Windows 98 build 1602

4.10.1602
Build of Windows 98
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Release nameBeta 2.1
OS familyWindows 9x
Version number4.10
Build number1602
Architecturex86
Compiled on1997-10-06
Expiration date
Timebomb1998-03-31 (+176 days)
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Windows 98 build 1602 is the official Beta 2.1 (or "Beta 2 Refresh") release of Windows 98, even though build 1593 was labeled as Beta 3 on the boot screen. A Traditional Chinese warez CD list contains the (assumed) Traditional Chinese version of this build,[1] and a German version also exists as well.[2]

NFO files[edit | edit source]

The following NFO files were included as part of the Glow and IRN releases.[3]

GLoW

IRN

New features, changes and fixes[edit | edit source]

  • There are some changes to the Active Desktop and Windows Help.
  • The WINSETUP.BIN bug present since build 1500 has been fixed.
  • This build is the first to introduce the final sounds. Only the shutdown, tada, and notify sounds are still different, since the shutdown sound is longer and lower pitched than the final one, with only the startup sound being finalized. The startup sound has been changed in build 1629, tada and notify sounds have been changed in build 1633, and the shutdown sound has been changed in build 1687, but the old shutdown sound made it instead into the Windows 98 theme of Microsoft Plus! 98.
  • The loading animation in the boot screen has been slightly changed.

Bugs and quirks[edit | edit source]

  • In the German language version, FrontPage Express is in English.
  • On some installations of this build, after the first stage of GUI setup from MS-DOS, the setup will oddly use Tahoma in bold fonts instead of Arial, and MS Sans Serif in regular fonts instead of Arial.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

English language version[edit | edit source]

German language version (unleaked)[edit | edit source]

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]