[Win2000 Autopatcher]

There was a very good Autopatcher for Windows 2000, available here.

It worked by downloading one big file that contained all the updates, running it and selecting the ones you wanted to install, all while offline. You could then keep it up to date by downloading much smaller update versions.

It was in fact, exactly the same in principle as soporific's Autopatcher for Windows 98SE, to be found elsewhere on MSFN.

Unfortunately, the Windows 2000 version was squashed by Microsoft, with threats of legal action, as it was redistributing their copyright files.

What is now available at autopatcher.com is a version which still automates the downloads, but takes them from Microsoft Update instead of them being included in the Autopatcher file.

I haven't personally used any of the later versions.

yes I have seen the autopatcher.com.

but it only has to download english files and I have a swedish version of 2K.

and I want the update file so I can integrate them to my CD so win 2k is updated from the install.

is there any list of all KB updates for 2K.

so I maybe can change the name on them to swedish names.

[Windows 2000 Theme/Styles]

why not check out vistapack 2000?

it is not windows blinds, i agree, but its free, and in development still...

by me actually ^^

check on here, its on this forum somewhere... or go to my site... www.vistapack.org

Damian666

Yes I have tested vistapack2000 and it is great.

one question.

is 2.6 better than 2.5 what is the different.

what People can use.

windowBlinds 4.6

Vistapack2000

AnotherShell replacemant like LiteStep.

[Windows 2000 Theme/Styles]

where to download skins for the old windowsblind 4.6

[Win2000 Autopatcher]

Hello is there any tool or something.

to easy download updates for win2K in several language not only English.

or is the download location the same or how does the download location looks like for different language.

[Puzzling Registry Size Issue]

can someone reupload these apps again.

all rapid links are dead

I am on WinMe and if I was on 98 I would probably have bumped in similar issues as the cumulated size of my classes.dat and system.dat is above 13MB. The biggest eaters in terms of size seem to be DirectX and the dotnet runtimes with their huge amount of CLSIDs keys.

I think I have read about the registry files having a maximum size on Win9x but I cannot find anything about it now.

What seems certain anyway is that scanreg is unable to compact registry files which are above 8MB.

IMO the best doc about the win9x registry is in japanese : http://www.haltz.com/rgstry2/index.htm

There is one page in english though but for the rest you'll need to use babelfish or google translate. He details several different methods for compacting the registry and there is alot about the registry stucture.

This guy wrote a registry compactor, RegCon which is the only one that does actually work amongst the many claiming to to do that and that I have tried.

He also wrote a registry analyzer, Registrip, which has no equivalent and which displays charts and pies about registry occupation (used space, empty space, dead gaps).

I have translated those two interesting freebies some time ago, the first partially and the second more completely.

I have uploaded those translated apps on Rapidshare in case you find them useful to troubleshoot or circumvent your issue :

http://rapidshare.com/files/57327311/RegUtils.7z.html

There is a couple of other utils you might find useful to hunt for stuff to delete from the registry :

Registry Space Profiler : http://www.tliquest.net/software/rsp/ and Pluto : http://sourceforge.net/projects/pluto

[Win98 Tweaks does anyone know]

Hello.

I have win98 on a very old laptop.

So my question is.

what can I do to make it use lowest resources possible.

Reg tweaks.

Swap file tweak or something.

So anything that makes win98 go as fast as possible.

I should only use it to surf the web and stuff like that.

Maybe should I use win95C or what

[NT4 Unattended Setup]

I have try my winnt.sif and I get a BSOD.

so it is something wrong with it.

and if I rename it to unattended.txt then it is not recognized.

I'll try to re-phrase:

the NT 4.00 setup engine is different from that of 2K and XP not all values/entries in a "normal" WINNT.SIF will work with it.

Rather than renaming WINNT.SIF to UNATTENDED.TXT, you need to write a new UNATTENDED.TXT using only the values/entries that NT 4.00 accepts, see links given, start from the sample given in the MS KB.

jaclaz

yes I know that.

I have only use value that NT4 should have.

I did name it Unattended.txt from the beginning then I rename it to winnt.sif so the setup should recognize it.

[NT4 Unattended Setup]

Start by trying to use nLite.

That is aimed towards 2k and XP , interesting suggestion.

If I remember correctly, NT 4.00 used unattended.txt rather than winnt.sif:

http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-n...m-cd/19543.html

Check this:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040605031250/...e/wksStudy1.htm

(courtesy of The Wayback Machine)

And these:

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-...11-5027113.html

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/w...t/gdautset.mspx

Explanation of allowed values and sample here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155197/en-us

jaclaz

Yes I could be difficult to use nlite.

I have try my winnt.sif and I get a BSOD.

so it is something wrong with it.

and if I rename it to unattended.txt then it is not recognized.

[NT4 Unattended Setup]

Hello I am trying to make NT4 unattended,

But is not really working.

so does anyone has an working Winnt.sif file to share with me.

[Help button on startmenu]

When I add that to the registry.

and restart the computer.

the help button is still there.

[Help button on startmenu]

Removing Items from Start Menu

Thanks.

I have remove some other it was only help button left to remove now also remove that.

thanks.

[Help button on startmenu]

Hello is it possible to remove the Help button on the start menu.

Edit something in the registry.

[scheduled task]

thanks.

I can´t find it in the registry.

but I disabled it in the msconfig.

[Tiny98]

If any feature does not work it means you removed too much.

Without knowing IN DETAIL which guide/tutorial/app you used, and EXACTLY which steps you took, it is really difficult to help you.

At first glance it could be some problem in the Registry for "right click menu" and default action.... but I guess noone can say for sure, I seem to remember that also a missing registration of SHELL32.DLL could cause this kind of problems.

jaclaz

yes I have remove to much.

but I hope some one know what it was.

but I should test some more.

and add some stuff back.

[scheduled task]

on my win98 machine.

the scheduled task is starting with windows.

how can I disable this to not start with windows.

Can I change it in the registry.

[Setupdir for drivers]

wich is the setupdir for the drivers

You may have the drivers on any folder of your hard drive, using DOS to copy them, always unziped of course. The install program will ask you where are they, and you only have to answer the question. No problems at all.

Yes but if I out them in the right setup dir windows will find them be him self and not asking just install them.

so wich is the setup dir for drivers during win98 install.

[Tiny98]

I have now shinked my win98.

and it work.

but one thing if I dubble click on my computer it will not open.

anyone know why.

I have taken the explorer.exe from my win95a version.

Also would this micro95 guide work on Me to.

it would be nice to know.

[Setupdir for drivers]

Hello When I´m instyalling win98.

wich is the setupdir for the drivers.

win98 does not have the drivers but I have them so I was thinking of extract the drivers to the setupdir for win98.

before I install win98. So windows can use my driver under the install process.

[Tiny98]

im not sure if there is anything like that to rebuild the cd. you could use 98lite to take out what you dont want and then if you know anything about imaging you could image your drive. then you could use a cd to restore it and its much faster then installing windows.

If I have installed windows98 then use stuff to get it tiny.

Can I copy the file.

then if I want to use this again and now have the files needed.

How can I make the drive boot up win98.

run the win.com at startup.

or witch file that start win98 up.

[USP versions]

Hello I´m using Win2K SP4 RU1 V2.

Should I install the SP5.1

[Tiny98]

Hello is there anyway that I can make an win98 tiny/micro/mini version of the install CD of win98se.

So I only have an iso that is very small.

like nlite for XP.

But for 98.

a app that make it or a guide.

not to have the hole iso and install full version then use any app to reduse the installed win98.

I want to have the install CD to be very small.

[XP Only Software and games on 2000]

2000 to XP Wrapper

http://win2kgaming.siteburg.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7

I did see that.

if you read my edit.

my question was how to install it.

and for mow I have to use it in the applications dir.

but it would be nice for a way to install it so I dont need to copy files and stuff if I install something that not work.

[Startup and shutdown logo Windows2000]

wich files is the startup loading screen and the shutdown screen in windows 2000

[XP Only Software and games on 2000]

Hello.

Win2K has better support for more new software than old 98.

But there is some software that is XP only and not work on windows 2000.

is there any way to get it to work.

Like KernelEx for win98 but for Win2K.

Edit:

I Found the DLL Wrapper that enables this that I want.

But how to install it.

Should I copy the original files to a folder which.

the only replace the original in original directory with these.

Can anyone explain with an example how to install it.

[Windows 2000 Revolutions Pack]

Great software.

Does this also have an silent switch for patching the explorer.exe