Windows 2000 build 1906

Windows 2000 build 1906.1 is a beta 3 build of Windows 2000.

New features and changes

 * This build introduced a new title bar gradient which was used in the RTM.

Kernel

 * The  screen has been updated that resembles to the RTM, but with white background and solid-blue text. Notably, it has "Windows NT 5.0 Beta 3" branding.
 * This build no longer shows the  on the top-left corner of the boot screen after the progress bar reaches to full.
 * The system crash screen has changed the text to white, as seen in the RTM.

Installation

 * On some machines and virtualizers, the system will refuse to format the drive as it identifies an error that the disk may be damaged. This can fixed by partitioning and formatting a drive via  by using a DOS/Windows 9x boot disk.
 * When upgrading from build 1743, the installer may ask to upgrade the drive to the NTFS file system, even if the drive is already NTFS.
 * The file structure of the installation disc is different than in other builds. Autorun is able to launch  but it fails to load due to   and   being missing. Both files are stored instead in a separate folder called Winnt32 on the root of the disc, where also another   is present. It will load, however it cannot find the EULA. To make an installation from within Windows possible (assuming D: is the drive where the installation disc is inserted), you will need to instruct setup to copy the files from the i386 folder. To do this, launch