Windows 98 build 1602

4.10.1602
	Build of Windows 98
Release name	Beta 2.1
OS family	Windows 9x
Version number	4.10
Build number	1602
Architecture	x86
Compiled on	1997-10-06
Expiration date
Timebomb	1998-03-31 (+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 file[edit | edit source]

The following NFO file was included as part of the IRN release.^[3]

NFO contents

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         \  \     .      .-~   .-~   ~>--"  /           DATE::  10 Oct 97
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Well can't get any easier, Unzip and install :)

Thanks to Nomadd for suppling this fresh release.

Skylark

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.