Windows XP build 2458 (main)

Windows XP build 2458 (main) is an interim build of Windows XP. It was released to testers on 15 March 2001 during the lead-up to the official Beta 2 release.

NFO and official release notes
The release notes and NFO below are republished here for archival purposes only. Release notes

NFO contents

Broken NDIS driver
On some copies of this build, the system may either freeze during boot or bugcheck due to a bug with the network interface controller driver. After installation, boot into Safe Mode and replace  with   or a copy of the problematic driver from build 2457 or 2459. Windows will hang if any program tries to access the Internet if the driver is either removed or replaced with the null driver.