Windows 8 build 7927 (fbl srv wdacxml)

Windows 8 build 7927 is a build of Windows 8. This build was leaked to BetaArchive on 29 August 2011; beforehand only a .wim file of the Ultimate SKU existed.

The desktop has now been changed to a wordoku puzzle with the leak warning. This wordoku would eventually be solved to form "Start Me Up".

Features

 * History Vault
 * New language options
 * Applications Folder
 * Auto-colorization
 * Immersive browser
 * Metro lock screen
 * Metro Task Manager
 * Metro OOBE
 * MS Help (installable by running ).
 * A copy of Windows Performance Analyzer is included with this build
 * Various Sysinternals tools are included with this build

Findings, fixes, enhancements
A tool called Redlock is available that unlocks the entire Metro interface, including the start screen. The following tweaks are no longer required when using Redlock.

Applications folder
Create a folder on the desktop named. It is not required to enable Redpill for this to work.

Auto colorization
Create a copy of a theme from, add   to the end of the   section and apply. It is not required to enable Redpill for this to work.

System Reset
Run. It is not required to enable Redpill for this to work.

OOBE
Run  with Redpill enabled. It is not required to disable DWM for this to work.

Lock screen background
Enable Redpill, run  and enable the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete option in the advanced tab.

Immersive apps
Enable Redpill, disable DWM with  and run one of these executables:


 * Immersive Browser:.
 * Immersive Reader:.
 * Metro Control Panel:.
 * Webcam Application:.

Other features enabled by Redpill

 * Modern Task Manager
 * Ribbon UI in Explorer

Redpill features
Compared to the earlier build 7899, the Start screen accents are enabled by default and the rendering issues have been fixed. The start screen clock is now black. It now ships with an early build of IE 10 instead of an IE 9 pre-release as in 7899 and earlier builds.

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.

System Reset
System Reset will say that no valid installation media has been found, even if you have the correct installation media inserted.

Windows Preinstallation Environment

 * Due to this build only being leaked in WIM form, the ISO is packed with the Windows Preinstallation Environment from the Windows 7 RTM build.
 * Along with this, the System Reserved partition is also shown in File Explorer.