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{@@npl@@} Did you know... ...that as early as 2003, Microsoft already explained that Windows Longhorn was based not on Windows XP but on Windows Server 2003 code? ...that according to then-Windows NT chief architect and project manager Dave Cutler, the internal name of NT 4.0 was Tukwila or Windows NT 3.99? ...that you can't create a folder called CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT0, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 anywhere on any Windows version? ...that there could be a planned Personal edition of Windows 2000, because Windows Server 2003 build 2462 included login banners for the edition? ...that photos can be stacked by camera models in Windows Vista to view all photos that were taken with a specific camera? For previous items, visit the archive.

Featured articles Featured articles as of April 2024 are Microsoft Max, Windows Longhorn/Longhorn Days, Activity Centers, and Windows Sidebar. Previous items: Windows Longhorn/6.0.3683.Lab06 N.020923-1821 Next-Generation Secure Computing Base WinFS Windows Vista/5.2.3790.1232.winmain.040819-1629 Windows Neptune/5.5.5111.1 For more, please visit the archive.{@@npl@@} Featured articles Windows Vista/5.2.3790.1232.winmain.040819-1629 Windows Neptune/5.5.5111.1

Latest leaked builds {@@npl@@} Latest leaked builds Windows 8 6.2.8064.0.fbl_eeap.110806-1000

Helpful hints for editors Read the wiki guidelines! That page tells you how builds should be organised and other helpful information about the wiki's rules. Make pages for recently leaked builds! Help us to organize by placing pages in their right category (in example: Windows 1.0 should go in the category "Microsoft Windows"). Search for articles that can be improved. The stub category is a nice place to start.{@@npl@@} Helpful hints for editors Read the wiki guidelines! That page tells you how builds should be organised and other helpful information about the wiki's rules. Make pages for recently leaked builds! Help us to organize by placing pages in their right category (in example: Windows 1.0 should go in the category "Microsoft Windows"). Search for articles that can be improved. The stub category is a nice place to start.