Windows Me build 2470

Windows Me build 2470 is a pre-Beta 3 build of Windows Me. This is the last build to use the startup and shutdown sounds heard in Windows 98.

Installation

 * When upgrading and booting to this build for the first time, an "Inventory" window will appear asking for a Beta ID, to bypass this restriction, just type anything into the box and continue as normal.

USB

 * Some USB devices will not work, despite having the correct drivers installed.

S3 drivers

 * Upon using S3 video adapters, Windows will complain that its own drivers will not work properly, thus the display will be stuck at 640x480 resolution and 16 colors mode. This error will also appear upon every boot and other drivers cannot be installed correctly, meaning that S3 video adapters are not recommendable for this build.

Neptune reference
A total of 9 files with the version numbers 5.50.5116.1 and 5.50.5117.1 were found in this Millennium build, however, it is unknown whether or not these Neptune builds were ever compiled.

Some speculate this would've been a Milestone 2 build. It would've been compiled someday after 11 December 1999, meaning it would be one of the last Neptune builds before the Neptune project was canceled in January 2000.

File list icam3ext.dll icam4com.dll icam4ext.dll icmcui.dll icmui.dll lvcam.sys philcam1.dll phvfwext.dll wstdecod.dll