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**4.90.2380.2**

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.

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]
Possible file from Windows Neptune: gemstar.sys, with version number build 5067.1

Bugs

System Restore does not work.

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|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.
-==OOBE Video==
+==Features==
-Here's the Beta 1 build 2380 OOBE video: https://youtu.be/8ZvPESZ5qFQ
+* [https://youtu.be/8ZvPESZ5qFQ OOBE]
+* [[Help and Support Center]], with help resources about [[Activity Centers]]<ref name = "Albacore-Help">{{cite web | author = Albacore (@thebookisclosed) | title =  Had a pretty productive weekend, have this screenshot of Windows Me Beta 1's Help Center with revealed hidden topic descriptions as a teaser 😄 | url = https://twitter.com/thebookisclosed/status/1381358056177557509 | publisher = Twitter | date = 12 April 2021 | accessdate = 17 April 2022}}</ref>
+* Activity Centers: According to Twitter user Albacore (@thebookisclosed), the Activity Centers from [[Windows Neptune/5.5.5111.1|Neptune build 5111]] could also run on this build of ME,<ref name = "albacore-ac1">{{cite web | author = Albacore (@thebookisclosed) | title = 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. | url = https://twitter.com/thebookisclosed/status/1381660032090185730 | publisher = Twitter | date = 13 April 2021 | accessdate = 16 April 2022}}</ref> and made available [https://github.com/thebookisclosed/activity-centers two files] that should be copied into the <code>WIN9X</code> folder of the build's ISO before installation so that the Activity Centers work by default.<ref name = "albacore-ac2">{{cite web | author = Albacore (@thebookisclosed) | title = 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 | url = https://twitter.com/thebookisclosed/status/1381661507575017474 | publisher = Twitter | date = 13 April 2021 | accessdate = 16 April 2022}}</ref>
+* Possible file from [[Windows Neptune]]: <code>gemstar.sys</code>, with version number build 5067.1
+==Bugs==
+* System Restore does not work.
 ==Gallery==
+===Setup===
+<gallery>
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_11_54_19.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_11_54_27.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_11_54_38.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_11_55_53.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_11_57_42.png
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+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_11_59_51.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_00_10.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_00_41.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_01_02.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_01_38.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_01_45.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_02_09.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_02_23.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_02_43.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_02_54.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_03_19.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_03_31.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_03_43.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_03_51.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_03_57.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_11_52.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_12_13.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_13_50.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_15_16.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_16_32.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_17_32.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_18_18.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_19_41.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_20_03.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_20_58.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_21_23.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_22_08.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_22_57.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_23_30.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_23_53.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_24_18.png
+ME2380 2 20231027-184049-517.png
+ME2380 2 20231027-184100-135.png|Feedback
+ME2380 2 20231027-184444-620.png|Copying files
+</gallery>
+===Failed setup===
+<gallery>
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_24_27.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_24_38.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_24_53.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_31_37.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_31_46.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_31_52.png
+VirtualBox_Windows Me_15_04_2022_12_35_19.png
+</gallery>
+===First boot===
+<gallery>
+ME2380 Boot.png|Boot screen
+ME2380 2 20231027-190300-670.png|Building driver information database window
+ME2380 2 20231027-213650-046.png|Shutting down
+</gallery>
+===Activity Centers===
+<gallery>
+.gif|Help and Support Center
+</gallery>
+== References ==
+<references />
+== External links ==
+* [https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-78/microsoft-releases-millennium-beta-1-no-really Microsoft releases Millennium Beta 1. No, really]
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