Windows 8 build 7955

Windows 8 build 7955 is a build of Windows 8, which was uploaded to BetaArchive on 25 April 2011.

Changes

 * The Preinstallation Environment now uses the color scheme from Windows 98 instead of the one used in Windows 2000.
 * This is the earliest available build of Windows 8 to have 32-bit UEFI booting support, after it was removed during Windows Vista development.

Redpill
A tool named Redlock can be used to unlock all of the Redpill levels on this build, including the Start screen.

Metro in this build generally resembles 7927, with a few differences. The name for glcnd once installed was changed from "Modern Reader" to simply "glcnd".

System Reset
If System Reset is launched while this build is running, it will say that no installation media has been found, even if you have the correct installation media inserted. However, this feature will work normally if it is launched from the installation media.

Aero
This build appears to have a slightly broken Windows Aero theme, with only the top portion of the window frame using the blur effect, leaving the side borders transparent.

System Reserved partition
This build seems to have the System Reserved partition shown in Explorer, with its drive letter usually set to D: