Windows 95 build 842

4.00.842
	Build of Windows 95
OS family	Windows 9x
Version number	4.00
Build number	842
Architecture	x86
Compiled on	1996-02-20
Expiration date
Timebomb	1996-06-11 (+112 days)
Product key
	Use a Windows 95 Upgrade serial
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Windows 95 build 842 is an Arabic-enabled beta build of Windows 95, which was uploaded onto the BetaArchive FTP server on 12 June 2010. It was compiled later than the RTM build and OSR1.

Arabic-enabled builds allow the user to switch between English and Arabic keyboard input locales. The build notably contains a change that was made to acknowledge the political landscape that was present at the time of compilation, which is discussed later in the article.

Changes[edit | edit source]

This build contains two noteworthy changes: first, Internet Explorer 2 is now pre-installed into the operating system by default.

Second, the world map in the Date/Time Control Panel applet is no longer clickable and does not highlight the chosen timezone anymore. This was done due to geopolitical factors–the map was using national borders as recognized by the United Nations; however, countries involved in border disputes would send complaints about their borders being shown incorrectly.^[1] In one instance, the Indian government threatened to ban all Microsoft software from the country due to assigning a disputed region to Pakistan in the time zone map.^[2]

The code that rendered the map remained fully intact, which eventually led to a bug where Poland ended up being rendered as an ocean region when the source bitmap for the map was not updated to reflect a regrouping of central European countries in the time zone list.^[1]^[3]