Windows Vista build 3790.1232

Windows Vista build 3790.1232 is one of the first builds of Windows Vista compiled after the development reset, and the first to be built by the new winmain build lab. It is essentially a recompile of a contemporary Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 build with the same number, and therefore not functionally a Longhorn build. However, as it was compiled from a branch that was only introduced within post-reset Longhorn and was distributed with the Longhorn EULA, it is still usually considered as one.
The build was first shown by Grabberslasher on his UX.Unleaked blog on 2 May 2008.Grabberslasher. 5.2.3790.1232.winmain.040819-1629, UX.Unleaked. 2 May 2008. The Professional SKU variant of this build was uploaded onto the BetaArchive FTP server on 14 August 2011,mrpijey. MS Windows Server 2003 (.NET Server 5.2.3790.1232) Pro, BetaArchive. 14 August 2011. while the unmodified Professional copy and Home Edition versions of this build was shared by Grabberslasher in the second set of his 33 Longhorn/Vista builds on 25 January 2020.Grabberslasher. New Longhorn Builds for a New Decade, BetaArchive. 23 January 2020.
==Background==
Microsoft faced numerous unsolvable fundamental problems throughout work on the original Longhorn project such as stability issues (e.g.: memory leaks and system crashes), organizational management problems (such as lack of team morale and an unworkable build lab system) and feature creep, additionally compounded by the significant lack of work done to optimize the operating system and the use of relatively new or otherwise unfinished technologies such as the .NET Framework, Avalon and Managed C++ - patterns of which would eventually allude to development hell. Because of this, the project's development was ultimately reset and its underlying codebase switched to the latest mainline compile of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, which was still in the works at the time. In addition, its planned feature set was reconsidered and a near-total ban on usage of .NET was instituted within the Windows source tree, with an exemption being applied against a very limited subset of system components. The build is virtually unchanged from its base code, aside from it being compiled in the new winmain branch.
From this build onwards, the Longhorn development team would set out to borrow, reintegrate and/or rewrite code from older Longhorn builds and adapt it to a stable codebase; examples of such functionality would be the User-Mode Driver Framework (introduced in build 5001) and the kernel-mode DirectX Graphics Interface (DXGI) system driver.
== Leak ==
The Professional SKU variant of this build was released with the following notes from the original leaker. According to mrpijey, an administrator of the BetaArchive forum, it was provided by an anonymous source.
Another thread about the build containing an NFO alleging that the original leak was a "RELEASE BY "KiTTY"" was discussed on the aforementioned website,Taylorover9000. Do you think Build 3790.1232 Is a Longhorn Build?, BetaArchive. 19 August 2011. containing comments possibly directed at staff along with other unnamed individuals. A similar document containing a series of vulgar or otherwise obscene comments made directly against the forum's staff later appeared as part of an NFO included as part of the public upload for Windows 8 build 8888 (win8_gdr_soc_intel).
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== Bugs and quirks ==
===Zero-day activation===
The build must be activated before log-on. Most versions online have a way to remove this activation method, although the copy on BetaArchive's FTP server has these methods removed. The only way to boot this build with the zero-day timebomb activated is to use Safe mode.
The available copies of this build had its PIDGEN.DLL replaced with the one from Windows Longhorn build 3718 by the original leaker, resulting in Windows failing to create an installation ID for activation.
===Missing files in the original images===
The original copies of this build lack a multitude of binaries that are expected to be copied during the installation process. The following files must be provided to setup in some way for it to finish correctly, either as stubs or real components from a period-correct build that has them.
Blank.txt
Empty.txt
Sample1.jpg
Sample2.jpg
filters.xml
moviemk.chm
moviemk.exe
news.png
paint.png
wWMalert.wav
wWMemail.wav
wWMonline.wav
wlogowin.gif
wlvback.gif
wmsgsc.dll
wmsgslang.dll
wmsmsgs.exe
wtype.wav
wxpmsgr.chm
==Gallery==
=== Interface ===
File:WindowsOmega13-5.2.3790-Boot.PNG|Boot screen
File:WindowsOmega-13-5.2.3790-FirstBoot.png|First boot
File:Windows Server 2003 Build 3790.1232.PNG|Start menu
File:WindowsLonghorn-5.2.3790omega-13-blstartmenu.png|Luna theme
File:WindowsLonghorn-5.2.3790omega-13-oglstartmenu.png|Olive Green theme
File:WindowsLonghorn-5.2.3790omega-13-slstartmenu.png|Silver theme
File:WindowsLonghorn-5.2.3790omega-13-wcstartmenu.png|Windows Classic theme
File:37901232-HomeEdition.png|Winver and End-user license agreement (Home Edition SKU)
File:WindowsVista-5.2.3790.1232-SafeMode.png|Safe mode desktop
File:WindowsXP-Hibernating.png|Hibernation screen
File:WinXPSafe.png|Safe to shutdown screen
==== UX.Unleaked images ====
WindowsVista-5.2.3790.1232.winmain-UXUnleakedImg1.jpg|End-user license agreement
WindowsVista-5.2.3790.1232.winmain-UXUnleakedImg2.jpg|Empty desktop and start menu
==References==
Category:Windows Vista builds