Windows 2000 build 1575

Windows 2000 build 1575 is a pre-beta build of Windows 2000 which was mentioned on the Fate 308 warez CD list. The Workstation SKU of this build was shared on BetaArchive on 13 December 2017.

New features

 * Like build 1515, most NT 4.0 references have been replaced with NT 5.0. However, many parts of the interface are still very similar to NT 4.0.
 * The logoff option in Start menu received its final icon.
 * Advanced logon options now allows the user to login using Kerberos2.
 * The new hardware found dialog got slightly updated in this build, with the addition of a Cancel button. The UI for selecting a driver also got revamped, with the user now being thrown directly into the Found New Hardware wizard.
 * The wizard to share folders and files over the network is now installed by default in this build, and is attached to the user interface. To access it, right click inside a folder.
 * A new fade in effect has been added to Task Manager in this build. The fade in effect is used as a window opening animation on supported video cards.
 * Windows Installer (then known as Microsoft Install Server) now launches an error (with code 1617) instead of qutting directly if launched without a parameter specified.
 * Microsoft Personal Fax has been integrated into this build. However, it is not attached to the user interface yet. You can open the following files instead:

Control Panel additions

 * More advanced options for switching keyboard layouts have been added to the Keyboard Properties Control Panel applet.
 * The Power Configuration Control Panel applet is now installed in this build by default and is fully functional. It also got a revamped UI since build 1515.
 * New "Quantum Type and Length" settings have been added to the System Properties control panel applet.
 * The Regional Settings Properties control panel applet has been revamped in this build.
 * The Dialing Properties control panel applet got slight UI updates in this build.

Setup features

 * This build introduces a newly revamped setup wizard based on the Wizard 97 design. In addition, it is now able to upgrade from Windows 95, though only the RTM and OSR1 are confirmed for a successful upgrade, since OSR2 has not been tested yet. Therefore, a warning message will appear when selecting the upgrade option in setup when using 95 OSR2. To upgrade successfully from Windows 95 to this build, make sure that you:
 * are using hardware supported by NT
 * have not installed NetMeeting
 * have not installed Internet Explorer 4 and later
 * This build features a new way to define registry hives for the Windows installer. Previously, registry hives were pre-made and present on the installation disc, but registry hives are now generated by text mode setup from .INF files present on the installation disc.
 * The GUI portion of setup now uses 256 colors instead of 16 colors if the video adapter is supported and supports such a setting.
 * A debug text has been added to text mode setup while loading files.

Shell features

 * The "Show Desktop" button on the taskbar has been moved to the Quick Launch.
 * Channels has been added to the taskbar which opens an Active Desktop browser.
 * The desktop shortcut to "The Internet", which launches Internet Explorer, has been renamed to "Internet".
 * The Active Desktop background has been removed but the Active Channels banner stays, although it is nonfunctional.
 * This build reverts the change from build 1515 regarding the inactive title bar foreground text color. It is now white again instead of black.
 * Quick Launch in this build got renamed to  in the taskbar context menu.
 * Additionally to Internet Explorer, this build now pins Show Desktop, Channels, and Outlook Express to the taskbar.
 * Folder and file icons now feature underlined text when the option to select on hover and open on a click is enabled in Folder Options.
 * The Briefcase icon is no longer present on the desktop in this build.
 * The My Documents folder has been removed from the desktop in this build.
 * The Directory icon is no longer present on the desktop in this build. It can however remain if you upgrade from an older build, and the Directory functionality remains accessible from Windows Explorer if you upgrade. However, the shell extension is now broken. The find in the directory option on the Start menu is still intact.
 * The Settings Wizards and the tidy Start Menu wizard both present in build 1515 have been removed.
 * The Folder Options dialog got slight UI changes for Web view settings.
 * The Customize this Folder wizard is now fully functional in this build, and added the option to remove folder customization if any.

Display Properties changes

 * The changes from build 1515 regarding the Screen Saver tab have been reverted. It is now identical again to Windows NT 4.0.
 * The Desktop tab from the Display Properties control panel has been removed.
 * A new Color Management tab has been added to Display Properties.

Installation

 * When installing from DOS or Windows 95 using either  or   and not booting from the CD, the OS Loader has a bug during setup that it tries to load , but since   installs instead, it will be stuck on the OS Loader in an infinite loop. Editing the boot sector file  to boot from   will allow setup to continue. This can be done using any MS-DOS boot disk with  . At the prompt, type   and change the first   in the file to  . Save the file, remove the disk, restart and the installation should continue as usual. You can also use Notepad to edit the file. Note that this procedure isn't needed if the hard disk type is set to SCSI.
 * When upgrading from Windows NT 4.0 or build 1515 with, during the text mode setup it will request for the Windows NT 4.0 CD, and then when the Windows NT 4.0 CD is inserted, the setup instantly crashes with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. To upgrade seamlessly, check the "Copy files from CD-ROM to the hard drive" option in "Advanced Options".
 * Due to ActiveMovie being included in this build, the Windows NT EULA has been overwritten with the ActiveMovie one.

Windows Explorer

 * Windows Explorer doesn't have a very good graphics rendering engine as there is a graphical bug where anything dragged over Explorer windows will remain on the background of the Explorer window. This does not affect folders with custom background. Disabling Web View (by setting to "Display standard appearance" in the View tab in Options dialog from View menu) fixes this problem.
 * Most Accessories shortcuts are gone in this build, although most applications are still present and can be launched using the Run command.

Differences
The following files have been introduced or removed compared to build 1515.1 Workstation: