor visual effects added in MS Mail and new backgrounds.

5384 - Beta 2. Most drastic improvements in perfomance and GUI. A couple months from Release Canidates.

5456 - Interim build, testers only.

5472 - July Interim, Mislabelled, Much faster than Beta 2, still some major problems

5536 - Pre-RC1 build, not totally optimized, major bug problems.

5552 - Major bug fix added, but no other improvements.

5600 - RC1, improved in speed and bugs, some major bugs still remain in IE7 and standby

5717 - First build towards RTM in October.



Have any I don't? Post them here.

 

Very Nice.

 

Thanks. I thought it'd help users who've aquired a build figure out how far back, or how close to current, that they're at with it.

 

5744 - RC2

 

I've found a looooooooooong list off vista/longhorn builds:



Milestone 1/2



* 3646 (Lab01_N(portbld).020612-1346)

* 3663 M2 Build (lab06_N.020728-1728) The first Windows Code Name: "Longhorn" build known to exist. Only four low-resolution screenshots have been leaked publically. Originally published by Calvin Zhang, they were tagged and distributed by a release group known as xBetas.

* 3670 M2 Build (lab06_N.020819-1749)

* 3678 M2/M3 Build (?)



Milestone 3



* 3683 M3 Build (lab06_N.020923-1821), Leaked October 20, 2002

* 3705 M3 Build



* 3706.Lab06_N.021029-1731, Leaked May 22 2006 Features StartPage, partially implemented Desktop Composition Engine and Taskbar-Sidebar combo

* 3708 M3 Build (lab06_N.021108-1847)

* 3711 M3 Build

* 3713 (Lab06.000424-1359)

* 3718 M3 Build (lab06_N.021119-1730), Leaked April 30, 2004 Features a workable Desktop Composition Engine which presents hardware-accelerated window effects, such as alpha transparency and transitions.

* 3728.dnsrv_dev

* 3883.0

* 3940



Milestone 4



* 4001.main.021204-1515 First M4 build. This milestone represented the migration to a Windows Image-based install.

* 4002.Lab04_N.021218-1747

* 4003.Lab01_N.030116-1035

* 4004

* 4006.Lab01_N.030209-2000

* 4006 M4 Build (main.030203-1038)

* 4007 M4 Build (main.030214-????)

* 4007 M4 Build (main.030212-2037)

* 4008.NT.030110-1512

* 4008.Lab01.030220-0837

* 4008 M4 Build (main.030219-1933), Leaked February 28, 2003

* 4010.main.030221-2133

* 4011.main.030305-2045

* 4012

* 4013 (NT.030320-1512)

* 4013 (NT.030320-1058)

* 4014 (NT.030324-1840)

* 4014.Lab01_N.030326-2000



Milestone 5



* 4015 M5 Build (main.030328-1500), Leaked April 28, 2003

* 4015 M5 Build (lab06_N.030403-1706)

* 4015 M5 Build (????.030407-????)

* 4016

* 4017

* 4018.Lab03_DEV.020918-0001

* 4018 M5 Build (4018.Lab06_n030417-1721)

* 4019 M5 Build (lab01_N.030428-2000)

* 4020

* 4021

* 4023 M5 Build (????.030521-????)

* 4024

* 4025

* 4026 M5 Build (????.030602-????)

* 4027

* 4028.Lab01_N.030701-2000 The first known Server build of Windows Code Name: "Longhorn" before Beta 1. The traditional Client bits, such as visual style and look, are present here, too, though they are not enabled by default.

* 4029 M5 Build (main.030619-0000), Leaked September 23, 2003 Probably the last build from Milestone 5. Features extended tool tip which include image and video previews (still images), new Sidebar analog clock user interface. Partial implementation of the Desktop Composition Engine and Window Manager is also available. Most common strings are in Pig-Latin notation, including SKU information.



Milestone 6



* 4030

* 4031

* 4032.LAB01_N

* 4033.main.030717-1555, Leaked May 22, 2006 Features a mixed-style theme, the wallpaper of which is most notable - the blue Plex visual style is mixed with a red still image of what is known as Desktop Aurora. The Pig-Latin notation used in certain 402* and 403* builds is also seen in this build, as are other interesting bits.

* 4034 built by: private/Lab06_dev

* 4035

* 4037

* 4038.Lab01_N.030803-2000

* 4039.Lab06_n.030828-1802

* 4039.lab04_n

* 4039 built by: private/Lab06_dev

* 4040

* 4042

* 4043

* 4044.Lab04_N.030630-1505

* 4044.Lab06_n.030915-1925

* 4044 M6 Build (????.030917-????)

* 4045

* 4046

* 4047

* 4048 M6 Build (lab02.030923-1849)

* 4049

* 4050.Lab04_N(davj).030630-1505

* 4050.idx02.030928-0552

* 4050 M6 Build (private/lab06_demo.031019-1