Windows 8 build 7899

Windows 8 build 7899 is a pre-Milestone 2 build of Windows 8. Two screenshots of this build were leaked in a folder included with the leak of build 7746 on 2020-05-03, and the build itself was eventually leaked on 2020-07-19. This build's boot screen has different fonts to Windows 7's boot screen.

Redpill
Many changes have occured since 7880.Accents and backgrounds have been implemented,accessible using a registry key. The Start screen now has multiple views - while this is hinted at in 7880 by the existence of a "Move to Other View" option found while right-clicking on Start screen tiles, it is unimplemented. This other view is an "Other Programs" view containing all installed programs. As a result of this, there are far less applications in the default Start screen view. Animations have been implemented. Tile colours have been changed to be more uniform. A usertile is now located at the top of the screen filled with the user's profile picture (replacing the Search button, which was not seen again on the Start screen until Windows 8.1 Update 1 in 2014), as well as a volume icon. To replace the Metro Horizon (removed, although not entirely so, in build 7880), a Desktop tile has been introduced. Clicking it brings the user back to the classic Windows desktop.

There have also been an immense amount of changes outside of the Start screen. An ImmersiveSettings app has been introduced - the ancestor of PC Settings in Windows 8.x - and several apps have been redesigned to fully use WinRT. Auto Colorization is no longer enabled by default on the Aero theme. ImmersiveBrowser, or IE Metro mode, has also been implemented. Advanced Task Manager, a more advanced version of Task Manager, has been implemented. The metro OOBE also had a major overhaul. The logon screen was updated and pattern logon now works. The Metro downspace has been dropped in favor of the snap function.

Start screen accent
To get the Start screen accent, open Registry Editor, head to, create a new key called DWM, make a DWORD called EnableAccent and set its value to 1. Afterwards, log off and then log back on again.

Immersive apps

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

Setup
Setup may take a while to start expanding files.

Arial
Like with most builds between 7867 to 7901, this build still uses the Arial font on the watermark and title bars.

Start screen

 * Due to issues with the Start screen's accent, there will be rendering issues when using EnableAccent.
 * The Start screen may be unresponsive for a minute after login.

Login
Upon logging in, the login sound will play three times instead of once.