Windows ME/4.90.2380.2: Difference between revisions

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**Windows Millennium 4.90.2380**

System Properties with Start page on the desktop
Status	Released (Beta 1)
Kernel version	4.90
CPU architecture	x86
Edition	N/A
Compile date	20 September 1999
BIOS date	20 September 1999
Timebomb	177 days
Product key	RBDC9-VTRC8-D7972-J97JY-PRVMG
BA Database	Available
BetaWiki	Available
TCB	Available

Windows ME build 2380.2 is the Beta 1 release of the Microsoft Windows ME operating system. It is known for including one file that could be from Neptune build 5067.1, gemstar.sys. System Restore doesn't work.

Features

OOBE
Help and Support Center, with help resources about Activity Centers^[1]
Activity Centers: According to Twitter user Albacore (@thebookisclosed), the Activity Centers from Neptune build 5111 could also run on this build of ME,^[2] and made available two files that should be copied into the WIN9X folder of the build's ISO before installation so that the Activity Centers work by default.^[3]

Gallery

Setup

Feedback
Copying files

Failed setup

First boot

Boot screen
Building driver information database window
Shutting down

Activity Centers

Help and Support Center

References

↑ Albacore (@thebookisclosed) (12 April 2021). Had a pretty productive weekend, have this screenshot of Windows Me Beta 1's Help Center with revealed hidden topic descriptions as a teaser 😄. Twitter. Retrieved on 17 April 2022.
↑ Albacore (@thebookisclosed) (13 April 2021). Build 2380 is the only available build which contains all the internal plumbing for Activity Centers to work. Even Neptune which the centers themselves are taken from doesn't include all the web objects required for them to work. Until now there was no proper way to run these.. Twitter. Retrieved on 16 April 2022.
↑ Albacore (@thebookisclosed) (13 April 2021). If you'd like to try them on your own get a copy of Windows Me Beta 1 (build 2380) and put the files from this repo in the WIN9X folder in the ISO: https://github.com/thebookisclosed/activity-centers Once the OS is installed they are ready to use. To get the Start Page simply set this file as your wallpaper. Twitter. Retrieved on 16 April 2022.

External links

Microsoft releases Millennium Beta 1. No, really

[Albacore-Help-1] Albacore (@thebookisclosed) (12 April 2021). Had a pretty productive weekend, have this screenshot of Windows Me Beta 1's Help Center with revealed hidden topic descriptions as a teaser 😄. Twitter. Retrieved on 17 April 2022.

[albacore-ac1-2] Albacore (@thebookisclosed) (13 April 2021). Build 2380 is the only available build which contains all the internal plumbing for Activity Centers to work. Even Neptune which the centers themselves are taken from doesn't include all the web objects required for them to work. Until now there was no proper way to run these.. Twitter. Retrieved on 16 April 2022.

[albacore-ac2-3] Albacore (@thebookisclosed) (13 April 2021). If you'd like to try them on your own get a copy of Windows Me Beta 1 (build 2380) and put the files from this repo in the WIN9X folder in the ISO: https://github.com/thebookisclosed/activity-centers Once the OS is installed they are ready to use. To get the Start Page simply set this file as your wallpaper. Twitter. Retrieved on 16 April 2022.

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-'''Windows ME build 2380.2''' is the official Beta 1 release of the [[Microsoft]] [[Windows ME]] operating system. It is known for including one file that could be from [[Windows Neptune|Neptune]] build 5067.1, <code>gemstar.sys</code>. System Restore doesn't work.
+'''Windows ME build 2380.2''' is the Beta 1 release of the [[Microsoft]] [[Windows ME]] operating system. It is known for including one file that could be from [[Windows Neptune|Neptune]] build 5067.1, <code>gemstar.sys</code>. System Restore doesn't work.
 ==Features==