Windows 2000 build 2128

Windows 2000 build 2128 is the official Release Candidate 2 build of Windows 2000, which was released by Microsoft on 15 September 1999https://news.microsoft.com/speeches/steve-ballmer-speech-transcript-developing-web-applications-press-briefing/ during the Developer Show DevDays '99 and leaked by Pirates With Attitudes on the same day.
An updated variant of this build's Professional and Server SKUs featuring several recompiled binaries (dubbed the RC2 Refresh) was shared on 5 December 2023 under the Italian localization.https://archive.org/details/w2k-rc2-it The binaries in the refresh were compiled on 1 October 1999, approximately 21 days after the initial compile.
==NFO file==
The following NFO file was included as part of the PWA release.https://defacto2.net/f/ae23ee6
==Changes==
The Advanced Server SKU received its final lanmannt and lanma256 bitmaps, replacing the ones from the NT era.
==Timebomb==
Like build 2072, the timebomb is not tied to a specific date, as this build is compiled in evaluation mode. Thus, this build can be installed on the current date and expires 444 days after initial installation. This continues all the way up to build 2190, just prior to the RTM.
==64-bit compilers==
The SDK for this build (also known as the October 1999 Platform SDK) contains the x86-to-IA-64 cross-compiler and Alpha-to-AXP64 cross compiler and linker mentioned in build 1877's SDK.
==DEC Alpha build==
The 32-bit DEC Alpha (AXP32) version of this build was never officially released, as Compaq discontinued support for Windows NT on the platform two weeks before the compilation of this build,Briody, Dan; Trott, Bob. Compaq dumps Windows NT-on-Alpha, CNN. 24 August 1999. and Microsoft announced on the same day that there would not be future releases of Microsoft products for the Alpha platform starting with Windows 2000 RC2 (this build).Microsoft's Support for 32-bit Alpha-based Products, Microsoft. 24 August 1999. Despite that, Microsoft still compiled the AXP32 version, which eventually leaked onto the internet as a ZIP archive in late December 2000.Lettice, John. Win2k for Alpha alive, well, and loose on the Web, The Register. 27 December 2000.
Due to the low popularity of the leak, it was buried away for more than a decade, until an incomplete ISO with a truncated SETUP.EXE was uploaded to BetaArchive in 2011. A full disc image with an intact SETUP.EXE (likely dumped from a burnlab disc)Lettice, John. W2K for Alpha lurks in MS cubicles, The Register. 26 December 2000. was released on 26 June 2023, alongside a reconstructed disc image of Windows XP build 2210.AXP64 2210 Installation Media Reconstruction, Virtually Fun. 26 June 2023. Unlike the x86 compile, it was created on 23 September 1999, 13 days after the build was originally compiled.
==Gallery==
===English language variant===
Windows2000-5.0.2128-setup.png|Setup (Professional)
Windows2000-5.0.2128-ServerSetup.png|Ditto (Server)
Windows2000-5.0.2128-AdvServerSetup.png|Ditto (Advanced Server)
Win2000Boot.png|Boot screen (Professional)
Windows2000-Server-Boot.png|Ditto (Server)
Windows-2000-5.0.2128.1-Logon.png|Login prompt (Professional)
Windows2000-5.0.2128-ChkProDesktop.png|Desktop of the checked/debug compile
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SystemProperties.png|System Properties
Win2000SafetoShutdown.png|Safe to shut down screen (Professional)
Windows2000ServerSafe.png|Ditto (Server)
===German language variant===
==== Professional ====
Windows-2000-5.0.2128.1-Professional-de_DE-Setup-Welcome.png|Text-mode setup
Windows-2000-5.0.2128.1-Professional-de_DE-Setup-Copying.png|Copying files
Windows-2000-5.0.2128.1-Professional-de_DE-Setup.png|Graphical setup
Windows2000-5.0.2031-GermanBootScreenPro.png|Boot screen
Windows-2000-5.0.2128.1-Professional-de_DE-Login.png|Login prompt
Windows2000-5.0.2128pro-GermanDesktop.png|Desktop
Windows-2000-5.0.2128.1-Professional-de_DE-Winver.png|winver
Windows-2000-5.0.2128.1-Professional-de_DE-Sysdm.png|System Properties
Windows-2000-5.0.2128.1-Professional-de_DE-Shutdown-Prompt.png|Shut down prompt
Windows-2000-5.0.2128.1-Professional-de_DE-Shutdown.png|Shut down screen
Windows2000-5.0.2031-GermanSafe.png|Safe to shutdown screen
==== Server ====
Windows2000-5.0.2031-GermanSafeServer.png|Safe to shut down screen
===Italian language variant===
Windows2000-5.0.2128-itSetup.png|Setup (Professional)
Windows2000-5.0.2128-itBoot.png|Boot screen (Professional)
Windows2000-5.0.2128-itBootServ.png|Ditto (Server)
Windows2000-5.0.2128-itLogon.png|Login prompt (Professional)
Windows2000-5.0.2128-itLogonServ.png|Ditto (Server)
Windows2000-5.0.2128-itDesktop.png|Desktop
Windows2000-5.0.2128-itSysprop.png|System Properties
Windows2000-5.0.2128-itAbout.png|winver
===Japanese language variant===
==== Professional ====
Windows2000-5.0.2128-Japanese-Pro-Setup1.png|Text-mode setup
Windows2000-5.0.2128-Japanese-Pro-Setup2.png|Graphical setup
Windows2000-5.0.2128-Japanese-Pro-Boot.png|Boot screen
Windows2000-5.0.2128-Japanese-Pro-Login.png|Login screen
Windows2000-5.0.2128-Japanese-Pro-Desk.png|Desktop
Windows2000-5.0.2128-Japanese-Pro-Shut.png|Shutdown screen
Windows2000-5.0.2128-Japanese-Pro-SafeShut.png|Safe to shutdown screen
====Server====
1661080298.or.22470.png|Boot screen
1661080333.or.42279.png|Configure Your Server
1661080315.or.99103.png|System Properties and winver
1661080366.or.29643.png|Demo
1661080384.or.74898.png|Shut down prompt
===Korean language variant===
Win2000-2128-Bootloader-Korean.png|Boot loader
Win2000-2128-Korean.png|System Properties and winver
===Simplified Chinese language variant===
====Professional====
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Setup1.png|Setup
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Setup2.png|Copying files
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Setup3.png
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Setup4.png|Setup preferences
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Setup5.png
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Setup6.png|End of setup
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Boot.png|Boot screen
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Login.png|Login screen
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Desk.png|Desktop
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-Winver.png|Winver
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-SystemProperties.png|System Properties
Windows2000-5.00.2128-Pro-SimpChinese-SafeShut.png|Safe to shutdown screen
==== Server ====
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimpChinese-Srv-Setup1.png|Text-mode setup
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimpChinese-Srv-Setup2.png|Graphical setup
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimpChinese-Srv-Boot.png|Boot screen
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimpChinese-Srv-CAD.png| prompt
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimpChinese-Srv-Login.png|Login prompt
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimpChinese-Srv-SrvConfig.png|Configure Your Server
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimpChinese-Srv-Desk.png|Desktop
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimpChinese-Srv-Shut.png|Shut down screen
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimpChinese-Srv-SafeShut.png|Safe to shutdown screen
=== Traditional Chinese language variant ===
==== Professional ====
Windows2000-5.0.2128-TradChinese-Pro-Setup.png|Setup
Windows2000-5.0.2128-TradChinese-Pro-Boot.png|Boot screen
Windows2000-5.0.2128-TradChinese-Pro-Login.png|Login screen
Windows2000-5.0.2128-TradChinese-Pro-Desk.png|Desktop
Windows2000-5.0.2128-TradChinese-Pro-Shut.png|Shut down screen
Windows2000-5.0.2128-TradChinese-Pro-SafeShut.png|Safe to shutdown screen
===Media===
Windows2000-5.0.2128.1-(Professional)-CD.jpg|x86 English CD [Professional]
Windows2000-5.0.2128.1-(Professional)-(System-Builder)-CD.jpg|x86 English CD [Professional] (System Builder)
1622334528.or.30208.png|x86 English CD [Professional] (Direct Access)
Windows2000-5.0.2128.1-(Server)-CD.jpg|x86 English CD [Server]
1622334543.or.66154.png|x86 English CD [Server] (Direct Access)
Windows2000-5.0.2128.1-(Advanced-Server)-CD.jpg|x86 English CD [Advanced Server]
Windows2000Build2128GermanCDs.png|x86 German CDs [Professional and Server, Corporate Preview Program]
Windows2000-5.0.2128.1-(Professional)-(Japanese)-CD.jpg|x86 Japanese CD [Professional]
Windows2000-5.0.2128.1-(Server)-(Japanese)-CD.jpg|x86 Japanese CD [Server]
Windows2000-5.0.2128.1-(Advanced-Server)-(Japanese)-CD.jpg|x86 Japanese CD [Advanced Server]
Windows2000-RC2-KoreanCD.jpg|x86 Korean CD [Professional] (pcLine Magazine Cover Disc)
Windows2000-RC2-KoreanCD-2.jpg|x86 Korean CD [Professional] (HOW PC Magazine Cover Disc, unleaked)
1661080225.or.32646.png|x86 Japanese CD [Server] (November 1999 Preview Release) (PC/AT)
I-img600x600-1646007372wfzdxo99991.jpg|x86 Japanese CD [Professional] (November 1999 Preview Release) (PC/AT)
Windows2000-2128-Japanese-PC98-Pro.png|x86 Japanese CD [Professional] (PC-98) [MSDN]
Windows2000-2128-Japanese-PC98-Server.png|x86 Japanese CD [Server] (PC-98) [MSDN]
Win2k-2128-SimpleChinese-srv.png|x86 Traditional Chinese CD [Server] [MSDN]
Win2k-2128-SimpleChinese-Advsrv.png|x86 Simplified Chinese CD [Advanced Server] [MSDN]
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimplifiedChinese-Pro-CD.png|x86 Simplified Chinese CD [Professional]
Windows2000-5.0.2128-SimplifiedChinese-Server-CD.png|x86 Simplified Chinese CD [Server]
W2kb3.gif|x86 Italian CD [Corporate Preview Program, RC2 Refresh]
==References==
Category:Windows 2000 builds