Windows 95 build 323

4.00.323
Build of Windows 95
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OS familyWindows 9x
Version number4.00
Build number323
Architecturex86
Compiled on1995-01-27
Expiration date
Timebomb1996-12-31 (+704 days)
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Windows 95 build 323 is a Japanese beta build of Windows 95. However, it is in English but with Japanese IME support and language pack installed. This build removed the Non-disclosure agreement from Setup included since build 73f.

New features[edit | edit source]

  • This is the earliest available build to include "The Microsoft Network", along with a shortcut to it on the desktop.
  • This is the earliest available build to include support in Setup for the licensing scheme (product keys, etc.) used in the RTM. Interestingly, the non-OEM product key is only seven digits long at this point in development, rather than the ten digits that would end up being used.
    • The internal structure in SUWIN.EXE used for ProductType configuration has two extra elements: a far pointer to a function used to generate a product identification number, and a far pointer to a function used to check the product key.
      • There are four different functions pointed to for both of the function pointers: one set for retail non-upgrade (ProductType 1,3,4,5); one set for retail upgrade (ProductType 2,6); one set for OEM floppy (ProductType 7,8); one set for OEM CD (ProductType 9).
    • Writing the entered name and organisation to the boot sector of disk 2 has not yet been implemented. Setting setuppp.inf\data!TestPIDWrite to 1 will show the error message for when that write fails.
    • The algorithm for the seven-digit key is the same as the last seven digits of the 10-digit key: all the digits added together most be divisible by 7.

Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]

The Nature, Musica, Robotz and Utopia sound schemes are missing.

Additional files[edit | edit source]

This build is not packed into CABs (although an oversized PRECOPY1.CAB is present along with correctly sized MINI*.CAB files), but is an extracted folder dump like in build 99 and prior. It appears to have been copied directly from a build system at Microsoft at the time, as additional files are present:

  • LAYOUT.CSV is a comma-separated-value spreadsheet (including Microsoft Excel formulas) that presumably was used to generate LAYOUT.INF.
    • Descriptions for each file are included. Some of them are interesting, for example WINMINE.EXE has a description of Cool Mine Sweeper Game.
  • There are several variants of SETUPPP.INF:
    • SETUPPP.FLP (presumably for the floppy disk version of this build)
    • SETUPPP.CD (presumably for the CD version of this build)
    • SETUPP.CDA (same as previous but also including the "Microsoft Expo stub (CD only)").

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Interface[edit | edit source]