Windows Me build 2476

Windows Me build 2476 is a pre-beta 3 build of Windows Me. This build now has updated the banners to the RTM's version. This build also replaces the startup and shutdown sounds with the Windows 2000 startup and shutdown sounds. Movie Maker has been updated to build 1245 and "winver" now refers to this build as "Windows Millennium Edition" instead of just "Windows".

Windows Media Player 7
This build contains a pre-release build of Windows Media Player 7 (with a build number of 7.00.00.1137). Although it's not installed by default, nor is it even listed as an installable component, it can be installed manually with the following procedure:


 * 1) Open the main cabinet archive chain (  and   files) on the installation disc with a program such as 7Zip or WinRAR and extract the file  . You'll need to transfer this file into the virtual machine (e.g. with a floppy disk image).
 * 2) In the virtual machine, right-click on the   file, and click.
 * 3) Wait for the installation to finish (you may need to insert your install CD, if necessary), and you should find that the previously installed Windows Media Player 6.4 has been replaced with Windows Media Player 7, with a shortcut to it present in the   folder in the Start Menu.

When running this build of Windows Media Player 7, you will find that the interface has been given a major update, with the UI now resembling the final version. However, there are still some parts which are noticeably in an early state of implementation, and this version of Media Player is rather slow and buggy overall.

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 . 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 number 5.50.5116.1 and 5.50.5117.1 were found in this Windows Me build, but it is unknown whether this Neptune build ever existed.

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