Windows 2000 build 1773

5.0.1773.1
Build of Windows 2000
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Release nameInterim Developer's Release
OS familyWindows NT
Version number5.0
Build number1773
Build revision1
Architecturex86 (IBM PC/AT, NEC PC-98)
Compiled on1998-03-18
Expiration date
Timebomb+240 days after original install date
SKUs
Workstation
Server
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Windows 2000 build 1773 is the official Interim Developer's Release build of Windows 2000, released in late March 1998[1]. The Server SKU of this build was considered lost, but it was found and shared on BetaArchive on 19 January 2019.[2] This is the last available build of Windows 2000 to use the teal color from Windows NT 3.1-98 as default background, as the later build, 1796, changes the color to light blue, like the final build and Windows Me. This build is available in both English and Japanese languages, though the Japanese version only has the Workstation SKU.

NFO files[edit | edit source]

The following NFO files were included as part of the PWA releases.[3]

  • Server

NFO contents

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	 ▐▓▄   █▓▒       ░▄▀                ▀▓▓▒▒░▀
	  ▀▓▀  ▐▓▒░    ░▄▀                    ▀▓▀     ..R.Noble 
		█▓▒░░░▄▀
		█▓▒▒▒▀     ... Pirates With Attitudes
	       ▐▓▓▒▀
	      ▄▓▓▀           Proudly Presents ...
	       ▀
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ [ Microsoft Windows NT 5.0 Server Build 1773 ]             March 20, 1998 ║
╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Supplier .....: Murmillius           │ Type .....:                        ║
║ Cracker ......: N/A                  │ Video ....:                        ║
║ Packager .....: Murmillius           │ Audio ....:                        ║
║ Protection ...: N/A                  │ # Disks ..: 24                     ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
 
  			            -/ This is PWA \-
                                   < 23 February 1998 >

	Well its taken them a while, but here's the Beta 1 refresh
	prior to Beta 2's release down the road.

	Use WINZIP (long filenames) to extract all the zip's into one
	directory, then run the .EXE file to extract all the CABs.



┌──────────────────┬─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Council .........│ Code3, Dark Lord, Dream Weaver, Murmillius, Rambone,
│                  │ Shiffie
├──────────────────┼─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Senior Members ..│ Gumby, Mercy, Oyl Patch, Stoned, The Technic 
├──────────────────┼─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Members .........│ Acidman, Aironz, Akasha, Angelface, BadBrad, Bunter,
│                  │ Chowdery, Codebreaker, Corv8, Disc Killer, Disk Killer,
│                  │ DJpaul, EzD, Guip, Ico, Ice, Ivan, The Judge, Kewe, 
│                  │ Lost Soul, Magellan, Marduk, Muadib, Nagumo, neTyx, Ofd,  
│                  │ Patriarch, Prozac, Ryu, Shadowman, SilverB, Skylark,  
│                  │ Single Minded, SpyNut, Sugar, The Jerk, Vampyre,  
│                  │ Virtual Power, Voltan, Warlock
├──────────────────┼─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Senior Couriers .│ Bass, Diamond Dog, Gizmo, Mario Lemieux, Skitch
├──────────────────┼─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Couriers ........│ Bandito, Darkforce, Jono, Kang6902, Mindreader,
│                  │ Psyber, Satan, Scuzi, Trix, Vorteqz
└──────────────────┴─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
			     
			      PWA Boards/Sites

┌──────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
│ FTP Site Names       │ Status ···················· │ SiteOP ············· │
├──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Sentinel ··········  │ Inet World HQ ············· │ Gxxx/Mxxxxxxx ······ │
│ Boners Domain ·····  │ Inet U.S. HQ ·············· │ Rxxxxxx ············ │
│ Reflection ········  │ Inet Euro HQ ·············· │ Sxxxxxx ············ │
│ Vampyres Lair ·····  │ Inet World Courier HQ ····· │ Vxxxxxx············· │
│ Digital Corruption   │ Inet EURO Courier HQ ······ │ Ixx ················ │
│ The Rock ··········  │ Inet Release US HQ ········ │ Dxxxxxx ············ │
│ Manhattan Project ·  │ Inet Member HQ ············ │ Rxx ················ │
│ United Central ····  │ Inet Member Board ········· │ Dxxx ··············· │
└──────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
	     If you are going to do it ... Do it with an ATTITUDE!

                PWA..... a juggernaut that rolls on thru 1998


  *  Please note that PWA is NOT accepting pay sites of any nature.. We're *
  *  in this for fun and entertainment, not to try to make ourselves rich. *

  *  PWA also does not accept new BBS', FTP sites, net couriers, graphics  *
  *  artists or programmers (including PPE's... PCB, may it rest in peace) *

┌───────────────────────────────┤ Final Note ├─────────────────────────────┐
│ Support the software companies! If you enjoy using a program or using a  │
│ Util, consider buying it! Someone has to make it worth the programmer's  │
│ effort to keep up the high standards.. They made it, so they DESERVE it! │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  • Workstation

NFO contents

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	    ▐███████▌▐▌       ▄▀ ▒▓    ▐▌  ░▒▓ ▐▌▐██▄▄        .
	   ▄█████████▌█     ▄▀  ░▓▌     █ ░▒▓▌ █ █████▀▀▄▄   ■
	    ▀▀█████████▌  ▄▀   ░▒▓      ▐▌░▒▓  ▐▌▐██▀  ▄  ▀▄▀
	       ▀████████   █  ░▒▓▌      █░▒▓▌   ▀▄██▌   ▀▄
	  ▌     ▐██████▌   ▐▌░▒▓▀  ▄▀  ▐░▒▓▀    ▄ ▀█▀     █▄
	  ▐▌ ▐   ██████    █░▒▒▀ ▄▀ ▀ ▄▀▄▀     ▐▓░▄   ▄▄  ▐▀▄
 ────────── ▓▄▀▌ ▐█████▌───▐░▒▒ ▄▀   ▄█▀▀ ───── ▓▒░▐▌ ▀   ─ █▓█ ───-───-─· ·
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	    ▄▓▓████▀     ▐▀      ■            ▓▒░  ▐▌    ▄▀ ░▒▓
	  ▄▓▓██▀▀ ▄▄    ▄▀      .            ▐▓▒░   ▀▄    ▀▄ ░▓▌
	 ▐▓▓▀ ▄▓    ▀▀▄▄▄                    ▓▒░     ▄▀     ▀▄▒▓
	 ▓▒▌  ▐▓▒        ▀▀▀▄               ▐▓▒░░  ▄▀         ▀
	 ▐▓▄   █▓▒       ░▄▀                ▀▓▓▒▒░▀
	  ▀▓▀  ▐▓▒░    ░▄▀                    ▀▓▀     ..R.Noble 
		█▓▒░░░▄▀
		█▓▒▒▒▀     ... Pirates With Attitudes
	       ▐▓▓▒▀
	      ▄▓▓▀           Proudly Presents ...
	       ▀
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ [ Microsoft Windows NT 5.0 Workstation Build 1773 ]        March 20, 1998 ║
╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Supplier .....: Murmillius           │ Type .....:                        ║
║ Cracker ......: N/A                  │ Video ....:                        ║
║ Packager .....: Murmillius           │ Audio ....:                        ║
║ Protection ...: N/A                  │ # Disks ..: 22                     ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
 
  			            -/ This is PWA \-
                                   < 23 February 1998 >

	Well its taken them a while, but here's the Beta 1 refresh
	prior to Beta 2's release down the road.

	Use WINZIP (long filenames) to extract all the zip's into one
	directory, then run the .EXE file to extract all the CABs.

	By the way if ANYONE here has the retail CD for O'Reilly Website
	2.0 (not the friggin 30 day eval), please msg Shiffie on efnet.  
	We need it bad!


┌──────────────────┬─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Council .........│ Code3, Dark Lord, Dream Weaver, Murmillius, Rambone,
│                  │ Shiffie
├──────────────────┼─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Senior Members ..│ Gumby, Mercy, Oyl Patch, Stoned, The Technic 
├──────────────────┼─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Members .........│ Acidman, Aironz, Akasha, Angelface, BadBrad, Bunter,
│                  │ Chowdery, Codebreaker, Corv8, Disc Killer, Disk Killer,
│                  │ DJpaul, EzD, Guip, Ico, Ice, Ivan, The Judge, Kewe, 
│                  │ Lost Soul, Magellan, Marduk, Muadib, Nagumo, neTyx, Ofd,  
│                  │ Patriarch, Prozac, Ryu, Shadowman, SilverB, Skylark,  
│                  │ Single Minded, SpyNut, Sugar, The Jerk, Vampyre,  
│                  │ Virtual Power, Voltan, Warlock
├──────────────────┼─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Senior Couriers .│ Bass, Diamond Dog, Gizmo, Mario Lemieux, Skitch
├──────────────────┼─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Couriers ........│ Bandito, Darkforce, Jono, Kang6902, Mindreader,
│                  │ Psyber, Satan, Scuzi, Trix, Vorteqz
└──────────────────┴─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
			     
			      PWA Boards/Sites

┌──────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
│ FTP Site Names       │ Status ···················· │ SiteOP ············· │
├──────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Sentinel ··········  │ Inet World HQ ············· │ Gxxx/Mxxxxxxx ······ │
│ Boners Domain ·····  │ Inet U.S. HQ ·············· │ Rxxxxxx ············ │
│ Reflection ········  │ Inet Euro HQ ·············· │ Sxxxxxx ············ │
│ Vampyres Lair ·····  │ Inet World Courier HQ ····· │ Vxxxxxx············· │
│ Digital Corruption   │ Inet EURO Courier HQ ······ │ Ixx ················ │
│ The Rock ··········  │ Inet Release US HQ ········ │ Dxxxxxx ············ │
│ Manhattan Project ·  │ Inet Member HQ ············ │ Rxx ················ │
│ United Central ····  │ Inet Member Board ········· │ Dxxx ··············· │
└──────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
	     If you are going to do it ... Do it with an ATTITUDE!

                PWA..... a juggernaut that rolls on thru 1998


  *  Please note that PWA is NOT accepting pay sites of any nature.. We're *
  *  in this for fun and entertainment, not to try to make ourselves rich. *

  *  PWA also does not accept new BBS', FTP sites, net couriers, graphics  *
  *  artists or programmers (including PPE's... PCB, may it rest in peace) *

┌───────────────────────────────┤ Final Note ├─────────────────────────────┐
│ Support the software companies! If you enjoy using a program or using a  │
│ Util, consider buying it! Someone has to make it worth the programmer's  │
│ effort to keep up the high standards.. They made it, so they DESERVE it! │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

New features and changes[edit | edit source]

  • This build introduces a new Show Desktop button on the right side of the taskbar, similar to the one seen in build 1515 but with a small arrow that shows a menu on the right.
  • New winnt and winnt256 bitmaps featuring Interim Developer's Release branding.
  • The introduction of a new login screen, which persisted until build 1911. However, it was ported to Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition.
  • As of today, this is the only available build of Windows 2000 to feature a 1981-1998 copyright date in winver.exe, as the next build reverts to the formerly used 1981-1997 copyright date.
  • Internet Explorer 4 has been replaced with an early build of Internet Explorer 5. The About dialog is the same as IE 4, but with "4.0" being replaced with "5.0". Sometimes the about dialog of Internet Explorer says "4.0", sometimes "5.0".
  • Support for the ODBC interface has been added, along with it a new Control Panel applet.
  • The "Windows NT Setup" header from the graphical setup stage has been removed.
  • Windows NT Diagnostics (winmsd.exe) has been removed from the Start menu, although it is still present.
  • This build introduced the fade effect, which is still used for the Windows user interface by default.
  • Microsoft Management Console has been updated to version 1.0.

Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]

Installation[edit | edit source]

  • Installing this build in hypervisors will result in a quick crash on startup due to incompatibility with the floppy disk controller file, FDC.SYS. Either delete or rename it, which will disable access to floppy disk drives, or replace it with a later build's FDC.SYS (except build 1796) after text-mode setup by using a DOS/Windows 9x boot disk.
  • In the Workstation SKU during text setup, it will complain about a missing file named msmqnt5.cab, which can be safely skipped though.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

English language variant[edit | edit source]

Japanese language variant[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]