Hi, I released KDW.

* Introduction *

KDW is Known DLL wrappers and support tools package.
It helps you can run some software designed for XP.


* The KDW mechanism *

software A.exe > kernel32.GetModuleHandleExA -> x Windows 2000 kernel32.dll
software A.exe > kernel32.GetModuleHandleExA -> o Windows XP kernel32.dll
software A.exe > kernel32.GetModuleHandleExA -> o KDW kernel32.dll -> Windows 2000 kernel2k.dll(renamed from kernel32.dll)

for example Windows Media Player 10 Click to view attachment

KDW has 2 modes.

1. Ez mode ... It applied in folder only mode. (Check Ez KD Registry . Click Ez Setting after reboot.) * It is safty.
2. Full mode ... Replace System file mode. (Install and reboot) * It has some risk.

*Norton and certain security software may intercept to replace OS file with Full mode.
If windows show blue screen after install KDW, you can restore system with copy install files from dllcache to system32.

* How to use fcwin2k ? *

If you look following message "*.exe is not a vaild win32 application.", fcwin2k can resolve the problem.
1. select executable file.
2. select OS windows 2000
3. check checksum and executable
4. click rewrite

And fcwin2k can patch automatic to msi file(Windows installer file).
1. select msi file.
2. check allow win2k and over write
3. click rewite

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* Link *

KDW Page
Most recent version is 0.65a (2008/7/22 7:00 GMT+0)

I will explain usage of this software.

I created Windows Media Player 10 Installer for Windows 2000 with KDW



system requirements:
Install KDW's following DLLs
kernel32.dll
user32.dll
shell32.dll
uxtheme.dll

Additional Windows Dll
GdiPlus.dll

Download:
English Version
Japanese Version

Detail WMP10 Installer on My Blog Link

Very well down guys~It is a perfect job ~but whether you can make an international version for all win2k such as Chinese

Hi, Which version do you want Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese ?

Hi, today released WMP10 installer for windows 2000 build 4063.

Changed point from Build4058 to 4063 is following.

* Fix overwrite registration ocx and dll.
* Add function upgrade msvcrt.dll.
* Simplized catalog file installer.
* Included more 12 hotfix.
* Release registration when uninstall.
* Add function check installer locked status.

Simplified Chinese

PS:Welcome to Beijing Welcome to China:)

Hi win2000,
Does this work if you use KDW in "EZ" mode, or do you have to actually replace the system files?
Thanks, Dave.

Hi,
I released Simplified Chinese Version WMP10 installer for Windows 2000.
Here you are.
Simplified Chinese Version New

and English and Japanese version fixed bit.
I found there are a few localize mistake in inf files.
The release version is Build 4063a.

Hi,
Here is KDW manual before install WMP 10 for Win2000.







You may be able to use Ez mode after install WMP10.
At first Uninstall 4 files, kernel32, shell32, user32,and advapi32.
and please set Ez Install to folder "\Program Files\Windows Media Player".
If you want to use activeX, please copy iexplore.exe to "\Program Files\Windows Media Player"
and start from \Program Files\Windows Media Player\iexploer.exe when you want to watch Active X contents.

How to install foobar2000 on Windows 2000 with KDW

You can use foobar 2000 v 9.5.x.

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At first please run fcwin2k.exe and set foobar2000 installer file.(You can D&D the window to entry editbox.)
Next select OS Version XP, and press 'Compat Save'.
Then you can install foobar 2000 on your Windows 2000 PC.
You may delete this Setting to press CompatDel , after finished foobar2000 installation.

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foobar 2000 9.5.x requires extra function in user32.dll, shell32.dll, and uxtheme.dll.
Therefore you have to install 3 KDW Dlls.

But foobar 2000 can run KDW Ez install mode(not replace system files, only copy to target folder)

* Set Ez Install folder.
* Select target Dll files(in this case user32, shell32, and uxtheme)
* Check EZ KD Registry(Required reboot system) and SHFolder EXREG.
* Press Ez install.

Of cause you may use full install.

How to Install QuickTime 7.50 on Windows 2000

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At first, extract Quicktime.msi from QuicktimeInstaller.exe.
For example I used 'eo'.

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Next please run fcwin2k and D&D windows and check 'allow win2k' and 'overwrite' and 'msi exec'.

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Perhaps such Error dialog may appear.
You may ignore it (If you install kernel32 of KDW(not Ez mode), then it may not appear.)

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QuickTime requires extra function in shell32.dll.
Therefor you have to install shell32 of KDW(You can use Ez mode)
And you must run fcwin2k again and rewrite 'Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QuickTime.qts'.
Check 'checksum', 'Ignore File Ext', and 'Special Rewrite', and press 'Rewrite'.

Then you can use Quick Time 7.50 on Windows 2000.

Hi win2000.
Just tried installing Quicktime 7.5 following the above, but when the installer ran, after telling me which folder it was going to install to, it just went to the following error message, and wouldn't go any further.

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I tried again after using ez install to put your shell32.dll into the folder, but it didn't make any difference when I tried to install again.

Any idea what's wrong?
Thanks, Dave.

Hi,
Did you check Ez KD Registry, and reboot PC ?
Shell32.dll is one of Known Dll, and Windows Preferential load system32 folder Dll rather than current folder.
'Ez KD Registry' checking effects to make ignored Known Dlls.

Hi win2000,
Thanks to your contribute to the chinese editon of the windows media player 10 but when i installed the kdw in my chinese 2k the speed of the start was too slow and the program "QQ" (http://dl-sh-ocn-1.pchome.net/0g/2w/QQ2008KB3.rar)did not run as well.
Maybe somewrong with it ?

I've tried that, and everything seemed to do what it should do.
Your shell32.dll and shell2k.dll are in the Quicktime folder.
The "ExcludeFromKnownDlls" registry key contains kernel32.dll, user32.dll, shell32.dll, and advapi32.dll.
Still getting the same error message when the installer runs.
The "QTInstallCode.log" says -

QuickTimePreInstallProc Enter
Moving QTPrefs file (if necesary) to new location...
Getting QT preinstall info...
Getting QT process count...
Ignoring process 'msiexec.exe' as possible QT process...
Ignoring process 'msiexec.exe' as possible QT process...
Ignoring process 'msiexec.exe' as possible QT process...
Current QT processes = 0
GetQTProcessCount() reported 0 QT active processes.
Will check for QT version: 7.50.61.0
QT DLL path: "C:\W2K Program Files\QuickTime 7\QTSystem\QuickTime.qts"
Installed QT DLL "QuickTime.qts", version = 7.1.6.200
GetQTInstallInfo: Older QuickTime installed
GetQTInstallInfo: is QTPro - yes, upgrade would invalidate - no
Final result: 3 (error=0)
QuickTimePreInstallProc Exit (error=0)

Any more ideas?
Thanks, Dave.

Ummm, I think you have to uninstall Quicktime 7.1.6 at first.
This report shows that there is Active Quicktime process your PC.

My QTInstallCode.log is following.
############################
QuickTimeTerminateProc Enter
Getting QT process count...
Ignoring process 'msiexec.exe' as possible QT process...
Ignoring process 'msiexec.exe' as possible QT process...
Ignoring process 'msiexec.exe' as possible QT process...
Ignoring process 'msiexec.exe' as possible QT process...
Current QT processes = 0
GetQTProcessCount() reported 0 QT active processes.
GetQTProcessCount() reported 0 QT processes to terminate.
QuickTimeTerminateProc Exit (error=0)
############################
QuickTimePostInstallProc Enter
QuickTimePostInstallProc Exit (error=-2096)

If same error appears after old Quicktime, then Please search another install log in \Documents and Settings\(user)\Local Settings\Temp\MSI****.log

Are you install 5 dlls ? And would you check your systems original 4 DLLs renamed Version ?

I checked QQ, and it installs some common dlls own folder.
Did you check 'Ez KD Registry' in fcwin2k ?
It doesn't need normal install.
if you check it, fcwin creates registry "SafeDllSearchMode" and sets value 0.
Please see following URL, if you want to know about it detail.
About SafeDllSearchMode

In the case if QQ installed illegal dlls, then it makes not to work.
You may be able to resolve to delete wrong dlls, installed by QQ, in it own folder. or check off fcwin 'Ez KD Registry'

If you didn't check dialog 'Ez KD Registry', then I'll research this problem more.

hi win2000,
I didn't check dialog 'Ez KD Registry' because I install KDW with the full mode but "QQ" can run in the original 2K without the KDW and now can not run with KDW installed.
I also find a programme "PPLive" didn't run properly.(http://www.xdowns.com/soft/softdown.asp?softid=22231)

I found It spent many time ,when KDW kernel32.dll failed to load any dll in boot.
Then I separated debug function from debug version in KDW 0.67a.
I think the problem of speed is resolved.

I tried to install SDK Version simlified-Chinese Windows 2000.
And insall WindowsUpdates, VC6SP6 Runtime, KDW(install 5 files only), WMP 10 and PPlive.
But I didn't found any problem in PPLive, I can watch Olympic program on PPLive.
How trouble did you occure in your PC ?

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How to use Safari on Windows 2000

It is well known that in windows 2000 safari crashes when it tries to show javascript page.
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You can resolve by installation KDW advapi32.dll only(Ez install mode may be okay. This image shows how to install KDW Ez mode in the case of safari.)

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Available Javascript Page !

hi win2000,
Thank you for the new release of the kernel32.dll . Now the boot problem and PPLIVE can run as well but QQ still can not use ?????? I actually do not know what is the matter with me ??????

Hi,
I got QQ, but it has many function. and I don't know how to use it very well.
Therefore it is helpful for me to say how about trouble occured your PC.

Hi again,
I found what my main problem with installing QuickTime 7.5 was!
There is a file in the install package called "QuickTimeInstallerAdmin.exe" as well as the msi installer file.
I hadn't copied that to the folder I was running the installer from, and it seems that it won't work without it!

Anyway, the installer now completes, and asks for a function in shell32.dll.
Running KDLLINST.EXE in Ez Install mode fixed that of course!

I now have shell32.dll and shell2k.dll in the QuickTime folder.
The "ExcludeFromKnownDlls" registry key now contains -

kernel32.dll
user32.dll
shell32.dll
ole32.dll
advapi32.dll
ws2_32.dll
rpcrt4.dll
imagehlp.dll
msvcrt.dll
comdlg32.dll



All very encouraging, but unfortunately QuickTime still doesn't work!


When I run it, an error message pops up saying -

"QuickTime failed to initialise. Error # - 2096.
Please make sure QuickTime is properly installed on this computer."

Also, if I look at the QuickTime control panel, it tells me that I have version 0.0!
The file types and mime types windows are empty.
Also if I make any changes in the control panel they are not saved.
If I run "QTInfo.exe" it says that QuickTime is "Not Installed"!

So it obviously hasn't actually installed properly, even though the installer said that it had completed successfully.
I've tried doing repair installations, and although they apparently complete successfully, they make no difference.

I did some research on "Error #2096" and what came up was a problem with running in "compatibility mode" and says to switch compatibility mode off by changing the setting in the compatibility tab on the .exe file properties.
Well, there is no compatibility tab in the exe file properties, is that a Windows XP only thing?

Also there was some references to Error 2096 referring to an "unsupported processor".
Is that really likely (I run on dual 2.4GHz Zeons)?

When I clear the QT error message, I then get a message (from Norton Crashguard) about a crash in "GDI+ Window".
I don't know if that's any clue...........

Any suggestions?
Thanks again.........

Compatibilty mode exists on Windows 2000, but is not usable by default. To register the Compatibility mode, run:
Compatibilty mode may be applied to programs in Windows 2000 using shortcuts' Properties. Also, Winodws 2000 Support Tools includes an Application Compatibilty program that can set compatibilities.

Hi,
I think you haven't done last sequence yet.
Please look at My Comment number 788741(How to Install QuickTime 7.50)

Win2000, you are absolutely right!
I missed that last vital step.

IT WORKS!!!


You are a genius!
Thank you so much.

Hi again win2000,
Quicktime is still working fine.

I have now tried to install Windows Media Player 10 using KDW, and thought I'd give you some feedback.
You do have to install the XP kernel32.dll to the system32 folder for your installer to work, but as you say. once it's installed, you can use ez install to put the new kernel32.dll just in the WMP folder, restore the original Windows 2000 file to the system32 folder, and it continues working.

I would like to keep your later kernel32.dll file in system32, and I do have your user32.dll, shell32.dll and advapi32.dll files there, but I have a problem with one of the Norton Utilities that I use if I do this.
As I mentioned previously, the Norton Protected Recycle Bin service won't start with that version of kernel32.dll in the system32 folder.
At startup, it puts up an error message which says -

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This error is presumably being caused by the new kernel32.dll file.
Is there any way around this?

Apart from this, Windows Media Player 10 is working under Windows 2000.
Great job!


I do have a couple of issues with that though, which I'd appreciate your feedback on.
Firstly, I now have no video preview thumbnails in the Windows Explorer, which I did have when WMP 9 was installed.
I quite like them and would like them back.
Do you know why they have gone and how to restore them?

The other thing that I'm puzzled at is that fact that there is no "Play Speed Settings" option under the "Enhancements " menu of my player. I've always been annoyed with WMP 9 that there is no frame by frame jog facility, and I thought that had been added in WMP 10.
It mentions it in the help file, but it isn't actually there on my player.
Any idea why?

Thanks for all your work.
I never thought that it would ever be possible to use later versions of QuickTime or WMP under Windows 2000, and I would always be stuck now with increasingly out of date versions.
You proved me wrong!
Cheers, Dave.

This is good news for windows 2000 users

How to install Windows Defender

It rejects to install only by msi definition.
You can rewrite simply msi file for installation with Windows 2000.
Of course you can rewrite with Orca,too.

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1. Check Allow Win2k and Overwrite.
2. Press Rewrite.

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You can use also Software Explorer.

Hi,

Do you use other KDW Dlls ?
If it is so, please copy to Norton Protected Recycle Bin service folder ,original DLLs.



You can uninstall WMP10 with tha way to following method.
Reinstall WMP10 for Win2k and it detects WMP component.
if you allow delete and cancel next step.
then you can install WMP9 again.
(Not need KDW.)



I heard these functions isn't WMP10 extention but Windows XP's one.
But there may be the way to add the menu our media players.
We try to find the related dlls might be worth.

Thanks again win2000.

I was coming to the conclusion myself that the variable play speed option in WMP was an OS version based enhancement, and nothing to do with the player version.
In fact something I read on the MS site implied that it is in fact there in WMP 9 if you use it under XP.
That being the case, there isn't a lot of point in me having WMP 10 on my system.

It looks a bit prettier than WMP 9, but if it doesn't actually give me any extra facilities when run under Windows 2000, there isn't any real advantage in having it.

The mobile devices management facility didn't seem to work either.
A new icon for it appeared in my Windows Control Panel, but it wouldn't actually do anything.
I have no mobile devices anyway, so I won't miss it!
I have uninstalled WMP 10 successfully, and gone back to 9.

Can I just ask one more thing about Quicktime 7.5?
It is working perfectly except for one thing.
I don't know if you have the "pro" version.
If you haven't you probably haven't run into this issue as the facility isn't there on the free version.

There is a facility to apply a mask to movies in the "movie properties" dialogue in Quicktime 7.
This has always worked fine for me, and I do in fact use it quite a lot.
I now find with 7.5 on Windows 2000 that it doesn't work anymore.

When I try to add a mask to a movie, the application always immediately crashes.
Norton Crashguard reports "QuickTimePlayer caused fault #c0000005 in QTOControl.dll".

Strangely, with movies which have been masked previously the mask can be changed without any crash.
However if the mask is removed completely and the movie re-saved, it crashes if I try to add the mask again.

Any ideas on this?
QTOControl.dll seems to be what interfaces QT with the OS, so it could well be that the problem does indeed lie there.
It is odd that everything seems to work perfectly except for that one function though.

The only other slight anomaly I've noticed is that if you save a movie from the browser plug-in (again only possible with the "pro" version) when you save it puts up the save dialogue correctly, but on pressing "save" it saves the file but then pops up the save dialogue a second time! In fact it pops up the previous save folder that was used, not the last one, which is very odd. This isn't a severe problem obviously, but may be a clue as to what's happening elsewhere.

Sorry to keep coming up with problems, I think you've done a great job getting these things to work on a supposedly incompatible OS in the first place, but if it's something easy to fix I thought you should know.
Cheers, Dave.

Hi, Dave-H

* About WMP10

It seems completely same WMP9 and WMP 10 between Win2k and WinXP in binary level.
and Win2k also loaded the component from registry base setting.

I found it relates DMO ( DirectX Media Object).
for example Direct Input completely wasn't installed in Windows 2000.
I may be able to find difference there
I'll go on to research it.


* About quicktime

Unfortunately, I don't have QT Pro.
If you copy qt folder debug version kernel32.dll (in krnld028a.zip)
It output some information to debug monitor.

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You can use whatever Debug monitor as you can get.

Thanks again win2000,
I'd like to try the debug as it may give you some clues as to what's happening.
Unfortunately the file on your download link (http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/arc/krnld028a.zip) seems to be only a 46kB file, which won't open!

That file is not a zip file; it is an LHZ compressed archive. Rename the archive to something eight or less characters proceded by extension ".LZH".

Thanks Ascii2.
Managed to extract the kernel32.dll file OK once I knew that it wasn't actually a zip archive, despite the file extension!


win2000, I put the debug kernel32.dll into the QuickTime folder, along with kernel2k.dll, and got some crash logs out of Dr. Watson and Norton Crashguard.
How much use they are to you, I don't know.
The Norton one certainly seems to be pretty basic.
There is also a "user.dmp" crash dump file from Dr. Watson, but it's large (46MB) so I haven't included it.

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It is strange that the Norton2.txt log references "E:\Dump Folder\Video Masks\quicktim.exe".
That folder is the folder where my masks are stored, NOT where the quicktim.exe (which is quicktimeplayer.exe in fact) program file is kept, so I don't know what's happening there.........

See if the crash logs shed any light on what's happening.
If not, I may try using earlier versions of QT7 and see if they display the same problem.
Thanks, Dave.

Hi.

Thx Ascii2.
I replaced the correct file.


Debug version kernel32.dll user OutputDebugString. and outputs to debugger many information.
Please use any debugger and show the output,Dave-H.

I tried with windbg and that gave some information but I don't think it's much more than I got from Dr. Watson.
I'm sorry but debugging isn't something that I'm at all experienced with!

Anyway, I decided to try earlier versions of QuickTime to see if they had the same problems.
I went back to 7.4.5 and that was exactly the same as 7.5.
I then rolled back to 7.4.1, and everything worked perfectly!

Apple must have done something between these two version to cause the problem with the masks.
The double save window pop-up when saving from the browser plugin has gone away too!

I think I'll leave it at that.
I'm very pleased to have gone three versions on from the last one that was supposed to work with Windows 2000, and I doubt if the next two versions (7.4.5 and 7.5.0) give anything extra really worthwhile.

Thanks for all your help, and keep on getting those non-2000 applications to work for us!
You're doing a great job!

Does VistaPack2000 and NT4VU3B2 use alot of resources??????*Using on W2KAdvSrv Edition...and looks "Great ...but Mem and taskmgr. show "Heavy"useage???also using"KDW add-on for WMP10......Unusual??? thanks.......

Hi again Win2000,
I've now got all my main system files replaced with your versions.
I managed to fix the Norton problem by using your Ez Install mode and putting the older 5.0.2195.7135 kernel32.dll into the folder with the Norton executable files, with version 5.1.2599.28 of kernel2k.dll.
That works fine.

I now have another problem!
I have AVS Video Tools 5.6 installed, and I use the video converter program a lot.
It's supposed to work with Windows 2000 and XP.

Now if I run it, I just get an error message -

AVSMEDIA
An internal exception occurred (Address: 0xb)
Please, contact support@avsmedia.com. Thank you!

This goes away and it works again if I put the original kernel32.dll back into my system32 folder.
I have tried using the same trick as I did with the Norton utilities, but it won't work with this program.
I can make the error message go away, the program runs and appears as a running task in Task Manager, but nothing ever appears on the screen.

Any ideas on this?
Thanks yet again.
Dave.

Hi

Umm, I saw simular message on nProtect by SoftWin.
A dialog appares, when this software detected kernel hook.
I think that it uses same technology or OEM software.

I will check AVS.
But my main note PC,which was used for development broke last week with the overheat.
Please wait till I buy new PC
I'll buy a Latitude E4200 this month, and try to install Win2k, and construct the development environment.

How to run Google Chrome.

It is easy.
You set XP compatible mode with fcwin to ChromeSetup.exe, GoogleUpdate.exe, chrome_installer.exe, and setup.exe.

If it is diffecult for you, you can download simple installer script 'chrome2k.zip' from 'Google Chrome for Win2000'

Related(Japanese)
fcwin and XP compatible mode
Google Chrome for Win2000

Thanks win2000.
Sorry to hear about the death of your PC.

I hope you're up and running again soon!
If you want to test AVS Video Converter you can download it here -
http://www.avsmedia.com/videotools/download.aspx

Win2000, please bear with my lame questioning (as I'm not sure I got it right and don't want to risk a mistake) :

does your replacement system work for all localised versions of Win 2k SP4 (I have the French version), or is it applicable only to US English and Chinese or Japanese windozes exclusively ? If the latter, what is required in order to produce a French version ?

Regards

--
Ninho

Amazing! Run WMP 10 in windows 2000!

Does this will also able my windows 2000 to run live messenger? And also latest movie maker?

edit:\\

How can I register new dlls with program? Also how can modify portuguese live messenger to work with windows 2000 with it?

Thanks.

p.s. I also believe this will work with games..? So I may be able to play Football manager 2008 in windows 2000 and other ones.

It's the following, I finally got it to work!

However it crash my computer because it replace the dlls with chinese ones..

I will put here dlls in my language (portuguese).

Which ones you need? XP or 2000?

Thanks you very much!

P.S. I tried to replace windows 2000 dlls with XP ones directly but nit crashed my system even faster.

Hi.
Live Messenger 8.1 works , but Live Messenger 8.5 crush cause of Messenger Sharing Folder USN Journal
Reader Service.

Movie Maker 2.x works but it crash when you use popupmenu.
Movie Maker 1.x works perfectly.
And, some games work without nProtect.

Hi
KDW installer supports English and Japanese. but I think there is no problem to use on other localized Windows 2000.
I only made Windows Media Player 10 Installer Chinese Version. cause of Chinese is simular to Japanese.
If you translate to French, I make French version. (because I cant understand French. )

Ok that's nice, wich files do you need to do a compatible version with my Windows (portuguese). Also you need them from windows 2000 or XP? Thanks.

I would like to translate the program also, let me know if you want to.

How to run Portable Google Chrome.

Please Install advapi32 and rpcrt4.dll on Ez mode to \Portable_Google_Chrome_xx.xx.20xx\Chrome Folder
And Set Ez KD Registry to Target PC.

Chrome Portable Bug and how to run on Windows 2000(Japanese)