Windows 2000 build 1796

Windows 2000 build 1796.1 is a build of Windows 2000.

New features and changes

 * This build changes the default desktop color from the shade of green used in Windows 95, NT 4.0 and Windows 98 to the shade of blue used in the final version of Windows 2000.


 * This is the first build to replace "Network Neighborhood" with "My Network Places".


 * A new graphical boot screen and safe to shutdown screen is now used to replace the text-based screens in use since build 1743.1.


 * It changes the system crash screen to resemble the RTM, but the background screen is black and the text is gray.


 * The hibernation and shutdown screen has changed its appearance to look more closer to its RTM iteration.


 * This build still has the Show Desktop button seen in the previous build, but the menu on the right of the button has been removed.

Bugs and quirks

 * Installing this build in hypervisors will result in a BSOD on startup due to incompatibility with the floppy disk controller file, . Either delete or rename it, which will disable access to floppy disk drives, or replace it with a later build's   after text-mode setup by using a DOS/Windows 9x boot disk.
 * Booting from the CD results in a BSOD, use a DOS/Windows 9x boot disk to run  (not  ) from CD.
 * mmsys.cpl can crash when clicking on CD Music.
 * Sound cards may not operate properly in this build; and can be difficult to fix the problem.
 * The ACPI driver,  in this build does not work properly in Virtual PC and displays a system crash and breaks some features (such as Safe mode, Unplug and Eject, and VGA Mode, etc.) However, if you press the F5 key to load the "Standard PC" driver during the first stage of setup after the text-mode setup portion by using a DOS/Windows 9x boot disk, this build and its features can work properly on Virtual PC, though without ACPI.