Windows 8 build 8032

Windows 8 build 8032 is a build of Windows 8. The screenshots were known to be from BetaArchive user Pwned, who posted them on PCBeta on 1 April 2016. There was a discussion on OSBetaArchive.net about this build on 5 April 2016 by a user named intelsystembridge. On 28 December 2018, users of the Chinese community BetaWorld found the build and leaked it the next day, which was then uploaded on BetaArchive on 4 January 2019. This build is one of the first to fix the issue with window borders not displaying correctly while Desktop Window Manager is enabled. It is also the last known build to use Windows 7 branding during installation.

Redpill
A version of Redlock was released on 2020-05-08, unlocking all redpill levels on this build, including the start screen. Some changes have occurred with Metro since build 8014. The Metro Control Panel now has a Personalization section, where the user can change the accent colors and patterns, as well as the lock screen background. While the general design by this point is much closer to 8056, some elements, such as the bigger size of the live tiles, the gradient effect on the Start screen, and some of the icons, resemble 8014.

Charms bar accessibilty

 * To enable the right-hand charms bar on a non touchscreen device, open Registry Editor and then navigate to . Once there, create a DWORD value called   and then set its value to 1.

USB 3.0
This build appears to have a broken XHCI driver, and therefore will BSOD during setup if USB 3.0 is enabled. Disabling USB 3.0 for the VM (or from the BIOS, on real hardware) should fix this problem.

DWM
With Redpill unlocked, disabling DWM via CTRL+SHIFT+F9 causes the rendering of the display to fail. The only way to stop this is to enable DWM again.

Hardware compatibility
It's recommended to set the hardware compatibility to 8.x or 9.x on VMware Workstation or Player 15 or 16, otherwise the operating system will crash.

Aero Glass in Starter and Home Basic
This build automatically enables Aero Glass transparency even when installing the Starter or Home Basic SKUs, which do not support it. However, changing the color scheme (visual style) to another one and then back to the default one will disable Aero Glass.

Microsoft Confidential in winver
The text saying “unauthorized use or disclosure...” is not in red unlike later builds