Windows Me build 2332.2

Windows Me build 2332.2 is the earliest released build of Windows Me. This build was released to developers on 23 July 1999, and is well known for containing 29 files from the Windows Neptune project. Although this build has a new first boot screen, there is no actual boot screen after setup.

New features and changes

 * The setup procedure has been slightly reordered since Windows 98, so that it asks for user name, company name and serial key before restarting.
 * The user interface has received notable updates, particularly the web view is now based on Windows 2000 instead of Windows 98. Likewise, the Control Panel side links now contain links to Windows Updates and Windows 2000 Support. Windows Explorer now features customizable toolbars.
 * The Start menu is updated to use the Windows Millennium branding and is now more customizable.
 * Most of the system icons (such as My Computer and Recycle Bin) have been updated to the ones from Windows 2000.
 * This build has already removed the ability to boot into DOS mode.
 * The new PCHealth framework for monitoring and reporting bugs is now included. Although there is no proper Help Center yet, there is a new HTML-based bug reporting application (, resources in ).
 * All dialog boxes include an additional "Survey..." option to send feedback to the development team.
 * The safe to shutdown screen has been temporarily changed to use a text mode modal dialog in order to show information about this build's ACPI and APM implementation. If ACPI is disabled, a chime beep will play out of the system speaker before the modal dialog appears.
 * Hibernation is now supported without the need to install special drivers.
 * Although parts of the net crawling feature are already present in, it's unknown if it's already functional and there is no UI to enable or disable it yet.

Installation

 * When starting setup from Windows 98 SE, there is a chance that setup will crash a few seconds after loading.

Hardware

 * Older USB drivers may not install, while drivers compatible with later versions of the operating system have chances of crashing.

Neptune reference
A total of 29 files with the version number 5.50.5022.1 and the product name Microsoft(R) Neptune (TM) Operating System were found in this Millennium build, but it is unknown whether this Neptune build ever existed.

File differences
The following files have been introduced or removed compared to build 2222A: