Windows 98 build 1577

Windows 98 build 1577 is a beta 2 build of Windows 98. The Pan-European version of this build was uploaded to the Chinese website BetaWorld on 5 May 2022, and then later shared on 17 November 2022, along with Windows Vista build 6001.16637, Windows 8 build 9200.16456 (win8_gdr_soc_intel), and Windows 8.1 build 9468.

On 15 March 2023, the Russian warez CD "Новые ресурсы 2" (New Resources 2) was uploaded to the Internet Archive, containing this build (alongside a version of Windows 95 OSR2 in the Russian localization with additional files taken from its OEM Preinstallation Kit) without any corrupt CAB files.

Changes

 * Outlook Express and NetMeeting have been updated and have new splash screens.
 * The final version of FrontPage Express 2.0 is now included.
 * WBEM/WMI 1.0 is now included.
 * Microsoft Family Logon now uses the appearance as seen in the RTM.