Talk:Windows Vista

I'm sorry but there are a few more builds to be added; 5203 (unconfirmed), 5342 (leaked winmain compile) and 5487 (also unconfirmed, but screenshots exist). Tau Ceti (talk) 07:03, 14 November 2014 (GMT)

Interesting bit of trivia
Did you know that for some time after the Longhorn development reset the project was known as Omega-13? This is a reference to the film Galaxy Quest (better known for the line 'Never give up, never surrender!') and its resetting device, in reflection of the fact that Microsoft was going to reset their project. Tau Ceti (talk) 08:36, 14 November 2014 (GMT)

The page is now unlocked. --AlphaBeta (talk) 17:00, 16 November 2014 (GMT)

Thank you! I can't believe it! The first I will do is to rewrite the description as it is taken from BetaArchive wiki. --Tau Ceti (talk) 06:11, 18 November 2014 (GMT)

Build 4074 availability
Is build 4074 really the only build available from Microsoft in that time? Source? --Yue Ling (talk) 06:18, 26 March 2019 (UTC) Yue Ling (talk) 06:18, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

It's not, 4051 was just as "public" as 4074 was. I've updated the article to reflect this. Hounsell (talk) 16:44, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Windows Starter 2007
In Windows Vista builds 53xx, at the Microsoft Pre-Release Software License Terms, Windows Vista Starter are labelled as "Windows Starter 2007 Beta 1". Do you have an idea why this was labelled like that? --Spyonclear (talk) 16:54, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Opiniona on Vista
So I think Vista wasn't the best but it was not the worst, I think if Vista was released in 2011 maybe, it would had been a huge success, releasing Longhorn in 2003 based on the Server 2003 codebase, 7 released in 2007, a version in 2009 and then Vista in 2011 Dieguito0512 (talk) 14:45, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

"releasing Longhorn in 2003" "Vista in 2011" you do realize that Longhorn still would've been Vista, reset or not? ChanceManRox (talk) 14:56, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, but my point was that in 2011, computers of that era would have been capable enough to run Vista without breaking much of a sweat Dieguito0512 (talk) 14:41, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Renaming Longhorn to Vista
Is it okay? I see pre-reset Server 2008 builds having the same name, but can I rename pre-reset Longhorn to Vista?

What? No. Xeno (talk) 13:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Why not?

For starters, where do you see Server 2008 Pre-Reset being referred to as "Vista" Xeno (talk) 13:41, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Do note that we previously had pre-reset builds placed on a Windows Longhorn page which has since been long merged to this page. We will not be planning to revert this merge. BF10 (talk) 13:46, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I think what he means is that he wants all "Longhorn" references to be replaced with "Vista", which is also a no. --ATeamInc (talk) 13:59, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Build 3663/3670 existence
Builds 3663 and 3670 may probably exist, it isn't sure yet though. Let's discuss if we must keep or drop them. Also, we may not know if they are milestone 2 or 3 builds.
 * If they may probably exist and we may not know if they are Milestone 2 then why do you keep making edits that mark them as such?! -- Ryuzaki (talk | contribs) 15:59, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

ReflectiaX Longhorn demos - new builds
Hi all, so I was going through the ReflectiaX Longhorn demos, and I found some other Longhorn builds, more namely: - Build 6.0.4091.0_main.040726-1716 (ximage program) - Build 6.0.4092.0_private-lab06_dev_foundationbld4act.040813-0037 (various audio-related things, with also Movie Maker 3, Burn this CD program, Windows Media Component Setup) - Build 6.0.4091.2_private-Lab06_devsnaptab.040805-1204 (for penservice.exe and wipstis_.exe) - Build 6.0.4050.0 (Sticky Notes and Snipper)

Would these builds be a worth addition to the wiki? If so, how can I add them?


 * File versions are not a necessary indication of a build. Plus, buildlist strings are not welcome on the wiki as far as I can tell (i.e without screenshots or some real proof). --ATeamInc (talk) 23:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

3663/3670
Please stop fighting over it. We don't know if these builds are M2 or M3. Several community members say that M1/M2 was only planning while others claim that these builds are M2. It already is a controversial topic. --ATeamInc (talk) 13:08, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * UX.Unleaked says these builds are M3. Can't tell if the members who dispute that have any evidence to back their views, but I would rather trust a guy who had contacts inside MS back in 2004 and held a dozen Longhorn unleaked builds rather than some nonames on the internet. -- Ryuzaki (talk | contribs) 12:31, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Re: Sound scheme myth
Just to clarify, based on my findings, the allged sounds didn't come from NeoSounds' "Deep Fantasy" sound scheme, the sounds in which arecompletely different from the former.

https://twitter.com/ReturnsLeon/status/1464064162682875937 --DmitriLeon2000 (talk) 00:18, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

4005 Start Page
Does the Start Page exist in build 4005? It doesn't say on the page

5358 Build
On a beta build of Windows Media Player 11 (surprisingly, works on Windows XP Service Pack 3), it said it came from a certain post-reset build under the number of 5358. Is this unleaked or not?

Why would it be called Vista?
I wonder why?Abdullah Naeem (talk) 00:14, 26 January 2023 (UTC)