Windows Longhorn build 4040
Build of Windows Longhorn | |
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Version number | 6.0 |
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Build number | 4040 |
Architecture | x86 |
Build lab | Lab04_N |
Compiled on | 2003-08-28 |
Expiration date | |
Timebomb | 2004-02-24 (+180 days) |
SKUs | |
Professional | |
Product key | |
TCP8W-T8PQJ-WWRRH-QH76C-99FBW | |
About dialog | |
Windows Longhorn build 4040 is a Milestone 6 build of Windows Longhorn and is one of the last builds for that milestone. Grabberslasher first gave the details of this build on his UX.Unleaked blog. On 23 January 2020, this build was listed on a BetaArchive thread by the aforementioned user to be released to its FTP, and was released on 31 January 2020, alongside build 4002 and build 5356. This build is one of the last builds to include the Plex theme, together with the main compile of 4042.
Overall, this build has a very similar feature set to builds 4038 and 4039.
Setup[edit | edit source]
Although setup altogether is mostly similar to previous builds of Longhorn, the numeral and clock sprites now no longer contain a transparent background.
Features[edit | edit source]
- Much of the interface remains similar to that of build 4038 due to Lab04's use of older code, likely from the main lab builds. This can be seen in areas such as File Explorer, where the back, forward, favorite and My Computer icons are identical to build 4038.
- Related to Lab04's use of older code, the service
winux
does not exist, which means theming cannot be easily enabled/disabled.
Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]
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.
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 is the last build to contain this bug.