Windows Vista build 5342.2

Windows Vista build 5342 (winmain_idx04) is the official February CTP Refresh build of Windows Vista, which was released to beta testers on 24 March 2006.

Setup
Setup is mostly similar to aforementioned builds of Vista, asides from the smaller watermark on the setup autorun and this build's watermark no longer displaying. The fonts used on the installation type page is also much richer.

Upon booting into the second stage of setup, the  boot screen appears with the message that Windows is setting up your computer.

New features and changes

 * Windows Defender has a new icon.
 * Windows Media Player has a slightly more silver color than the previous one which was more black.
 * The Windows Sidebar includes a few new items such as Calculator, Minesweeper, number & picture puzzles and a timer.
 * Help and Support Center has an updated homepage.
 * Updated Games Explorer toolbar, with most notably the addition of "Tools".
 * Windows Sidebar received Add and Back/Next buttons (same as RTM).

Control Panel

 * Control Panel layout has slightly changed with new text on the Category View and removed icons from the Classic view.
 * Color Management no longer has a "General" tab.
 * Ease of Access is renamed to Ease of Access Center and received an interface overhaul.
 * Game Controllers applet now allows the user to add/remove game controllers.
 * In the Programs applet, "Installed Updates" section now uses Windows Update icon rather than Programs icon.

Installation

 * Although this build can partition properly during setup, the partitioning page doesn't refresh properly, requiring you to reboot your system in order to see the new partition.
 * Installing the x86 architecture of this build on hypervisors can result in high instability, most likely due to the disk controller. Installing this build on VMware will lead to an "unexpected error" upon booting into setup, while on VirtualBox it will lead to high instability issues, however it is possible to install without any modifications. The Out-of-Box-Experience is also incredibly unstable and can crash quite easily.