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Is anybody still using windows 2000?

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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#31 Post by mnowell69 » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:04 pm

thought to try win2000 on my t400. Maybe one day when i have nothing better to do.
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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#32 Post by Unknown_K » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:28 pm

Mkes me wonder why people needed a computer at all pre internet. ;)
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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#33 Post by WA2SI » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:45 pm

Geez, you guys make me feel a tad old. I just ordered a W520 as an upgrade from my trusty R51. (Which will remain in service as a back-up, btw.) However, I remember buying my Tandy RL1000 running a fire-breathing Intel 8086 and sporting a whopping 20 MB hdd.

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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#34 Post by ozzymud » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:57 pm

I would definately turn off the virus scanners resident parts, and just scan any file downloaded with it or at http://virusscan.jotti.org/

Ditch the defender in favor of Spybot Search & Destroy, only use it's on demand portion... with noscript/adaware you can skip the resident part of spybot.

I would say you are pretty secure, prolly more so then a lot of machines I come across on a daily basis :P I cringe nowadays when I sit down at someones machine and see IE is their main browser... or even those who choose Firefox don't have Noscript & AdBlock :P
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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#35 Post by Windows98Brony » Sun Dec 18, 2016 4:16 pm

Yep and infact I just upgraded from Windows 98 SE. My computer that I use and have used since Y2K is a custom built Gateway 750 Performance with a good ol' Pentium III inside

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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#36 Post by micrex22 » Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:20 pm

WA2SI wrote:Geez, you guys make me feel a tad old. I just ordered a W520 as an upgrade from my trusty R51. (Which will remain in service as a back-up, btw.) However, I remember buying my Tandy RL1000 running a fire-breathing Intel 8086 and sporting a whopping 20 MB hdd.

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Coincidentally I just recently brought an 8086 machine w/ a 20 MB hard disk online to the internet. I upgraded it with a V30 and 8087-2, though.

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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#37 Post by lemonstar » Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:25 pm

Up until a year ago I had a T22 running 2000 but it only used with a standalone scanner - I never used it to connect to the internet - I only packed that machine away when the scanner broke and I had to buy a new one. I still have XP on a Samsung NC10 netbook - I tried a lightweight version of Mint designed specifically for netbooks (mine has 2G or RAM) but it didn't run as well as XP does. I till use that NC10 as it has a great keyboard and a 500G drive with a load of film on it -it great when I go away - I use it mainly for writing - songs/poetry - I have a 10" Sony tablet but I prefer the NC keyboard.

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Re: RE: Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#38 Post by Omineca » Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:38 pm

lemonstar wrote:Up until a year ago I had a T22 running 2000 but it only used with a standalone scanner - I never used it to connect to the internet - I only packed that machine away when the scanner broke and I had to buy a new one. I still have XP on a Samsung NC10 netbook - I tried a lightweight version of Mint designed specifically for netbooks (mine has 2G or RAM) but it didn't run as well as XP does. I till use that NC10 as it has a great keyboard and a 500G drive with a load of film on it -it great when I go away - I use it mainly for writing - songs/poetry - I have a 10" Sony tablet but I prefer the NC keyboard.
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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#39 Post by edik » Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:08 pm

Windows 2000 was the only MS Operating System I truly liked... it was bloat free and with Service Packs rock solid stable.

I used it from 1999 right through to around 2011 when stuff like browsers (Chrome comes to mind) were incompatible, also think later Office products wouldn't work on it.

Although Linux is my main OS I will always admire 2000 as a 'classic'... oh along with OS/2 Warp....

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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#40 Post by wujstefan » Thu Nov 09, 2017 2:14 am

I still run some of my oldies on W2k. Love it, really.
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#41 Post by Nicola » Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:59 am

Windows 2000/2003/NT4
https://msfn.org/board/forum/35-windows-20002003nt4/

How To Install .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 on Windows 2000
http://orbisvitae.com/ubbthreads/ubbthr ... 3mueXN3_oy

Installing .net framework 3.5 sp1 on Windows 2000
https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26843

[Addon] Microsoft .NET Framework Family 3.5 SP1 - 20131008
ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7186&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Windows 2000 Kernel32
blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/1299806.html

https://docs.microsoft.com/it-it/dotnet ... pendencies


Service Pack UNOFFICIAL 5 5.1.2195 04/27/2006
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details ... al_sp.html


Windows 2000
https://www.wincert.net/forum/index.php ... dows-2000/

nLite
https://msfn.org/board/forum/89-nlite/

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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#42 Post by Dawsey » Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:55 am

Out of curiousity have you sources for W520 drivers for windows 2000?

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Re: Is anybody still using windows 2000?

#43 Post by Screamer » Thu Jan 03, 2019 2:46 pm

Unfortunately, not all drivers are available for the W520 to properly function under Windows 2000. I suppose that I can list the ones that would work, though.

For SATA to work under Windows 2000, you will need Intel's Matrix Storage Manager driver (7.0.0.1020). Although, that specific driver version does not support the SATA controller integrated in the QM67 chipset. It only supports the 6311ESB, 6321ESB, ICH6R, ICH6M, ICH7R, ICH7M, ICH7M DH, ICH8R, ICH8DH, ICH8DO, ICH8BM, and the ICH8EM.

Although, Intel's latest chipset driver (9.2.0.1030) released for Windows 2000, supports the QM67 chipset. It also appears to have the SATA controller driver included in the chipset installation, as well as the other important drivers required for the QM67 chipset.

Next is the graphics driver: the Quadro 1000M or the Quadro 2000M is only supported under Windows XP and above. If you were to backtrack to the older drivers, the Quadro 1000M or the Quadro 2000M would not be in there either. However, if you are very desperate to get Windows 2000 working on your W520 for some reason, you can get NVIDIA's Quadro Release 261.19 WHQL driver. It has support for the Quadro 600 and the Quadro 2000 (utilizes the GF108/GF106 chip, just like the Quadro 1000M/2000M respectively), so you can edit that line and add your 1000M or 2000M's PCI ID in. I would usually advise against this, but well... its your call.

USB 3.0 may work, but that is something I have not tried yet. You need to have blackwingcat's extended kernel for it to work, as far as I know. Just get a XP x86 driver from NEC or Renesas for their uPD720200 USB 3.0 controller, and then run it with the extended kernel, it should work.

The Conexant sound chip's driver may work under Windows 2000 as well, provided that blackwingcat's extended kernel is installed. Similarly, I can not confirm if this works either.

If your W520 has a Realtek wireless adapter, it may work under Windows 2000 with blackwingcat's extended kernel too. The Intel wireless adapters, as far as I am concerned, do not support Windows 2000 at all. Even if it did, you would be stuck with basic WEP encryption.

In the end, you would have a very limited W520 running Windows 2000. I believe it would be better for you to run Windows XP x86 or XP x64, since Windows 2000 has a lot of compatibility issues nowadays. blackwingcat's extended kernel can only do so much, and it has not managed to fully simulate Windows XP's kernel yet.

I would strongly advise you to switch over to Windows XP, at the very least. Windows 2000 is only good for those old machines that are heavily bogged down with limited RAM or processing power.

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