[PCBONEZ]

Pardon the latecomer newbie question but I read this whole thread and I don't see it mentioned anywhere, so I'm gonna ask.
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Is there are prerequisite SP level for the original W2k media, or does this SP update all of them even with no SP present on the original CD?
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Thanks.
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[tomasz86]

PCBONEZ, on 05 September 2012 - 11:45 PM, said:

Pardon the latecomer newbie question but I read this whole thread and I don't see it mentioned anywhere, so I'm gonna ask.
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Is there are prerequisite SP level for the original W2k media, or does this SP update all of them even with no SP present on the original CD?

Unofficial Service Pack 5.1 is cumulative which means that all previous service packs are included in it.

[PCBONEZ]

tomasz86, on 05 September 2012 - 11:49 PM, said:

Unofficial Service Pack 5.1 is cumulative which means that all previous service packs are included in it.

WOW! - That was fast! - 4 minutes flat!
Thank you!

[tomasz86]

PCBONEZ, on 06 September 2012 - 12:17 AM, said:

WOW! - That was fast! - 4 minutes flat!
Thank you!

No problem

You can safely integrate it over any SP (or no SP) although Gurgelmeyer himself recommended using either SP0 or SP4. Still, it shouldn't really matter.

[tomasz86]

@Kurt_Aust

Your link to WMP9 from the first post is dead. Maybe you could update it to the one listed here:

http://www.windows20...x.html#kb316992

It's the direct URL for the same file (the MD5 matches yours).

[Kurt_Aust]

Microsoft's download site has been seriously spotty as of late, they seem to be transitioning it to a new style (again).

For instance I had a lot of trouble getting to the download page for KB2736233 (latest ActiveX Kill-Bits), only once out of multiple attempts did it show up on searching.

However as the direct link is still active at this time (noting that your page uses the same direct link), it will be updated if it's still stuffing up after next month's updates.

[tomasz86]

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, the original WMP9 link has been dead for a long time (months if not years ).

This post has been edited by tomasz86: 17 September 2012 - 05:33 AM

[Kurt_Aust]

November updates - a bit late I know, waiting for .Net installers

Deletion:
RunOnce\dotNet11SP1_UH_Jun12.exe
RunOnce\dotNet20SP2_UH_Jun12.exe

Addition:
Download from MediaFire Hotfix_2000sp5_N_date.7z (.Net 1.1 SP1 & .Net 2.0 SP2) and extract it into the same directory that you chose to extract the Config archive into (see notes part 4 for other options).
MD5: F4D16EA4A7FA6E5D09B1476D8F836625
SHA-1: CBB4576F6BA431F53E3935DDFDF92DE8F9D9EA96


Added a link to Tomasz86's archive.

Also the latest version of Avast anti-virus once again works with Windows 2000.

[Kurt_Aust]

January updates

Deletions:
Hotfix\770-msxml4-KB2721691-enu.exe
Hotfix\780-msxml6-KB2721693-enu-x86.exe
RunOnce\dotNet11SP1_UH_Nov12.exe
RunOnce\dotNet20SP2_UH_Nov12.exe


Additions:
Hotfix\770-msxml4-KB2758694-enu.exe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,066,376 . Optional, Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 sp3
Hotfix\780-msxml6-KB2758696-enu-x86.exe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975,304 . Optional, Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 sp2

Download from MediaFire Hotfix_2000sp5_N_date.7z (.Net 1.1 SP1 & .Net 2.0 SP2) and extract it into the same directory that you chose to extract the Config archive into (see notes part 4 for other options).
MD5: A853D3E1986C742AC3FBB28E00343FD8
SHA-1: 7AE46B3AA0AA58FCB1AEDB4F0A41E92AFB8EC1DF

[Kurt_Aust]

February updates

Delete:
RunOnce\dotNet20SP2_UH_Jan13.exe

Add:
Download from MediaFire Hotfix_2000sp5_N_date.7z (.Net 1.1 SP1 & .Net 2.0 SP2) and extract it into the same directory that you chose to extract the Config archive into (see notes part 4 for other options).
MD5: 2D7D627B72976FAA82EB709A0C37BE0C
SHA-1: 603861CC10B73B729CF22BFDAA3ABD8A614DE4D4

[tomasz86]

@Kurt_Aust I know you're sceptical about unofficial updates but M$ keeps releasing official updates for Windows 2000 too and I think that it would be good to add them to your list:)

Please check:

http://windows2000.tk/updates/#kb2570947
http://windows2000.tk/updates/#kb2780091
http://windows2000.tk/updates/#kb2792100_ie5
http://windows2000.tk/updates/#kb2792100_ie6
http://windows2000.tk/updates/#kb2797052
http://windows2000.tk/updates/#kb2798897

This post has been edited by tomasz86: 08 March 2013 - 02:18 AM

[PCBONEZ]

Anomaly? Problem? Bug?
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I don't have the skills (or time) to figure out what happened, just reporting something I saw during an install on actual hardware.
Build was W2k Advanced Server without any non-MS add-ons beyond 3Ware RAID drivers.
[Is for a temp file server to store 3TB of data on while I rebuild the 'real' one.]

I wasn't paying THAT much attention (fully automated install) but at one point I looked up and saw errors in a dos-box window.
For each of the following:
NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-x86.exe
NDP1.1sp1-KB971108-x86.exe
NDP1.1sp1-KB2742597-X86.exe
It said something to the effect that they aren't ?programs? or batch files and would not be installed....
(Was kind of fast.... 'programs' may have been a different word but it did say 'or batch files' after that.)
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Might be nothing but I don't even know how to determine that. (I am NOT a programmer.)
Just reporting to the experts that actually know what they are doing...
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And thanks for all your work! (All of you.)
For the most part I dunno what I'm doing but with your directions I can create up-to-date custom builds that actually work!!
(I prefer W2k because it doesn't commit suicide for too many changes when I'm in the middle of something.)
Thanks!
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This post has been edited by PCBONEZ: 17 March 2013 - 12:20 PM

[PCBONEZ]

Kurt_Aust, on 29 November 2012 - 03:16 PM, said:

Also the latest version of Avast anti-virus once again works with Windows 2000.

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Please define "latest version" - because such things are subject to change with time.
(By date) When you wrote that the "latest" was version 7-something.
Currently your link on page 1 of this thread goes to version 8-something.
Which are confirmed to work in W2k?
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Thanks.
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This post has been edited by PCBONEZ: 17 March 2013 - 07:12 AM

[tomasz86]

PCBONEZ, on 17 March 2013 - 05:45 AM, said:

Please define "latest version" - because such things are subject to change with time.
(By date) When you wrote that the "latest" was version 7-something.
Currently your link on page 1 of this thread goes to version 8-something.
Which are confirmed to work in W2k?

Avast (including the newest version which is 8 at the moment) still officially supports Windows 2000. Their official requirements are Windows 2000 SP4 + Update Rollup 1 but in reality you also MUST install IE6, i.e. it doesn't work with IE5.5.

[Kurt_Aust]

Added the post end of life hotfixes suggested by tomasz86 (as a separate download).

PCBONEZ: If you were using the default install, then you are using updated .Net installers provided by User_Hidden. The "errors" you saw were the batch files searching for the original Microsoft installers for those people who chose not to use the updated installers (see notes part 4).

As thomasz86 noted, Avast version 8.0.1483.72 works on Windows 2000 (although I don't care for the Windows 8 skin a lot of programs are using lately).

[Kurt_Aust]

May update

Delete:
RunOnce\dotNET20SP2_UH_Feb13.exe

Add:
Download from MediaFire Hotfix_2000sp5_N_date.7z (.Net 1.1 SP1 & .Net 2.0 SP2) and extract it into the same directory that you chose to extract the Config archive into (see notes part 4 for other options).
MD5: E5C0F6F0ECE0EADFE0164892C295974F
SHA-1: FBBF40A01156D3EAF09CFA2690855B69FEEBA190

[Kurt_Aust]

June update

Delete:
RunOnce\dotNET20SP2_UH_May13.exe

Add:
Download from MediaFire Hotfix_2000sp5_N_date.7z (.Net 1.1 SP1 & .Net 2.0 SP2) and extract it into the same directory that you chose to extract the Config archive into (see notes part 4 for other options).
MD5: 1BFF453E1554963F24312C19E439E19D
SHA-1: 9772A510234E3D7386BAF36A027C2CB00C2756CF