What betas do you recommend?

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What betas do you recommend?

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Hello once again. Now that I finally have FTP access, it's time to test some betas!
If you would do me a favor, and help me out here. Tell me which builds you recommend from:

Memphis
NT 5
Seven
Millennium
Cairo
Longhorn (of course)
and Whistler!

Help is greatly appreciated!
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I would say NT 5 due to your favourite OS being NT 4.0, just so you can see how your favourite OS evolved into something else.
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Longhorn - 4074
Whistler - 2296
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And, if you have any favorite game betas, name them too!
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Longhorn:
3683, 4033, 4066, 4074
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Longhorn 3683, 3718 or 4008 and Whistler 2296 and higher.
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Another idea: you could use Windows Vista build 5112.
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Longhorn:5048,3718,4074; 7:6801,6956;Whistler:2257;2296;2428; Memphis: 1400;1500;1532.
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Well, if you are going to try Longhorn first try the 4074 build, later you can try these builds: 4039/4033 (4039 if you want Aero, but is unstable) 3718, 4093 (Just to see how much Longhorn was broken before the development reset) and 5048

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Nic333 wrote:Well, if you are going to try Longhorn first try the 4074 build, later you can try these builds: 4039/4033 (4039 if you want Aero, but is unstable) 3718, 4093 (Just to see how much Longhorn was broken before the development reset) and 5048

I do NOT recommend 4093 at all. Sometimes it installs in 12 hours!

And I forgot this... for NT 5, you can try 1691, I have written a guide for it.
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Try Whistler 2296 mate, to me it's the best version of whistler out there...

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Here's my personal favourites (opinion may vary):

Memphis: 1525
NT 5.0: 1902
7: 6801
Millennium: Beta 1
Longhorn: 4074 and 5112
Whistler: 2257
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computebrute wrote:Hello once again. Now that I finally have FTP access, it's time to test some betas!
If you would do me a favor, and help me out here. Tell me which builds you recommend from:

Memphis
NT 5
Seven
Millennium
Cairo
Longhorn (of course)
and Whistler!

Help is greatly appreciated!
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I appreciate all the suggestions I'm getting. What every person new to betas (probably) already noticed, is that not everything works in them, i.e. Whistler 2296, the cursor doesn't move.
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computebrute wrote:Whistler 2296, the cursor doesn't move.
That's a problem on your side though. A lot of people installed 2296 and the cursor moved for them.
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computebrute wrote:Hello once again. Now that I finally have FTP access, it's time to test some betas!
If you would do me a favor, and help me out here. Tell me which builds you recommend from:

Memphis
NT 5
Seven
Millennium
Cairo
Longhorn (of course)
and Whistler!

Help is greatly appreciated!
Hmm. For Whistler, I would personally suggest looking at the earliest builds, namely 2250. Longhorn's got a long and interesting development, so I'd suggest going through the BA wiki and deciding for yourself. 4074 is the obvious answer, but you might find the earlier builds to be a bit more interesting.

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Maybe Windows 7 Build 7100, Windows 8 Build 8250 CP, Windows 8.1 Build 9431, or Windows 8.1 6.3.9600.16610, but you don't want them.

Okay, then Windows Longhorn 5112 looks nice.
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computebrute wrote:Hello once again. Now that I finally have FTP access, it's time to test some betas!
If you would do me a favor, and help me out here. Tell me which builds you recommend from:

Memphis
NT 5
Seven
Millennium
Cairo
Longhorn (of course)
and Whistler!

Help is greatly appreciated!
I'm not sure if my input means anything, but my favorite builds of Windows "Longhorn" are 4051.idx02.031001-1340, 4074.idx02.040425-1535, and 4093.main.040819-1215. The reason I am fond of 4051 and 4074 is because they were released during PDC 2003 and WinHEC 2004, respectively. Although it differs from the final operating system in many ways, 4093 has always reminded me of Windows Vista.

I've not bothered with Memphis or the rest as I never really had a reason to do so.
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My Favorite:
Whistler 2296(Watercolor theme,right)
Longhorn 3683,3718,4008

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Whistler: 2257, 2416, 2419, 2428, 2457 and 2458.
Longhorn: 3781, 4008, 4015, 4039, 4051, 4074 and 5270.
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I'd recommend:

Windows Whistler Build 2419. (It's the last build of Whistler with the watercolor theme and has a lot of XP features. And as far as I've seen, pretty stable compared to other builds I've tried before.) I've actually installed this on real hardware and it works pretty well.

Windows Longhorn Build 4074. (You'd have to apply a lot of tweaks and stuff to make explorer more stable and you'd need to manually enable Aero.)

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Try any build you want.
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I do not recommend 4074, it's slow and very unstable, 5048 is much better.

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I even tried installing 4074 but longhorn 4074 won't boot up.
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Memphis - 4.10.1351, 4.10.1434, 4.10.1538
NT5 - 5.00.1631, 5.00.1796, 5.00.1911, 5.00.1946
Seven - 6.10.6469, 6.10.6801
Millennium - 4.90.2332.2, 4.90.2380.2, 4.90.2452
Cairo - 4.00.1130, 4.00.1175, 4.00.1264
Longhorn - 6.00.3683, 6.00.3718, Server 6.00.4028, Server 6.00.4066
Whistler - 5.01.2250, 5.01.2296, 5.01.2410, 5.01.2462

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