Change bios date, install Vista, replace file then change date again.

Also.. if youre trying to get a beta, set it back to july 27,2005....
Just a suggestion for beta 1 (im not sure for beta 2 what to put)

there is 3683 build but i wrote the date and nothing... i dont know why

Sorry if this has been asked but can you set the BIOS date in virtualbox?

Ah thanks, maybe itd be worth putting that in the OP?

No problem, it's sticky topic

What I don't get is what exactly is Lonhorn? I thought it was codename for vista but everyone still uses it
Anyway I think I still have an old vista beta CD and just like 7 they look so much different in beta form... so much changes!

Longhorn is the codename for Windows Vista.

Yes and Longhorn isn't named after those cattle with huge horns, but a bar in the Whistler Black comb resort in British Columbia. Want to know about Longhorn, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_longhorn

Thanks alot, I've had longhorn builds I couldn't run because of the BIOS dates.

Is the Windows Vista Beta 2 a Longhorn release, too ?

I installed Longhorn Build 4074 at 12.03.2010, two days later it wouldt start.

4074 would be expired for very long time then. It was supposed to be at least to 26th April, 2004.

Not exactly it was the 2nd build to be called Vista! That's based on the Longhorn Omega-13 (= name for Longhorn after the reset at build 4093)

Nice post

is this longhorn based on the video named as Codename Longhorn ?? which has some cool UI ??

No. That video was only a concept and was never a real OS.

It's DD/MM/YYYY

Thanks for the list! Soon off to look for cool longhorn builds! Hope I find many!

Does anyone know how to get virtual PC to stop getting the time from my computer?
To use longhorn build 3683 I have to set my computers time to 23 September 2002.

Now Virtual PC can't even read the file.

Try http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18941

Didn't work.
Couldn't find VMC file for some reason.
You might want to do another release.