Windows Me build 2404

Windows Me build 2404 is a pre-Beta 2 build of Windows Me, which was originally found on 23 June 2015.

Changes

 * Setup now plays a page-turning sound when it advances to another screen.
 * The "Beta One" label has been removed from the boot screen, while HTML Help now features Beta 2 branding.
 * The "code name" wording on the boot screen is now referred to as "CODENAME".
 * A new "File a bug report" icon is present on the desktop.
 * Added the Internet Games from MSN Gaming Zone, which would be included with later versions of Windows until Windows 7.
 * DirectX has been updated from version 7.0 to 7.1.
 * Windows Installer 1.1 is now included.
 * DVD Player has been updated.
 * Net crawling can now be disabled in Folder Options.
 * Accessibility wizard has been updated.
 * Help and Support UI has changed again.
 * Sounds and Multimedia control panel applets have been combined into a single Sounds and Multimedia applet.
 * The updated "System Configuration" dialog with its two progress bars (introduced in build 2380) during the final part of setup now also appears when upgrading to this build.
 * Game Controllers control panel applet has been upgraded into Game Manager with an additional Settings tab for managing game installations.

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.

Windows Media Player

 * On some configurations, Windows Media Player does not work in this build and will display a PCHealth GPF error upon starting.

Neptune reference
Two files, namely  and , with the version number 5.50.5086.1 were found in this Millennium build, but it is unknown whether this Neptune build ever existed.

Some speculate this could be a late Milestone 1 or an early Milestone 2 build. Judging by the file dates, it would have been compiled before 26 October 1999.