Whistler 2419

Author: Blue Horizon

This build in many ways marks the end of an era, and for a good reason. But that's for next time.

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Yet another redesigned boot screen. It doesn't even bother showing the copyright date or Microsoft logo.

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MS changed the look of the setup yet again, it still functions the same way as before.

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And of course, they changed the look of the OOBE. Besides that, it's still the same as before.

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The desktop is nearly the same as last time.

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"Activate Windows" is now shown in the first level of "More Programs". Pushy much, Bill?

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The Activation dialog now actually opens...

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...but thankfully it doesn't work.

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The red title bars when another window pertaining to it is open is gone. I'm not sure if this is a bug, or if it was intentional.

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More of the games icons have been changed and it now includes "Hearts" and "Spider Solitaire".

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The famous "Bliss" wallpaper as well as some other familar ones from the final make their debut here.

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And finally, here is a prototype of the tour. Which is actually just a Flash program.

Clicking the link at the bottom left takes you to a non-existent help page.

If you want to try this "tour" out yourself, you can download it here:

tour.exe

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