Windows XP build 2442

Windows XP build 2442 is a build of Windows XP. Some screenshots and videos  of this build have been shown in Simplified Chinese.

On 22 May 2001, a CSDN user posted a thread, asking about installing drivers for a type of TP-LINK modem. The user met some problems during installation and posted a thread for help. Two users answered him and one of these answers has a detailed method.

On 24 July 2001, a CSDN user posted another two threads, asking how to remove the timebomb of this build. One is not finished, and the other has two answers. Among one of these answers was to open a link to download files, which may have contained some information about this build, but the link is now dead.

According to these threads, the build was leaked between the compile date (17 February 2001) and 22 May 2001.

As of 2020, the build hasn't been leaked to the public. BetaWorld has a copy of this build, but they chose not to share it.