Windows XP build 2600.3205

5.1.2600.3205.xpsp.070831-1912
Build of Windows XP
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OS familyWindows NT
Version number5.1
Build number2600
Build revision3205
Architecturex86
Build labxpsp
Compiled on2007-08-31
SKUs
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Professional
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Windows XP build 2600.3205 is a SP3 beta build of Windows XP, which was released to participants of Microsoft Connect on 6 October 2007. This build was initially only available in the English language. The Japanese version of this build was later provided to BetaWorld members and then publicly uploaded on 18 November 2022.[1] A German version is known to exist, but has since been lost.

NFO files[edit | edit source]

The following NFO files were included as part of the BetaInsiders and WinBeta releases.

BetaInsiders (German)



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            █   We are currently looking for:                      █
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            █   - 10 Mbit+ sites for group internal use            █
            █   - 100 Mbit+ affils                                 █
            █   - Beta Software supplier (Longhorn TAP, ...)       █
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            █   Contact us:                                        █
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            █   If you know us, you'll know where we are ;)        █
            █   You dont know where we are? Then email us at:      █
            █   betainsiders@hush.com                              █
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            █   We disapprove any distribution of our releases on  █
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            █   other way.                                         █
            █   We don't support Warez Software! We are only here  █
            █   to bring you an evaluation! Any software in our    █
            █   releases are only inteded for use with a valid     █
            █   license. We are not responsible for the use and    █
            █   installation of this software. If you choose to    █
            █   install and test this software and if you choose   █
            █   to keep it, you have to buy a license for this     █
            █   software. If you don't have a valid licsense of    █
            █   this software, we are not responsible for any      █
            █   charges from any software companies or people      █
            █   working for any software companies.                █
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            █   And greetz to all Alpha and Beta Release Groups    █last update
            █   in the Scene!                                      █ 08/2006
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 | | | Release Date.....: October 4th, 2007                                 |^| | |
 | | | Directory Name...: Microsoft.Windows.XP.SP3.Build.3205.Beta.1.       | | | |
 | | | Supplier.........: Microsoft                 READ.NFO-WinBeta        | | | |
 | | | Type.............: OS                                                | | | |
 | | | Format.......... : .exe (as supplied by Microsoft)                   |-| | |
 | | | Number of Discs..: 1                                                 ||| | |
 | | | Archives.........: 24 x 15 MB (2% rar recovery record)               ||| | |
 | | | Files............: wb-xpsp3b3205.rxx                                 |-| | |
 | | | Protection.......: n/a                                               | | | |
 | | | Requirements.....: CPU: 233MHz+ / RAM: 128MB+ / Win XP               | | | |
 | | | Link.............: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/               |_| | |
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 | | |This is the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 3205, Beta 1.             | | | |
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Changes[edit | edit source]

  • Updated the copyright date in winver.exe from 1981–2001 to just 2007. However, the banner still reads 1985–2001.
  • The Address taskband has started to be removed, it'll be normally inaccessible, unless you use a glitch involving the Language Bar taskband.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Japanese language variant[edit | edit source]

German language variant (unleaked)[edit | edit source]

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