Windows 8 build 7850

Windows 8 build 7850 is a Milestone 1 build of Windows 8. On 2011-04-12, this build was first leaked as an Enterprise SKU image. Additional SKUs were leaked of this build on 2015-01-17.

Being early in development, many areas still says Windows 7 and the kernel is still 6.1 (much like build 7700). The default background image of this build is a bluish gradient with a cyan tint at the lower right and a message at the top telling not to leak this build ("shhh... let's not leak our hard work").

This build is also more than likely the first known Windows 8 builds with any references to Metro. Some of it can be activated, but other parts appear to be unfinished and thus will not function.

Features
Note: Most new features must be unlocked via registry editing.


 * Explorer Ribbon UI (Icons are all circles)
 * User Tile (located at the right of the taskbar)
 * Centered title bar text
 * Built-in PDF Reader (basic)
 * New/Modern Task Manager (partially broken)
 * Webcam Application (fullscreen)
 * Auto colorization of themes
 * ApplicationExplorer shell location (Applications.{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}) - tabs include "Tile state" and "Host environment". This is where the Start Screen app list is stored, even up to 8.1.
 * Aero Lite (basic)
 * Early beta of IE9
 * Built-in, working USB XHCI drivers
 * System reset (sysreset.exe)
 * Portable Workspace Creator (pwcreator.exe)

PDF Reader
While there is a very early version of the built-in PDF Reader included, it is disabled by default. It can be enabled using the following registry script: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Capabilities] "CLSID"="{D3E34B21-9D75-101A-8C3D-00AA001A1652}" and then running  with any PDF file as an argument (or without any argument to open a blank page). It is not required to disable Aero to run the PDF Reader.

Modern Windows Task Manager
A preliminary version of the Modern Windows Task Manager is included as well. To enable it, run the following registry script: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TaskUI] "TaskUIEnabled"=dword:00000001 and then open.

Ribbon UI
A Ribbon version of Windows Explorer is included as well. To enable it, use the following registry script: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4F12FF5D-D319-4A79-8380-9CC80384DC08}] "AppID"="{9198DA45-C7D5-4EFF-A726-78FC547DFF53}"

Webcam Capture Application
An early version of the webcam capture application is included as well. To enable it, run the following registry script: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\GRE_Initialize] "RemoteFontBootCacheFlags"=dword:0000100f and then run.

Auto Colorization
Create a copy of a theme from, add   to the end of the   section and apply.

Metro
This build contains some very early Metro features, however, most of them aren't usable, due to major differences in shsxs.dll between this build and 8102.

Bugs and quirks

 * Windows Classic and the High Contrast themes are broken.
 * Changing the date appears to freeze up the Explorer shell.
 * Using Desktop Gadgets significantly slows the OS down.
 * Upgrade in this build is broken.

Aero
This build appears to have a slightly broken Windows Aero theme, with only the top portion of the window frame using the blur effect, leaving the side borders transparent.

Upgrading to later builds
Newer builds may oddly identify this build as Windows XP when trying to upgrade.