Windows XP build 2197

Windows XP build 2197 is an unleaked build of Windows XP that was compiled in early 2000. This build was mentioned in an IT Pro article from 13 February 2000, where Paul Thurrott claimed that build 2197 was the first internal build of Whistler and that it had gone out internally "weeks ago". .

This is confirmed by the Windows XP source code leak, where the build's full build tag is referenced in several files used for building the OS as a default for various values, such as in  and the Perl script

Source code reference
copyscript.cmd:

REM assume %BuildName% = 2197.x86fre.main.000107-1856 REM assume %CopyDir% = Symbols.pri or whatever REM assume %BuildShare% = \\ntbldtest01\release\2197.x86fre.main.000107-1856 REM assume %ReleasePath% = D:\release\usa\2197.x86fre.main.000107-1856

ntcrcgen.pl:
 * 1) param1 src path : \\\\ntrelic2\\release\usa\2197.x86fre.main.000106-2102
 * 2) param1 src path : \\ntbuilds\\release\main\usa\2197\x86fre
 * 3) param2 dst path : \\\\scratch\\scratch\\crc$
 * 4) return logfilename : \\\\scratch\\scratch\\crc\\crc_usa_2197_x86_fre.log

This is repeated several times.