Windivs 2k3
Windivs 2k3 is the 1st major version of Windivs, released to manufacturing (RTM) on July 23, 2023. The first preview was released to the Technical Preview program on July 15, 2023. Service Pack 1 released to RTM on July 29, 2023 and Service Pack 2 released to RTM on October 5, 2023.
| Preview builds of Windivs 2k3 RTM
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| 0.4.15-alpha
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Technical Preview:July 15, 2023
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- Initial release of Windivs, still branded as ReactOS
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| 5.2.3742
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Beta Preview:July 16, 2023
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- First Windivs build to use a Windows NT-like versioning system
- First Windivs build to use Windivs branding
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| 5.2.3757
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Beta Preview:July 17, 2023
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- Many graphical assets changed to Windivs ones
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| 5.2.3765
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Release Preview:July 19, 2023
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| 5.2.3771
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Release Preview:July 20, 2023
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- Add more Windivs branding throughout the OS
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| Preview builds of Windivs 2k3 SP1
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| 5.2.3790.25
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Beta Preview:July 27, 2023
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- Add Windivs bootscreen
- Add Disk Cleanup
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| Public patches of Windivs 2k3
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| 5.2.3790.1
Windivs 2k3 RTM
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KB10000
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Beta Preview, Release Preview, and Public Release:July 23, 2023
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- Windivs 2k3 has finally reached RTM! In line with this, the Windivs Version Status text in the Setup has been updated
- ReactOS references throughout the OS have been changed to Windivs ones
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| 5.2.3790.55
Windivs 2k3 Service Pack 1
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KB11000
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Public release:July 29, 2023
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- Disk Cleanup has been introduced
- Setup updated to show name of OS, not build number
- A new, Windivs-branded bootscreen has been introduced!
- Fixes to Task Manager
- Fixes to minimized windows' behaviour when maximized/shown on the desktop
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| 5.2.3790.71
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KB11010
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Public release:September 7, 2023
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- Don't reference uninitialized PCB to avoid BSOD in IP (Internet Protocol) code. Use 10 second timeout value instead of infinite in the KMTEST.
- Fix standard time description for "Mountain Standard Time" in some locales
- Fix the way in which the current timezone is found in the timezones list
- Add type casts to Notepad to fix warnings
- Use 10 second timeout value instead of infinite in the KMTEST
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| 5.2.3790.87
Windivs 2k3 Service Pack 2
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KB12000
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Public release:October 5, 2023
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- winver banners have been slightly updated
- Timezone fixes
- Use 10 second timeout instead of infinite in the KMTEST
- NTUSER fixes
- Check CMake compiler's minimal version when building
- Fix typos
- Fix build warnings in MSVC builds
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| 5.2.3790.95
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KB12050
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Public release:October 21, 2023
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- Major improvements to mspaint
- Translation improvements by @Prowindows62, thank you so much!!
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| 5.2.3790.100
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KB12070
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Public release:November 26, 2023
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- Remove an obsolete comment
- Fix exception on modifying deleted file type
- Add missing newlines to DPRINT calls
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| 5.2.3790.112
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KB12090
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Public release:December 27, 2023
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- Bugfixes
- New IME features
- Fixes to device installation
- Fixes to WINESYNC
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Windivs 2k8
Windivs 2k8 (internally and occasionally publicly referred to as Windivs Astiv) is the 2nd major version of Windivs, released to manufacturing (RTM) on October 5, 2023. The first preview was released to the Technical Preview program on July 19, 2023. Major new features include a new theme, Slate+, which is a slightly modified version of the Lautus theme from ReactOS made to match Windows Vista's design aesthetics more closely, a Disk Cleanup applet, shutdown sound support, renaming Windivs Workstation to Windivs Professional, and some small screensaver improvements.
| Preview builds of Windivs 2k8/Astiv
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| 5.2.3683
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Technical Preview:July 19, 2023
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| 5.2.3706
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Technical Preview:July 21, 2023
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- Adds memory button to winver
- Minor changes to UI elements
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| 5.2.3718
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Technical Preview:July 22, 2023
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- Actual release date is unknown
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| 5.3.4005
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Technical Preview:July 22, 2023
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- Kernel version now 5.3
- Windivs branding is now used across the entire OS
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| 5.3.4015
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Technical Preview:July 23, 2023
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| 5.3.4031
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Technical Preview:July 23, 2023
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- Introduced Disk Cleanup, eventually backported to Windivs 2k3 SP1
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| 5.3.4038
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Technical Preview:July 23, 2023
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- Important changes to internal OS components
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| 5.3.4066
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Technical Preview:July 24, 2023
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| 6.0.5000
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Technical Preview:July 24, 2023
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- Introduced a new bootscreen
- Added shutdown sound support
- Kernel version now 6.0
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| 6.0.5048
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Technical Preview:July 26, 2023
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- Added a large selection of wallpapers
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| 6.0.5112
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Beta Preview:July 27, 2023
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- Redesigned a large number of graphical assets throughout the OS
- Text version description instead of the build number in Setup
- Various internal and user-facing bugfixes
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| 6.0.5219
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Beta Preview:July 27, 2023
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- Added an option to boot NTFS partitions via the Windivs bootloader
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| 6.0.5231
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Beta Preview:July 28, 2023
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- Use Shell32 About for Solitaire and other games apps
- Improve PNG image sizes
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| 6.0.5270
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Beta Preview:July 29, 2023
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- Fixes for 64 bit compatibility
- Many fixes for memory management code
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| 6.0.5310
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Beta Preview:July 30, 2023
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- The branding in winver has been updated, as well as the cmd on boot banners being changed to Windivs-branded ones.
- Bugfixes for IP code and ATL
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| 6.0.5337
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Beta Preview:August 3, 2023
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- Replace Windivs 2K3 branding with 2K8/Astiv branding
- Optimizations to PNG images
- Fixes to formatting
- New SHLWAPI classes added
- Fixes to IP (Internet Protocol) code
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| 6.0.5600
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Beta Preview:September 18, 2023
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- Improvements to RTL rendering
- Timezone display fixes
- Fixes to KMTEST
- fclose fixes
- Screensaver improvements
- Fixes to NTUSER
- Type casts in Notepad to remove warnings
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| 6.0.5744
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Release Preview:September 30, 2023
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- Windivs 2k8 branding added
- Implement support for opting out of NX policy
- Fix x64 assembly code
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| 6.0.5757
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Release Preview:September 30, 2023
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- Bugfixes
- Build fixes
- Remove wrong check
- Check minimum version of CMake compiler in configure script
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| Public patches of Windivs 2k8/Astiv
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| 6.0.6000.1
Windivs 2k8 RTM
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KB10000
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Beta Preview, Release Preview, and Public Release:October 5, 2023
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- The Slate+ theme has been added!
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| 6.0.6000.51
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KB10560
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Public release:October 21, 2023
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- Many new features and fixes to mspaint have been added!
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| 6.0.6000.82
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KB10590
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Public release:November 26, 2023
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- Remove an obsolete comment
- Fix exception on modifying deleted file type
- Add missing newlines to DPRINT calls
- Fix Silhouette wallpapers
- Overhaul DrawNCPreview to be more similar to the one found in Windows XP
- Introduce the Windivs logon screensaver in place of the ReactOS-branded one
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| 6.0.6000.105
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KB10610
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Public release:December 27, 2023
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- Bugfixes
- New IME features
- Fixes to device installation
- Fixes to WINESYNC
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