Windows Longhorn build 4011
| Build of Windows Longhorn | |
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| OS family | Windows NT |
|---|---|
| Version number | 6.0 |
| Build number | 4011 |
| Architecture | x86 |
| Build lab | main |
| Compiled on | 2003-03-05 |
| Expiration date | |
| Timebomb | 2004-03-01 (+362 days) |
| SKUs | |
| Professional | |
| Product key | |
| CKY24-Q8QRH-X3KMR-C6BCY-T847Y | |
| About dialog | |
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Windows Longhorn build 4011 is a Milestone 4 build of Windows Longhorn, which was shared online on 21 July 2006.[1]
New features and changes[edit | edit source]
Setup[edit | edit source]
Product key characters are now uppercase, along with dashes now being added every five letters.
After partitioning the disk, Setup now asks the user to set a computer name.
Product key
Computer name
Boot screen[edit | edit source]
A new boot screen has been introduced, which features the Longhorn logo and wordmark along with the Windows XP progressbar.
Boot screen
User interface[edit | edit source]
Notifications[edit | edit source]
Notifications now contain a close button, no longer requiring the user to wait until the notification expires.
Sidebar[edit | edit source]
Nearly all sidebar tiles were updated and no longer require a registry modification to appear.
Search now features a search bar, along with a My Stuff button, where the user can search for their files, help & tasks, contacts or internet queries.
The Windows Media Player tile has been updated, featuring new control buttons, information about the song currently being played and a playlist function. However, these features are not known to work, as attempting to open a file will result in a MediaUXSrv.exe crash, followed by an Explorer crash, rendering the tile unusable.
A new Synchronize tile was added, which automatically synchronizes the data on the user's computer with the data on the network.
The Quick Launch, Most Frequent Apps and User tiles have been shrunk down to match the content inside of them.
The Set sidebar & taskbar side options located in the sidebar context menu have been replaced with a Bar Settings option. This option opens an Avalon-based app where the user can select a pre-configured sidebar and taskbar setup, or their own configuration.
Tiles now also fade in and fade out when being added or removed.
Search, Synchronize and Media Player tiles
Avalon-based Bar Settings app, along with resized tiles and sidebar context menu.
Windows Explorer[edit | edit source]
The task view pane has been updated to feature a gray to blue gradient when viewing My Computer or the Control Panel in Classic View. The pane itself now features three documents in the background, along with a counter specifying how many items are in the currently viewed folder. The icon of the currently selected file, drive or folder is now also shown.
This is the earliest currently available build to contain 3D View, a feature that animates the desktop background and icons. It can be enabled by holding down the ⇧ Shift key, right clicking on a part of the desktop, selecting View and then enabling 3D View. When enabled, the wallpaper will animate and icons will spin around while being hovered over.
Task view pane
3D View and spinning icons
Control Panel[edit | edit source]
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The Parental Controls icon was updated to represent a parent and two children.
Desktop Compositing Engine[edit | edit source]
Unlike build 4008, the Desktop Compositing Engine now functions. However, it only provides transparency effects.
Desktop Compositing Engine
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
The copyright date seen in the winver.exe banner has been updated to read 1985-2003 instead of 1985-2006.
NFO file[edit | edit source]
Build 4011 was leaked with the following NFO.
NFO contents
Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]
Installation[edit | edit source]
- This build's
win32k.syscontains issues that prevent proper operation within the Preinstallation Environment, resulting in failed system installation attempts. To resolve this problem, a previous version ofwin32k.sysis required, which must be implemented by booting the installation media using Standard PC mode configuration. - On installations of this build with a clean disk, Setup will fail to create a
boot.inifile. Although booting will still be possible,NTLDRwill default toC:\WINDOWS. - The out-of-box experience crashes after selecting Next on the first page.
General[edit | edit source]
The sidebar will fail to render properly when adjusting the resolution.
Windows Explorer[edit | edit source]
Icons become gradually more pixelated when scrolling.
Themes[edit | edit source]
The Luna theme uses the Arial font in most places rather than Trebuchet MS or Tahoma.
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
Windows Storage Engine often crashes on startup.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Setup[edit | edit source]
CD autorun
Welcome screen
End-user license agrrement
Target partition selection
Formatting partition
Copying files
Loading hardware setup
Hardware detection phase
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
Boot screen
Notification
Longhorn Status
Longhorn Status settings
Blue Luna theme
Olive Green Luna theme
Silver Luna theme
Windows Classic theme
Plex theme
Safe to shutdown screen
System crash (in this build's PE if the user invokes ⇧ Shift+F10)
