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Windows Longhorn (Vista) build 5048 is the first leaked build of the Omega-13 reset builds. It is the last build branded as Longhorn (leaked).
Windows Longhorn build 5048 is the first leaked build of the Omega-13 reset builds. It is the last build branded as Longhorn (leaked).
This build has full aero and has great effects. There is no sidebar in this build. The build does have a 50 file limit per folder that cannot be removed.  
This build has full aero and has great effects. There is no sidebar in this build. The build does have a 50 file limit per folder that cannot be removed.  
This build was released to attendants at WinHEC on April 24th, 2005, and was known as the "Longhorn Developer Preview". By this point, Aero had been reimplemented into the Longhorn feature set, not to mention that DWM (Desktop Window Manager) had also been reimplemented by this point, although in this build, it was hidden and disabled by default.
While Microsoft had already made quite a lot of progress in reimplementing the actual Longhorn feature set by this point, even as recently as this particular build, however, many people were surprised that this and other similar builds of Longhorn more closely resembled Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, at least in some aspects, than the earlier Longhorn builds from 2003 (one to two years earlier). This included Paul Thurrott of Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows (winsupersite.com), stating the following about this build:
"My thoughts are not positive, not positive at all. This is a painful build to have to deal with after a year of waiting, a step back in some ways. I hope Microsoft has surprises up their sleeves. This has the makings of a train wreck."
One of the most notable features absent in this build, however (and this was also noted by Paul Thurrott in the same article regarding this build), was the abscence of the Sidebar. Not only had it been removed (even despite being one of the most popular features of Longhorn), but Jim Allchin (again, according to Paul Thurrott's article) stated that it was most likely "gone for good".
Aside from the progress that Microsoft was making in reimplementing the Longhorn feature set by the time of this build's compilation, this build also included an updated theme.


A 64-bit version is also avaliable.
A 64-bit version is also avaliable.

Revision as of 19:43, 28 March 2012

Windows Longhorn build 5048 is the first leaked build of the Omega-13 reset builds. It is the last build branded as Longhorn (leaked). This build has full aero and has great effects. There is no sidebar in this build. The build does have a 50 file limit per folder that cannot be removed.

This build was released to attendants at WinHEC on April 24th, 2005, and was known as the "Longhorn Developer Preview". By this point, Aero had been reimplemented into the Longhorn feature set, not to mention that DWM (Desktop Window Manager) had also been reimplemented by this point, although in this build, it was hidden and disabled by default.

While Microsoft had already made quite a lot of progress in reimplementing the actual Longhorn feature set by this point, even as recently as this particular build, however, many people were surprised that this and other similar builds of Longhorn more closely resembled Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, at least in some aspects, than the earlier Longhorn builds from 2003 (one to two years earlier). This included Paul Thurrott of Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows (winsupersite.com), stating the following about this build:

"My thoughts are not positive, not positive at all. This is a painful build to have to deal with after a year of waiting, a step back in some ways. I hope Microsoft has surprises up their sleeves. This has the makings of a train wreck."

One of the most notable features absent in this build, however (and this was also noted by Paul Thurrott in the same article regarding this build), was the abscence of the Sidebar. Not only had it been removed (even despite being one of the most popular features of Longhorn), but Jim Allchin (again, according to Paul Thurrott's article) stated that it was most likely "gone for good".

Aside from the progress that Microsoft was making in reimplementing the Longhorn feature set by the time of this build's compilation, this build also included an updated theme.

A 64-bit version is also avaliable.

Sound drivers are very difficult to install on this build, but it is possible to get them to work.

TweakNT

Most builds after the Omega-13 reset cannot use TweakNT, which removes the timebomb. However, TweakNT is known to successfully remove the timebomb on some early Omega-13 builds, including 5048.