Hello everybody

For simply curiosity, which version of Longhorn can be used in primary OS ?

Thanks for yours answers

4074 I presume...

3718 and 4001 (unleaked) are good for that. 4074 is also fine.

I must say 3718 is also stable enough

That's probably near the top of the list of builds that can't.



Lol, neat suggestion.

I've managed to keep 4093 running on an old laptop for at least a year now

Ok thanks. I ask again, but for Whistler.

Good to known, i've never tried Longhorn, but read much about it and souds a cool os...to use as primary os for testing

From my experience, any build can be on primary but some are less stable and/or has a timebomb. Both of these can be fixed professionally.

What? Yes, bugs and timebombs can be fixed professionally but the average "beta tester" isn't a professional.

Very early (Codename Whistler) or late ones (XP RC). The ones in the middle have MSI problems AFAIK...

MSI is usually updatable.I needed a newer release in my Longhorn builds.

I'd love to run Longhorn on a laptop, how would one go about disabling the date checks and timebombs?

CPCookieMan

You can't disable the date checks, but you can remove the timebomb by running a program called TweakNT 1.21. For some reason, you have to install Longhorn, set it one day past the installation date and then run TweakNT; if you try and run it immediately following installation it won't run properly.

Aha! That's why it didn't run properly that time I tried it........Interesting...very interesting. Thanks for the tip!

If I can't set the correct date, then it wont work on HTTPS (like all of Google now)! How can I fix that? Or can I set the right date once it's installed?

CPCookieMan

No. You have to crack both timebombs (NT Timebomb and Activation), then you can set the date forward. Google will work if your date isn't set right, you just have to accept an invalid SSL certificate.

You could also download the cracks on your main system and then insert the installers into the virtual hard disk.

So TweakNT or AntiWPA will crack both for me?

CPCookieMan

TweakNT 1.21 will nuke the NT Timebomb and AntiWPA will nuke activation, yes.

AntiWPA can screw some builds up, the most reliable method is replacing winlogon.exe with a pre-patched version:

http://thounsell.co.uk/lh-winlogon/

Once I do that, I don't or do still have to use TweakNT?

CPCookieMan

TweakNT just patches the NT Timebomb, it does nothing for activation which can be cracked with AntiWPA or a Winlogon.exe patch.