Windows 2000 build 1729

Windows 2000 build 1729.1 is a beta 1 build of Windows 2000, leaked on 23 May 2006.

Changes

 * Many parts of the setup have been changed.
 * Text-mode setup no longer detects the IDE drivers during this portion of setup, and it now contains an option to restore a destroyed disk.
 * The graphical stage of setup now appears closer to the final version.
 * MSN gets updated to version 2.5 (which doesn't function as it loads a webpage that has been taken down).
 * A "Beta 2" watermark can be seen as the desktop is loading, but the  and   files are still labeled as "Beta 1".