Windows Vista build 5270

Windows Vista build 5270 is a pre-Beta 2 build of Windows Vista. This build is the official December 2005 Community Technical Preview, released to beta testers on 19 December 2005.

The Starter SKU of this build has the "Windows Starter 2007" watermark instead of "Windows Vista Beta 2".

It is the last build to include the "Professional Standard, "Professional Standard N" and the "Professional Enterprise" SKUs. They were replaced by build 5308 with the "Business", "Business (N)" and the "Enterprise" SKUs respectively.

Setup
Setup got a huge overhaul in this build.

Now the first step of the setup asks you to enter a product key, compared to Windows XP Setup where the first thing you do is to agree the EULA.

If an internet connection is present, the setup downloads up-to-date components when you enter your product key.

After that, you need to agree the End User License Agreement (EULA).

Then, you need to choose if you want to upgrade or perform a custom install.

It still uses the build 5098 wallpaper on the autorun window however the actual setup wallpaper is now an Aurora wallpaper.

Out-of-box experience
This build's OOBE received huge changes and new options as well.

The OOBE now asks you to choose a desktop background and some pre-OOBE steps such as selecting the timezone are moved into OOBE process.

When the OOBE is finished, it shows the message "You're ready to start" under the Vista orb.

Themes
This build of Windows Vista still includes the XP-like names: Windows Vista and Windows Classic.

You can now customize the color schemes of the Aero theme under the "Color Schemes" applet in Control Panel.

There are new stock color variants of Aero theme: Aero (this is the default one), Frost, Smoke, Seafoam and others. You can also disable the transparency effect in the same applet.

The applet also contains a color mixer tool to create different Aero colors from HSL color levels.

Icon sizes
Windows can now show desktop icons as "Small", "Medium", "Large" and "Extra Large".

Windows Defender
Windows Defender is the renamed version of the former Windows AntiSpyware. It also now runs under standard user privileges.

This app is now integrated into Security Center as well as having a tray icon for it.

New spyware definitions can be delivered through Automatic Updates via Windows Update.

Windows Photo Gallery
This app now works in this build of Windows Vista.

Default view mode is Gallery View and it supports adding titles, photo rating, photo captions and metadata tags.

Simple editing can be done via the Fix command which transitions the app into Edit View. You can auto-adjust or manage exposure and colors of individual photos.

A new photo printing wizard was added into Photo Gallery.

You can also acquire photos from digital cameras, scanners and other devices.

Windows DVD Maker HD
This build of Windows Vista includes this app which is an equivalent of Apple's iDVD Program.

Windows Collaboration (Windows Meeting Space)
This build is the first to include a new app called "Windows Collaboration" which is later known as Windows Meeting Space.

Windows Collaboration is the peer-to-peer collaboration application that allows one to ten people to remotely work together.

Compared into other P2P apps, this one doesn't require a server to work. It can be used with Wi-Fi.

Other changes
IE7 runs in Protected Mode in this build.

IE7 now has support for International Domain Names (IDN)

This build also renames "Windows Migration Wizard" to "Windows Transfer".

New AutoPlay dialog option was added for Super Fetch: "Speed up my system using this device". This feature requires at least 64MB free space to work.

Windows Update is now accessible via Control Panel.

Volume Shadow Copy service has a client version included in this build.