[OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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merlix
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[OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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As requested on my other Windows 95 beta post here is build 490 from the cd-r's.

I dont know if this has previously been dumped or not, so if someone could compare with existing 490 dumps.

Link:
https://mega.nz/#!wfg3xYaY!fI5VZVpHrrQ- ... Urkw8zraWo

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Re: [OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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It's already on the FTP
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merlix
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Re: [OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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There are multiple versions of 490, have you done a file comparison?

If so which version did it match?

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Re: [OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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merlix wrote:There are multiple versions of 490, have you done a file comparison?

If so which version did it match?
Hmm, it doesn't seem to match any version on the FTP. It's most similar to checked en-en build, but your build does have some files that checked build doesn't. Moreover, some files like KERNEL32.DLL have different sizes in these builds. I think you can try to upload this to FTP, but contact mrpijey before doing this.
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Re: [OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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This actually seems to be a different copy of 490 from the ones i've checked, actually. For one, it contains a WINBUG version intended for internal use only, and there's also a SCOUT.EXE program, that when run, doesn't seem to do anything visually. Would be interesting to find out what it actually does, however. Nice find! :)

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Re: [OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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Interestingly, I found in README.TXT, "1995" is misspelled as "l995" (kower-case letter 'l'). Probably a typo or intentional?

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Re: [OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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Courage wrote:This actually seems to be a different copy of 490 from the ones i've checked, actually. For one, it contains a WINBUG version intended for internal use only, and there's also a SCOUT.EXE program, that when run, doesn't seem to do anything visually. Would be interesting to find out what it actually does, however. Nice find! :)
Hi. Let me give you some hints. :P Run SCOUT.EXE with 'm' parameter. That is, run "SCOUT.EXE /M" at the command line.
Try it yourself!

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Re: [OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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Running SCOUT.EXE /M in command prompt did nothing. What does it do?

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Re: [OFFER] Microsoft Windows 95 Build 490

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DiskingRound wrote:Running SCOUT.EXE /M in command prompt did nothing. What does it do?
It's a 16-bit NE file. It can't be run under 64-bit system. Try it under 32-bit Windows...

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