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- ...that the IA-64 compile of Windows Server 2003 build 2462 includes login banners for a Personal edition of Windows 2000?
- ...that early builds of Windows Me replaced the safe to shutdown screen with a blue screen?
- ...that the September 11 attacks caused major sudden changes to the "Prepare to Fly" advertising campaign for Windows XP?
- ...that Apple has officially released several developer releases of what would later become Mac OS X for the x86 architecture as a part of its NeXT legacy, and secretly continued to maintain the port until Tiger?
- ...that Windows Server 2003 has been renamed four times during development, before settling on its final name?
- ...that internal builds of Windows Phone, Windows Core OS and Windows 10 include test applications with names starting with a "z" prefix?
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Start screen in Windows 10 Mobile build 16241
Problems encountered during development led to the creation and release of a stopgap release based on a direct fork of the Creators Update. It was eventually cancelled due to a reallocation of resources towards the Windows Core OS project. (Full article...)
