Windows 98 - Development

Development

Development of Windows 98 began in the 1990s, initially using the codename "Memphis" to refer to the product. Many builds were released or leaked, starting with build 1351 on December 15, 1996 and ending with Windows 98 Second Edition.

Build Number Date Description Released as
669 1996in 1996 First build of codename "Memphis"
1132 1996-06-16June 16, 1996 Very early beta of Windows 98, basically Windows 95 with small differences Windows Memphis Pre-Alpha
1387 1997-02-07February 7, 1997 First beta Windows Memphis Beta
1602 1997-10-03October 3, 1997 The first build to be able to upgrade from Windows 3.1x. Windows 98 Beta
1691 1998-02-16February 16, 1998 Expired on 31 December 1998 Windows 98 Release Candidate
1998 1998-05-11May 11, 1998 Final version Windows 98
2222 1999-04-23April 23, 1999 Windows 98 Second Edition

The startup and shutdown sounds of Windows 98's final version was composed during circa September 1997 and were first featured in the Beta 2.1 (build 1602) in October that year.

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