Windows 98 SE build 2222A (1999-04-21)

4.10.2222A
4.10.2222.2
Build of Windows 98
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OS familyWindows 9x
Version number4.10
Build number2222
Build revisionA
2
Architecturex86
Compiled on1999-04-21
Expiration date
Timebomb2000-01-31 (+285 days)
Product key
C9TCH-G72Y6-G4DQK-QCQRM-K7XFQ
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Windows 98 SE build 2222A (1999-04-21) is a Release Candidate 3 build of Windows 98 Second Edition, released to testers on 23 April 1999[1] and subsequently scene-leaked by warez group Pirates with Attitudes (PWA) in the days that followed. It is similar to the retail build but contains a timebomb.

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     █ ██▀    Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Final Build   ▀▀▀██ █
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     █░██  Supplier..: PFT        Release Date ...: [1999/04/24]   ██ ░
     █ █▌░ Packager..: PFT        Disks ..........: 44 x 2.88      ▐█ █
     █ ██▄ Cracker...: PFT        System Reqs.....: XX HD / 16 RAM ██ █
     █ █▀  Protection: LicenseKey Operating System: Win9xNT       ▀▄█ █
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        Not much to say, new Windows 98, with a variety of new 
        features, like Internet Explorer 5, Internet Connection 
        Sharing, Win98 SR1 and advanced hardware support. 


        Todays note from an annonymous member: 

        "Someone release the latest builds of Windows 2k server & 
         professional @ú$$!"#!"#ññ :]"
         

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                 1. Unzip then unrar with unrar.exe.
                 2. Run setup.exe
                 3. License Key= C9TCH-G72Y6-G4DQK-QCQRM-K7XFQ

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     █ ██  TC promoted to senior, Congrats!                        ██ █
     █ ██  After 2 loyal years on the net Rivendel decided to move ██ █
     █ ██  on with his life and retire from the scene, Fairwell!   ██ █
     █ ██  Welcome Primus back as Senior and Welcome Blackacid!    ██ █
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     █ ██  If you got any unreleased material you need cracked,    ██ █
     █ ██  email us at pft98@hotmail.com                           ██ ░
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     █ ██  PFT IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR:                           █░ █
     █ ██  * Talanted NT-Crackers.                                 ██ █
     █ █▀  * Quality Suppliers. (web/card suppliers do not apply)  ██ █
     █ ▌░  * Shellbox owners with VERY fast link.                  █░ █
     ▓ █▄  * Hardware or other useful things supplier.             ██ █
     █ ██  * Archive site with 100 GB+ ONLINE!                       ▐█
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     █ █▀ We're still all about friendship and fun, You think you  ██ █
     █ ▌░ have what it takes to join PFT? come talk to us on Efnet █░ █
     ▓ █▄ #pft. Got a big ego? Then you can go screw yourself...   ██ █
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     █ ██ *   We do not mail or provide you with missing disks   * ██ █
     █ ██ *   No couriers needed at this time, do not apply..    * ██ ░
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      Layout by whitesnake ▐██▌ PFT in 1999 ▐██▌ update done [1999/02/08]
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