Windows 98 build 1691.3
| Build of Windows 98 | |
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| Release name | Release Candidate 0 |
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| OS family | Windows 9x |
| Version number | 4.10 |
| Build number | 1691 |
| Build revision | 3 |
| Architecture | x86 (PC/AT, PC-98) |
| Compiled on | 1998-02-16 |
| Expiration date | |
| Timebomb | 1998-12-31 (+318 days) |
| Product key | |
| 11111-11111-11111-11111-11111 | |
| About dialog | |
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Windows 98 build 1691.3 is the official Release Candidate 0 build of Windows 98, released in late February 1998[1] and is available in the English, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Russian and German languages. The Korean and Japanese versions (the Japanese version CD was originally sold at Yahoo Auctions, but has long since been lost[2]) of this build also exist, but those have yet to be shared.
NFO files[edit | edit source]
The following NFO files were included as part of the GLoW and [unknown] releases [3]:
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│ SuperChic :: Lady Charon │
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/-─--─-─----·∙─-─---·-∙-──-─=+░ Emperesses ░+=-──-─-─∙·--∙·-─-─-─-─-──-─-─-\
│ Jabbers :: Angela :: WildWendy :: Nine │
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/-─--─-─----·∙─-─---·-∙-──-─=+░ Ladies in Waiting ░+=-─-─-─∙--·-─-─-──-─-─-\
┌; Karen :: Celestial :: sanctuary │┐
└l Rockz :: TheAsYLuM :: Nelapsi |┘
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| WaRHouND :: Catalina AZ :: Karen :: JBHunt :: vile │
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┌| Skylark : Incog : Psyber : Grooby : DINO : BiRDiE : MobilMan │┐
││ Vampyre : TooSmooth : CyberJak : Dead^Head : anarchist : [2F] l│
└ Hacir : Cheezer : MyM : Ralphael : X-Frog : UnEZ : DeepMiner : Cybrdeath |┘
││ ScubaDude : Latitude : Temptation : CrazyLarry : Tane : LuX l│
┌| DiZZY : Rumba : Rancid : phoxphyre : IronWolf :Homith : DaVinci │┐
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i│ HtlCalBBS :: Dark Knight :: Anjel :: Pancreas │l
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│ Akasha :: No Fx Girl :: Babz :: Severina :: Kristina │
│ Anjel :: Damzel :: flwrbabe :: ShadowVLX :: Druyan │
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/-─--──----·∙──---·-∙-─--─=+░ Artists/Coders ░+=-─-─-─∙·--∙·----─-─-──-─-─-\
| Reformed :: Cindi :: tHATDUDE :: kast :: Nop :: SiraX │
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┌;Women's World East :: 100 Nodes & Inet :: 310 :: WLD HQ :: Wild Wendy │┐
|│ CHQ :: 8 Nodes & Inet Acc :: 216 :: EUS HQ :: UnEz Rider ;│
││ Da' Crazy House :: 5 Nodes Ringdown :: 415 :: WUS HQ :: MacDaddy │|
│: DNA Project '96 :: 6 Nodes Ringdown :: +61 :: AUS HQ :: DNA I│
i│ The Unknown :: 4 Nodes Ringdown :: +44 :: EUR HQ :: ][ce ;│
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l│ Devil's Pulpit :: 2 Nodes Ringdown :: 9o5 :: Member :: Skater Freak │;
│| Hotel California :: 8 Nodes Ringdown :: :: Member :: Elevator Man │:
;l The Cross :: 3 Nodes Ringdown :: +61 :: Member :: Anjel |│
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/-─--─-─----·∙─-─---·-∙-─--─=+░ shoutouts ░+=-─--─-─∙·--∙·-─--─-─-─-──-─-─-\
┌| Razor 1911 :: PWA :: MasQue :: fATE :: BoNG │┐
|│ Devotion :: IRN :: Nemesis :: PTM :: CORE ;│
└l Phrozen Crew :: Core :: VB5Warez |┘
\─-─-─--─--·∙─-─---·-∙-─--─=+░ personals ░+=-─--─-─∙·--∙·-─-─--─-─-─-─-─-/
┌| Orion :: TMOD :: DrmWEaver :: LeoDLioN :: Winter Hawk :: Dogma ;┐
│l MasterGuru :: Jess :: YOS :: GodTrust :: Edge :: Marlenus :: Loiosh l│
/─-─-─--─--─-─·∙─-─-───·-∙-──-─·─--─-∙-──--─∙·--∙·-─-──·-──-─----─-─-─-─-\
┌-l--─--──-─--──--──---──-───--──---─-─-──-─--─--─-──---─-─-─--─-─-─-─-│-┐
/-─--─-─----·∙─-─---·-∙-─--─=+░ Couriers ░+=-─--─-─∙·--∙·-─--─-─-─-──-─-─-\
┌| GLoW Curries are the Official Couriers for Gorgeous Ladies of \\'arez :┐
││ Spreading All that We release Da 31337 Way! ││
└; Phrozen Crew are the 31337 Cracking Affil ;┘
\-─--─-─---─-─·∙─-─-───·-∙-──-─·─--─-∙-──--─∙·--∙·-─-──·-──-─-─-─-─-──-─-─-/
/└----─--──-─--──--──---──-───--──---─-─-──-─--─--─-──---─-─-─--─-─-─-─-─-┘\
┌│ GLoW (c) 1996 - Gorgeous Ladies of Warez │┐
|! "we release more than just eggs" ;│
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││ * Hug's and Kiss's from all of us to our Hunny of the Month! ││
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│i Those not in the nfo: you know who you are and yes shouts to you too! |│
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│: Support the software companies! If you enjoy using a program or using a │:
!| Util, consider buying it! Someone has to make it worth the programmer's ││
|│ effort to keep up the high standards. They made it, so they DESERVE it! :|
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WINDOWS 98 RC0 GERMAN from the Microsoft WinBeta-Site Installation: - UNZIP und UNRAR - und nochmal unzip - aber aufpassen, dass die Verzeichnisse erstellt werden - SETUP.EXE starten ... Have Phun !
Changes[edit | edit source]
- Redesigned the Autorun dialog during upgrade setup.
- A product key is now required again, although any product key is accepted.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Boot screen
English language variant[edit | edit source]
Setup
Autorun dialog
System Properties
Safe to shutdown screen
Russian language variant[edit | edit source]
Setup
Desktop
Control Panel
System Properties
Safe to shutdown screen
German language variant[edit | edit source]
Setup[edit | edit source]
Welcome to setup
Preparing setup
Hardware detection
Final steps
Interface[edit | edit source]
Desktop
Control Panel
System Properties
Safe to shutdown screen
Simplified Chinese language variant[edit | edit source]
Setup[edit | edit source]
Welcome
Preparing
Copying files
Detecting Non-PnP hardware
Ditto, PnP hardware
Final steps
Interface[edit | edit source]
Desktop
Control Panel
System Properties
Safe to shutdown screen
Italian language variant[edit | edit source]
Setup
EULA
Preparing directory
Setup options
Copying files
Setup boot screen
Detecting hardware
Set time zone
Login screen
Desktop
About Windows
System Properties
Shutdown screen
Safe to shutdown screen
Korean language variant (undumped)[edit | edit source]
Desktop
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
x86 English CD
![x86 English CD [System Builder]](/images/thumb/a/a7/Windows98-4.10.1691-%28System-Builder%29-CD.jpg/120px-Windows98-4.10.1691-%28System-Builder%29-CD.jpg)
x86 English CD [System Builder]
![x86 English CD [MSDN]](/images/thumb/0/0c/Win98-1691.3-MSDN-CD.jpg/119px-Win98-1691.3-MSDN-CD.jpg)
x86 English CD [MSDN]
x86 Korean CD (undumped)
x86 German CD
x86 Italian CD
x86 Japanese CD (undumped)
![x86 English CD [System Builder]](/wiki/File:Windows98-4.10.1691-(System-Builder)-CD.jpg)
![x86 English CD [MSDN]](/wiki/File:Win98-1691.3-MSDN-CD.jpg)
