Windows Longhorn build 4039 (Lab06_n.030827-1717)

6.0.4039.Lab06_n.030827-1717
	Build of Windows Longhorn
Version number	6.0
Build number	4039
Architecture	x86
Build lab	Lab06_n
Compiled on	2003-08-27
Expiration date
Timebomb	2004-02-23 (+180 days)
SKUs
	Professional
Product key
	TCP8W-T8PQJ-WWRRH-QH76C-99FBW
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Windows Longhorn build 4039 (Lab06_n.030827-1717) is a Milestone 6 build of Windows Longhorn, which was shared online on 22 August 2007.^[1]

Setup[edit | edit source]

Setup is mostly similar to the earlier compilation of this build.

Setup
Setup - product key
Setup - EULA
Setup - installation choices
Setup - copying files
Setup - hardware portion

New features and changes[edit | edit source]

A new settings page called "Rules and Alerts" is now accessible via the "Rules..." item found in the "Options" menu of a notification. It is possible to create new rules that will apply to a "General Windows notification" containing specific words or phrases specified by the user themselves. For example, creating a new rule whose specific word is "activation" and then choosing the "Never show anything onscreen for these alerts" will stop showing the Windows activation notification.
A prototype of the Phodeo feature is included in this build.
A new Communication History shell folder is also implemented.

Hidden sidebar tiles[edit | edit source]

Five sidebar tiles, namely Conversation, Picture Copy Progress, Power, RMA Test Tile and Web Host Tile have a "Transient" property set to 1 in the registry, which makes them unselectable from the sidebar "Options" menu. By setting the aforementioned property to 0 it is possible to make them selectable just like other tiles. Simply create a .reg file out of the following text and import it into the registry:

 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Startbar\Modules]
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Startbar\Modules\{54a8e92b-cbf8-445e-93ca-6ffa6ff20c4e}]
 "Transient"=dword:00000000
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Startbar\Modules\{6F304AE0-4D0C-440C-84FF-529F3FBBBA94}]
 "Transient"=dword:00000000
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Startbar\Modules\{ADB25DD1-FA06-455c-B9BE-AE91CB626D64}]
 "Transient"=dword:00000000
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Startbar\Modules\{efc81dee-7dcf-41b7-9aa7-b1834d7a1bb1}]
 "Transient"=dword:00000000
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Startbar\Modules\{f49f272a-ddee-40ea-97e3-a947e04a9fd0}]
 "Transient"=dword:00000000

Bugs[edit | edit source]

Desktop Compositing Engine[edit | edit source]

For all its instabilities, although this build's Desktop Compositing Engine can render the DCE window frames, it tends to be extremely buggy easily after a while.

Installation[edit | edit source]

Some copies of this build's installation media prevents it from booting due to a call to a non-existent index in the INSTALL.WIM by SETUPLDR.BIN. To install this build in this case, Using a WinPE from a previous build is recommended.
On some installs, once copying files has completed, setup will fail to create a boot.ini file. Although booting will still be possible, NTLDR will default to C:\WINDOWS.

Safe mode[edit | edit source]

Safe mode prevents the user from logging in due to the login process change in build 4032, as it will result in "There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper". This bug persists until build 4040.