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Build 2446 from February 2001 which looks very much like the finished UI and no longer contained Active Desktop.

Build 2276 from September 2000, which looks like a hybrid of Windows 2000 and XP with a changed started menu.

Build 2211 from March 2000, which still very much looked like Windows 2000 and still included things like Active Desktop.

In the video I examine three builds from the development phase of Windows Whistler: You will also see one build that had a different looking UI with a story behind it.ĭevelopment started in 1999 with the first preview builds coming out early 2000.

In the video you can see how the UI evolved over the development, becoming the Windows XP many of us remember well. Windows Whistler was the code name for what became Windows XP and replaced Windows 2000. Time for another look back at pre-release version of Windows using Hyper-V and today it is the Windows Whistler project. However, the only changes from the Windows 2000 boot screen are the 'Microsoft Codename Whistler' name replacing 'Windows 2000 Professional' and the removal of the 'Built on NT Technology', RetroVM, Video, Windows Whistler, Windows XP The Professional SKU does not have it enabled by default, but it can now be enabled or disabled in the Taskbar and Start Menu properties.ClearType is introduced in this build, and can now be enabled or disabled in the Desktop Properties.A new boot screen is introduced in this build. The theme was renamed 'Watercolor' in build 2410.Along with the Professional theme, the Start Panel (now called the Start Menu) has been given a makeover, and it is now enabled by default in the Personal SKU.

In later builds (before 2428, when Luna was introduced) the theme looks exactly the same. This build was released in Personal and Professional SKUs, just like build 2250.Changes from the previous build The Professional theme has been given a makeover. Windows XP build 2257 was released in late 2000-08 as a 'final preview' before, which was due in October at that time.