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Microsoft Agent 2.0 is the latest version and current release of [[Microsoft Agent]]. It is an upgrade to [[Microsoft Agent 1.5]], its predecessor. It featured many changes and also revamped the Microsoft Agent API to the point where most code made for Microsoft Agent 1.5 specifically would not run properly or not run at all if Microsoft Agent 2.0 is installed over Microsoft Agent 1.5. This is also the first public release of Microsoft Agent to install itself in the WINDOWS/WINNT directory instead of the Program Files/Program Files (x86) directory. It is also the first public release to use "CHARS" as the name of the folder ACS files go in, as Microsoft Agent 1.5 used a folder named "Characters". | Microsoft Agent 2.0 is the latest version and current release of [[Microsoft Agent]]. It is an upgrade to [[Microsoft Agent 1.5]], its predecessor. It featured many changes and also revamped the Microsoft Agent API to the point where most code made for Microsoft Agent 1.5 specifically would not run properly or not run at all if Microsoft Agent 2.0 is installed over Microsoft Agent 1.5. This is also the first public release of Microsoft Agent to install itself in the WINDOWS/WINNT directory instead of the Program Files/Program Files (x86) directory. It is also the first public release to use "CHARS" as the name of the folder ACS files go in, as Microsoft Agent 1.5 used a folder named "Characters". | ||
==Development== | ==Development== | ||
=== Pre-release and final builds === | |||
The first available build of Microsoft Agent 2.0 is in Windows 2000 build 1723. In Windows 2000 build 1701, Microsoft Agent 1.7 was included, which means Microsoft may have skipped 1.8 and 1.9 or they were in the in-between and undiscovered builds. The version of Microsoft Agent 2.0 inside of Windows 2000 Build 1723 is version 2.0.0.1114. This build has a mention of Microsoft Agent 1.6 inside of it and also has the taskbar icon that comes up when AgentSvr.exe is running removed. This build also faces the same issues as Microsoft Agent 1.7 and will cause [[MASH]], [[BonziBuddy]], and other Microsoft Agent programs to crash. | The first available build of Microsoft Agent 2.0 is in Windows 2000 build 1723. In Windows 2000 build 1701, Microsoft Agent 1.7 was included, which means Microsoft may have skipped 1.8 and 1.9 or they were in the in-between and undiscovered builds. The version of Microsoft Agent 2.0 inside of Windows 2000 Build 1723 is version 2.0.0.1114. This build has a mention of Microsoft Agent 1.6 inside of it and also has the taskbar icon that comes up when AgentSvr.exe is running removed. This build also faces the same issues as Microsoft Agent 1.7 and will cause [[MASH]], [[BonziBuddy]], and other Microsoft Agent programs to crash. | ||
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** The only known exception to this is [[Microsoft Agent 1.7]], which was in a beta release of Windows 2000. | ** The only known exception to this is [[Microsoft Agent 1.7]], which was in a beta release of Windows 2000. | ||
* For some unknown reason, early Microsoft Agent 2.0 betas uses 2.0.0 at the beginning of its version while Microsoft Agent Build 2202 uses 2.00.0 at the beginning of its version number. | * For some unknown reason, early Microsoft Agent 2.0 betas uses 2.0.0 at the beginning of its version while Microsoft Agent Build 2202 uses 2.00.0 at the beginning of its version number. | ||
* Microsoft Agent 2.0 has the most available builds of any release due to the fact that some of these builds were included in Windows betas. | |||
* Not all Microsoft Agent builds are available in Windows betas as it appeared that Microsoft only occasionally updated the Microsoft Agent after each build. This is also why some builds may contain the same version of Microsoft Agent before the version number changes again. | |||
* The most common build of Microsoft Agent 2.0, Build 2202, is over one thousand builds away from the latest build. | |||
* It is unknown why Microsoft never updated the 2.0 installer to include the newer builds. | |||
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