Windows Longhorn Build 4011

This is Windows Longhorn Build 4011 (4011.main.030305-2045) in VMware Workstation Pro (mostly). This is a Milestone 4 which was compiled on 2003-03-05 and expires on 2004-03-01 and was made available on 21 July 2006. I had DCE working in this build, but only for a little while because it makes the OS more unstable. This build was quite a pain to install because I found out after hours of attempts that this build for whatever reason cannot be clean installed in VMware (thanks to NTLDR errors after finishing the second portion of setup). This can most likely be upgraded in VMware and I'm sure there's easier ways of getting the OS to work, but my goal was to do a clean install and get DCE working.

How I got this to run:
I used VirtualBox 7.0.20 to get past the first portion of setup and VMware Workstation Pro 6.5 for the rest. You can use newer versions of VMware of course, but make sure backwards compatibility is set to version 6.5-7.0, but if you use newer versions than VMware than 6.5, DCE will not work.

Use Longhorn packet (which can be found off BetaArchive) and copy the .ISO's files there and save it.

I first of all created the VMware VM, then created a VirtualBox VM using Server 2003 guest settings and attached the .vmdk file to that to run setup (don't worry about setting the BIOS date yet if you plan on doing exactly what I did). Finish the first portion of setup, then once you get to the boot screen for the first time, immediately shut off the VM and switch to VMware.

VMware VM settings:
OS set to Windows Server 2003
40 GB IDE HDD
1 GB RAM
3D Acceleration Enabled

Drivers used: VMware Tools 6.5.2 for video and 6.5 for audio

Music:
1. PlayStation 2 & Windows Longhorn Remix:    • DJ Error - PlayStation 2 & Windows Longhor...  
2. Whistler Tour Music:    • Windows Whistler (XP Beta) Tour Music  
3. Happy (Windows XP Remix):    • DJ Error - Happy (Windows XP Remix)  
4. Windows Classic Remix:    • Windows Classic Remix  
5. Windows 11 Random Remix 2:    • DJ Error - Windows 11 Random Remix 2  
6. Windows XP welcome music remix (By Stray Objects):    • Windows XP welcome music remix  
7. Windows 2000 Random Remix 7:    • DJ Error - Windows 2000 Random Remix 7  
8. Windows 95 Random Remix:    • DJ Error - Windows 95 Random Remix  
9. Windows Whistler Remix:    • DJ Error - Windows Whistler Remix  
10. Windows XP Welcome Music (Reversed):    • Windows XP Welcome Music Reversed  
11. Windows Classic Remix:    • Windows Classic Remix  
12. Whistler Tour Music:    • Windows Whistler (XP Beta) Tour Music  

Timestamps:
0:00 Timestamps
0:05 Installation
3:09 Drivers
4:56 DCE
6:03 Display Properties
10:45 Control Panel
18:08 System Sounds
19:53 Control Panel Continued
34:42 Applications
51:25 Sidebar
55:34 Media Folder
57:43 End

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