Windows Server 2012 build 8250

Windows Server 2012 build 8250 is the official Beta build of Windows Server 2012, which was released on 29 February 2012 along with the client counterpart.

This is the last available build of Windows Server 2012 that has support for processors without PAE, SSE2 and NX.

Changes

 * Changed the boot screen to include the fish from the client counterpart.
 * The copyright date of  has been updated from 2011 to 2012. This persists up to build 9200.
 * Introduced a new desktop and lock screen background.
 * The "Windows Basic" (Aero Lite) theme was updated to resemble the RTM build, except that the taskbar text is white instead of black.