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- ...that Windows Longhorn build 4015 (main) includes an early iteration of transparent window borders?
- ...that early builds of Windows Me replaced the safe to shutdown screen with a blue screen?
- ...that Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition is the only released version of Windows to use the login screen originating from beta 2 builds of Windows 2000?
- ...that Windows Vista build 5000 (vbl_core.040803-2000) was compiled earlier than the official development reset build?
- ...that the supposed Longhorn sound scheme wasn't included in any Windows build, and in fact actually originated from a Samsung OEM theme for Windows XP?
- ...that the IA-64 compile of Windows Server 2003 build 2462 includes login banners for a Personal edition of Windows 2000?
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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...)