Windows XP/5.1.2410.main.001208-1937

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Windows Whistler 2410.1.main.001208-1937
Kernel version NT 5.1
CPU architecture x86
Edition Professional
BIOS date December 12, 2000
TCB F6PGG-4YYDJ-3FF3T-R328P-3BXTG


First leaked Pre-Beta 2 build of Windows XP. It included a number of new features, such as renaming Professional theme to "Watercolor", some high-color icons, IE6 with Media and IM Explorer bars, Outlook Express 6, Movie Maker 1.1,MSN Explorer 1.1,Media Player 8.0, Internet Information Services 5.1.

Here's a video showing the OOBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73qqp8lq1Cs

Features

  • Startpage could be enabled by adding the following to the registry:[1]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "FaultID"=dword:00000065

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage\Normal\W32Control1]

According to Twitter user Albacore (@thebookisclosed), the Start button is mapped to the Startpage.[2]

Gallery

References

  1. Albacore (@thebookisclosed) (4 October 2020). Here's a .reg for enabling it yourself 😊 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer "FaultID"=dword:00000065 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage\Normal\W32Control1]]. Twitter. Retrieved on 16 April 2022.
  2. Albacore (@thebookisclosed) (4 October 2020). In case you wonder, the Start button does map to it. The regular Start menu is nowhere to be seen. It's kinda funny that we could've faced the Windows 8 predicament 10 years early.. Twitter. Retrieved on 16 April 2022.