Windows ME/4.90.2358.0

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4.90.2358.0
Windows ME build 2358 Help Center 1553083884.or.62629.png
Help Center and System Properties
Status Released (Developer Release 3)
Kernel version 4.90
CPU architecture x86
Edition N/A
Compile date 16 August 1999
BIOS date 16 August 1999
Timebomb 212 days
Product key RBDC9-VTRC8-D7972-J97JY-PRVMG
BA Database Available
BetaWiki Available
TCB Available


Windows ME build 2358.0 is the third developer release of Windows ME. It was leaked to BetaArchive by Overdoze on 20 March 2019.[1] This build was also referenced in "The Road to Gold: The development of Windows Me" at Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows.[2]

Features

  • Activity Centers: Help Center, Photo Center, Music Center, Start page.[3] For Activity Centers to work, add a value called MilExtraDirs to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. Then, re-register webvw.dll. The Activity Centers intend to use the Trebuchet MS, Franklin Gothic Heavy, and Franklin Gothic Book fonts, but end up falling back because they are not installed with the build.[4]
  • Windows Neptune: Two files with product name "Microsoft(R) Neptune (TM) Operating System" version 5.50.5048.1[1]
  • Out-of-Box Experience[5]
  • System Restore and System File Protection: Enable by going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\_VxDMon and change SystemRestore and/or SystemFileProtection from N to Y,[4] then reboot. According to Twitter user Albacore (@thebookisclosed), the System Restore user interface resembles Activity Centers with its striped sidebar and rounded corners.[6]

Gallery

Bootdisk

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Setup

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  • "Windows cannot create a shortcut here" error.

    "Windows cannot create a shortcut here" error.

  • "Windows cannot create a shortcut here" error. Clicking "Survey" just disables the button.

    "Windows cannot create a shortcut here" error. Clicking "Survey" just disables the button.

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First boot

  • No boot screen

    No boot screen

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  • Display Properties Compatibility Warning window

    Display Properties Compatibility Warning window

Activity Centers

  • Help Center and System Properties (Source: Overdoze)[1]

    Help Center and System Properties (Source: Overdoze)[1]

  • Start page (Source: Lukas Marsik)[3]

    Start page (Source: Lukas Marsik)[3]

  • Customize Start page (Source: Lukas Marsik)[3]

    Customize Start page (Source: Lukas Marsik)[3]

  • Music Center (Source: Lukas Marsik)[3]

    Music Center (Source: Lukas Marsik)[3]

  • Photo Center (Source: Lukas Marsik)[3]

    Photo Center (Source: Lukas Marsik)[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Overdoze (20 March 2019). [RELEAK Windows Me build 2358]. BetaArchive. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Thurrott, Paul (5 July 2000). The Road to Gold: The development of Windows Me. Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lukas Marsik (21 March 2019). Re: [RELEAK Windows Me build 2358]. BetaArchive. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lukas Marsik (23 March 2019). Re: [RELEAK Windows Me build 2358]. BetaArchive. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
  5. ↑ BetaNewbie (23 March 2019). Re: [RELEAK Windows Me build 2358]. BetaArchive. Retrieved on 8 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Albacore (@thebookisclosed) (7 April 2021). It really does work once you help it do first time init magic. For the record, build 2358's System Restore UI is already much different from this one, resembling Activity Centers with its striped sidebar and rounded corners. https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_Me_build_2358#/media/File:WindowsME-4.9.2458-SystemRestore.png. Twitter. Retrieved on 17 April 2022.

See also

BetaArchive forum

External links

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