Windows XP build 2442

Windows XP build 2442 is a beta 2 build of Windows XP. Prior to its publication, it was uploaded to the Chinese website BetaWorld on 18 December 2014 and was mentioned in various posts on the Chinese Software Developer Network (CSDN), including a thread about installing drivers for a modem from May 2001https://bbs.csdn.net/topics/115474 and two threads about timebomb removal from July 2001.https://bbs.csdn.net/topics/188153https://bbs.csdn.net/topics/188158 It was later shared in Simplified Chinese by the aforementioned website on 15 August 2021.https://blog.betaworld.cn/97
On 20 October 2020, BetaWorld user MacAdmin uploaded a picture of a Chinese warez CD labeled "KEE-044" containing the build.https://www.betaworld.cn/index.php?title=Windows_XP:5.1.2442.1.main.010217-1630&curid=4815&diff=22422&oldid=21086 A higher-resolution picture of the same CD was then uploaded by BetaWorld user 随便问我 on 24 October 2020.https://www.betaworld.cn/index.php?title=文件:Whistler_2442_CD.jpg This is currently the earliest shared Chinese build of Windows XP.
==New features and changes==
===Windows Setup===
The branding used in the setup and out-of-box experience has been updated to include the Windows XP flag first introduced in build 2428. The orange progressbar used in the GUI setup has also been made larger.
A pre-OOBE message is now shown while the OOBE is initializing. It contains the boot screen with the text "Please wait..." underneath. 
===User interface===
A flat blue color is now used in place of the default Red moon desert wallpaper. This change would be later reverted in build 2446.
This is also the earliest available build to contain a reference to the final name of the system. The reference is located in ssdpsrv.dll, which reads \Windows XP UPnP/1.0 Control-Point/1.0.
===Login screen===
If a computer description is asssigned, it will be displayed on the login screen again, now as a replacement for the generic "computer" string on the Turn off button.
===CD playback===
The CD Player application has been removed and replaced with the CD playback functionalities of Windows Media Player.
===Bugcheck codes===
This build massively overhauls the bugcheck screen, largely to clean up redundant bugcheck codes that had messages in their contents and move message-related bugchecks that were assigned as normal bugcheck codes into messages.https://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/windows/km/bugchecks/index.htm
Bugcheck codes 0xAD to 0xB3 and 0xDD, which were all named a variant of BUGCODE_PSS_MESSAGE_## (with ## being the bugcheck code the message was to correspond with), have all been merged with the bugcheck codes they were intended for, while their original slots were deleted, rendering them undefined. This in turn replaces any of the overwritten bugcheck names to include just the instructions for the user if they encounter said error. The following bugchecks were affected:
*KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (0x1E)
*FAT_FILE_SYSTEM (0x23)
*DATA_BUS_ERROR (0x2E)
*NO_MORE_SYSTEM_PTES (0x3F)
*INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE (0x7B)
*UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP (0x7F)
*ACPI_BIOS_ERROR (0xA5)
Bugcheck codes 0x7C, 0x8C to 0x8E, and 0xD2 were also all removed, having their addresses largely moved to the message codes.
*0x7C (BUGCODE_PSS_MESSAGE) was split into two messages for the "if this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen" and user instruction messages, being placed at 0x40000081 (PSS_MESSAGE_INTRO) and 0x40000082 (also named BUGCODE_PSS_MESSAGE).
*0x8C to 0x8E, which is the messages for the SAVEDUMP.EXE progress, has been moved to 0x4000008B to 0x4000008D, retaining their original names and messages.
*0xD2 (BUGCODE_ID_DRIVER) was moved to 0x40000080 with its original name. It also mentions the specified driver at fault as a file.
A new message with message code 0x4000007F was added, named BUGCHECK_MESSAGE_INTRO. This introduces the infamous "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer" message that is shown at the start of a bugcheck.
Bugcheck code 0xD0 was renamed to its final name, DRIVER_CORRUPTED_MMPOOL. Finally, a new bugcheck code was added, The system does not shutdown in a deterministic manner so bugchecks can occur. (0xF3), which would later be renamed to DISORDERLY_SHUTDOWN.
==Bugs and quirks==
*The system crash screen text is mostly garbled due to Chinese characters being displayed with the wrong codepage. Additionally, most of the bugcheck codes that aren't messages are not translated.
*The username in the start menu overlaps with the user's avatar.
*When choosing the Windows Classic theme, it will error out. Although it still can be used, but the error can be safely ignored. However, the window metrics will be unchanged.
==Gallery==
===Installation===
2442-setup.png|Windows Setup
2442-formattingdisk.png|Format drive
2442-setupgui.png|Installation
2442 OOBE network.png|Region and language
2442 user information.png|User information
2442 key.png|Product key
2442 pcname.png|Computer name
2442 network.png|Network connection
WinXP 2442 Chinese Pre-OOBE.png|Pre-OOBE
2442-oobe.png|Welcome to OOBE
2442 oObE WhAT aRe You dOIng.png|Using the mouse
2442 OOBE finish.png|Finishing OOBE
===Interface===
Whistler24282469Boot.png|Boot screen
WindowsXP-5.1.2442.1-FirstBoot.png|First boot
2442-startmenu.png|Start menu
2442-explorer.png|Windows Explorer
2442-controlpanel.png|Control Panel
2442-cmd.png|Command Prompt
2442-regedit.png|Registry Editor
2442-internetexplorer.png|Internet Explorer
2442.1 version.png|System Properties
2442-demo.png|Demo
WindowsXP-5.1.2442-ClassicThemeBug.png|Windows Classic theme bug
WinXP 2442 Chinese BSOD.png|System crash
Whistler22572474Safe.png|Safe to shutdown screen
===Miscellaneous===
Whistler 2442 CD.jpg|Photo of the warez CD that contains this build
==References==
Category:Windows XP builds