Shockingly, Windows Vista Beta 2 has already went into escrow as build 5381 and will be recompiled and rebuilt as build 5381 until it is ready to be released later on this month at the annual 2006 WinHEC. The build is currently in QFE Testing as 5381.3. Due to Beta 2 entering escrow last week, the RC1 branch was created and began with build 5420.0 (winmain.060427-1900) to allow the Vista Labs to continue pressing on with their work. With that being said, the MSDN UACBlog recently posted a shot of build 5421.0 (winmain.060428-1900) publically along with another shot of build 5372.0 (winmain.060418-1800).Now, on to whats important here. As much as I hate to be the bearer of bad news, it appears that today I will bring somewhat bad news to the community. Desktop Aurora, Vector Glass and several other small UI bits are still not yet there as of 5381.3. Does this mean they won't be in Beta 2? Nothing is ever 100% certain with Microsoft, but sources of mine tend to believe nothing else is coming in 5381. Does this mean they are definitely not coming in the Beta 2 Milestone? No, because it's possible they could drop the bits in two recompiles and rebuilds before they declare it Beta 2. However, I will say that many sources of mine tell me this is quite unlikely at this point.