http://blogs.msdn.com/wga/archive/tags/frankenbuild/default.aspxTags: frankenbuilden-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/wga/archive/2006/11/20/windows-vista-frankenbuilds-spotted-in-the-wild.aspxTue, 21 Nov 2006 02:09:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1111785alexkoc3http://blogs.msdn.com/wga/comments/1111785.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/wga/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1111785<P>Last week&nbsp;saw a reported leak of an RTM build of Windows Vista. The <A class="" title=InformationWeek href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=194400230&amp;subSection=All+Stories" mce_href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=194400230&amp;subSection=All+Stories">reports</A> I read indicated that there was an RTM build to download from a P2P network or&nbsp;via Bittorrent and instructions for 'hacking' by cobbing together a couple of files that were released with Windows Vista RC1 and using an RC1 or RC2 product key.&nbsp;Thus&nbsp;in our hallway this version has is being referred to as a Franken(stein)-build of Windows Vista.</P> <P>As&nbsp;most of&nbsp;the coverage I&nbsp;have seen notes, since&nbsp;the product keys being used with these builds&nbsp;were meant to be used with RC1 builds and were not intended&nbsp;for long term use ultimately these&nbsp;installations&nbsp;will be of limited value. &nbsp;If anything this event shows&nbsp;the demand for the improvements that Windows Vista offers. </P> <P>Question: does this mean Windows Vista is cool? </P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1111785" width="1" height="1">Windows VistafrankenbuildBittorrent