Windows 98 build 1500

Windows 98 build 1500 is a Beta 1 build of Windows 98, which was found on the fourth disc of the Crazybytes 16 warez CD compilation and was shared on BetaArchive on 24 July 2013.

Changes

 * Added icons to the window menu.
 * Updated "The Microsoft Network".
 * Updated Internet Explorer 4 to version 4.71.0812.1.
 * The "Scanners and Cameras" Control Panel applet again received a new icon.

Setup

 * Changed the font used in setup from Times New Roman and Microsoft Sans Serif to Arial.
 * When first booted into this build, a solid blue color as seen in the RTM is set as wallpaper instead of the previously used Windows logo.
 * When entering Setup with the EULA, the time indicator now reports 43 minutes instead of 25, due to it now also being available in the second stage of Setup. Previously, the place where the indicator should be was left blank due to it being already set to 0 when the first stage was completed.
 * "Setup Steps" in the sidebar is now colored white instead of red and the time indicator yellow instead of green.
 * This is the first build to implement a processor check, and as such, the 80386 processor is no longer supported by setup, although the error message says that an 80386 or higher is required, whereas actually a 80486 or higher is needed. Windows itself however is still able to run on an 80386 processor.

Installation
The setup on this build has a  that isn't recognized by setup all the time and causes setup to crash on most emulators except Microsoft Virtual PC, 86Box, VARCem, and some versions of VMware, due to incorrect emulation of the segment limits of their CPU core. To patch this build to run on any emulator, use a  from an earlier build or the RTM. This bug persists until build 1593.

NFO file
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