Windows Vista build 5219 (winmain idx02.050830-2010)

Windows Vista build 5219 is a pre-Beta 2 build of Windows Vista. This build was released as the first CTP (Community Technology Preview) on 13 September 2005.

Setup
Although setup is mostly similar to aforementioned builds of Vista, the setup autorun now mentions Beta 2, rather than Beta 1. The disk partitioning page now also has a new advanced option, which hides the latter disk partitioning tools unless clicked on. The setup disc has also majorly increased in size, from approximately 1 GB from build 5212 to approximately 2.73GB in this build, due to supplemental drivers.

New features and changes

 * The schema for Windows Search has been updated since build 5112 to include elements for the name, GUID and computer state of Network Computer Sharing.
 * Notification style has been updated to resemble the RTM.
 * Internet Explorer has received a few updates, such as a more organized layout and the tabs section including a blue-to-purple gradient.
 * Upon shutting down, there is no longer a timer prompt and it instantly shuts the computer down.
 * SuperFetch has been added.
 * Shadow Copies has been added.
 * Auxiliary Displays now opens inside Control Panel rather than a separate window.
 * The world map which shows the selected timezone have been removed from Date and Time.
 * Windows® screensaver now shows the Windows Vista logo instead of the pre-reset Windows Longhorn logo.
 * Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days has been removed from Display Properties.
 * Peer-to-Peer and Secure Startup applets have been added to Control Panel.
 * Sync Manager has been renamed to Sync Center.
 * Personalize handwriting recognition and Tablet PC Pen Training have been added.
 * Game tiles have been added to Games Explorer.

File Explorer

 * This is the first build of Windows to include the Previous Versions section in a folder's or file's Properties window.
 * New Virtual Folder: Documents Shared By Me.
 * Rich tooltips have been added for metadata painting.
 * The Library Virtual Folder now scopes the primary user profile, MAPIFolders, Offline Files (also known as the client-side cache (CSC)), and Public. Previously, all Virtual Folders (e.g., All Documents of build 5112) scoped locations that corresponded to their own item type (in the case of All Documents, only Desktop, Documents, and Public Documents were scoped). Because of this, separate Virtual Folders are not necessary as all types of items are referenced by the Library. Despite all of this, User's Files is still identical.
 * Virtual Folders of previous builds are no longer referenced in the navigation pane (excluding Recent Documents) or by the Start menu. However, they are still present in the Virtual Folders user profile folder until when they will be removed entirely in build 5259.

Winver
Winver has been updated to use the Windows Vista name instead of Longhorn. The banner now features the aforementioned operating system's name on a teal-emerald gradient backdrop, and the Windows logo is entirely white instead of colored.

Outlook Express

 * Menu Bar is quite larger and now the search box exists inside the menu bar rather than the toolbar.
 * Ability to send instant message has been removed.
 * New importion and exportion options have been added.

Windows Contacts
Windows Contacts has replaced Windows Address Book and it's now a File Explorer shell rather than a separate app.

Windows Collaboration
Windows Collaboration (Known as Code Name: Windows Collaboration and later as Windows Meeting Space) has been added.

User Accounts

 * User Accounts now opens inside the Control Panel window instead of a separate window.
 * Perform administrative tasks option has been added.

Aero
Aero has been updated. Taskbar is now transparent upon initializing DWM, and live taskbar thumbnails have been introduced. The Aero theme elements have been changed slightly. Flip 3D now supports glass thumbnails.

Updated Windows games
These games were developed by Oberon Media and published by Microsoft Corporation.

DirectX-based Windows games

 * Minesweeper
 * Hearts
 * Solitaire
 * FreeCell

Premium games

 * Purble Place
 * Shanghai (Later known as Mahjong Titans and Microsoft Mahjong)
 * Chess (Later known as Chess Titans)
 * Spider Solitaire

32-bit EFI support

 * It is one of the few known post-reset builds to support booting from a 32-bit UEFI implementation. This was soon dropped due to low demand from OEMs and didn't reappear until Windows 8.

Help and Support Center references

 * Game Updates


 * Windows Experience Index

From build 5112

 * List Pane


 * Microsoft Speech Center of Windows Speech Recognition


 * Save Ghost


 * Static Lists


 * UAP Settings are disabled by default.

From build 5212

 * Network Computer Sharing

Bugs

 * Whilst partitioning on a clean drive, you will not be able to format the hard drive without restarting, due to the hard drive "not being ready".

Installation
If installing this build on VMware Workstation, you will need to set the hardware compatibility to 6.x or lower, otherwise this build will crash with a blue screen of death upon booting up, with the error code 0x0000008E.

Taskbar
If DWM is enabled, the font on the start button is bolder than usual.

Migration Wizard
The following bugs are internal known issues found in  in the sources folder.


 * Currently, only disconnected migration is supported.
 * The Drive Exclusion page has no effect on the items to be migrated.
 * To increase performance on machines with razzle environments, you can have the docs agent skip scanning all drives (which can take several minutes on some machines) by setting the environment variable  before running the wizard.