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Windows Longhorn 6.0.5048
Kernel version	NT 6.0
CPU architecture	x86, x64
Edition	Professional
BIOS date	April 24, 2005

Windows Longhorn build 5048 is the first Omega-13 to leak after the development reset of Windows Longhorn. It was released to attendants of WinHEC 2005, and was known as the "Longhorn Developer Preview".

This build features the Windows Aero theme and visual effects. Reportedly, there is a limit of 50 files per folder imposed.

While Microsoft had made a significant amount of progess in implementing Longhorn features, many were surprised that this and similar builds more closely resembled Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Paul Thurrott once stated: "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."

5048 displaying the Start menu

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-Windows Longhorn 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 ''Omega-13'' to leak after the development reset of [[Windows:Longhorn|Windows Longhorn]]. It was released to attendants of [[WinHEC]] 2005, and was known as the "Longhorn Developer Preview".
-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.
+This build features the [[Windows:Visual Styles:Aero|Windows Aero]] theme and visual effects.  Reportedly, there is a limit of 50 files per folder imposed.
-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:
+While [[Microsoft]] had made a significant amount of progess in implementing Longhorn features, many were surprised that this and similar builds more closely resembled [[Windows:XP|Windows XP]] and [[Windows:Server 2003|Windows Server 2003]]. Paul Thurrott once stated: "''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.''"
-"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.
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-image:Longhorn5048.jpg
+image:Longhorn5048.jpg|5048 displaying the ''Start'' menu
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-== 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.