caps_buster

Well, it is working and surprisingly fast... The WinNT\system32\config\system file is 2 596 864 bytes long, together with its ALT and BAK cousins. Pretty well optimized Win2k SP4, huh? Sorry to hear that these files was not any help to you - probably time to clean out the garbage in your windows?

You cannot use 64bit code on old Pentium 4 CPU and installing of Windows XP x64 will most likely fail completely, or at least perform horribly.

Just recently I had disabled in bios the SSE instructions on my AXP Berton CPU. Flash worked well for me, version Flash v9.0.124.0 as well, as the latest. Is there any very special reason to use the new Flash?

The older drivers, teh better for old hardware. I stick with my 45.28 beta on FX 5600XT and you should too: http://ax2.old-cans.com/Detonators_45.28.zip They run simple fastest on old cards, while all optimalizations in new drivers are made for the NEW cards for obvious reasons

Well, given the pool choices, XP 32bit win easily. I would say that Vista feels too slow from boot to shutdown. But that could be issue just on 1GBy ram computers with about 2GHz CPU clock. On faster machines with more ram is the speed problem of Vista diminishing. I still did not like the DRM issues and stuff, so I stick with my lovely Windows 2000 SP4 I wonder how they will work on quad core Phenom, lol

Hmm, I like more mine version of boot screen: http://rapidshare.com/files/180414101/win2...boot_screen.zip

I would be VERY dubious about it. I recently saw some news (at least here, in Czech) that a "big bad hacker" is hacking all Windows except updated Vista... and then second news like "hacker is striking back at M$" and so on... So maybe this updated SP4 has already a hole inside, that allow the infection and... Buy Vista! Someone should take the old file, the new one and run compare on them, bite by bite. Maybe these are NOT the same and like I say, I'm very highly suspicous when come to M$... I updated my install with SP4 already, and using Czech version of Windows, so I dubt I manage to find the SP4 file...

I must say that I was little dubious, when I read this thread, but I finished reading it, determined that I try this. I obtained the ntldr and NTDETECT.COM files from Windows 2003 server SP2 Enterprise and non-SP Corporate editions. I quess that there is no download link because of the copyright, but hit me with PM and I provide the link to them... Anyway, I made backup by DriveImage and measured by stopwatch the boot time - since the post screen dim to the flick of the Windows screen when the GFX nVidia card get overclocked and it is old one, so it flick with the image and one can begin use the computer. Please note I just now, temporaly, running on a VERY old machine, it is a JetWay V266B mainboard with KT266A chipset, 1G ram 2-2-2-5, overclocked to 150MHz FSB x 12.5 with AXP Barton CPU at 1875MHz and FX5600XT. On this I run Windows 2000 SP4, with disabled everything I can. I striped out every little thing I managed, so... Original Windows 2000 SP4 boot files - time 38:62 sec Windows 2003 server Corporate files - time 28:29 sec Now that is a little over 10 sec, witch obviously made me VERY happy, I was like HOLLY SH*T when I saw that for the first time. And since I type this after a scandisk and with eMule running and ICQ and Firefox and stuff - it looks like that there is no stability penalty for the nice boot time. The bottom line is, that since I start my machine in the morning, then go to breakfast and stuff, I did not really need the fast boot time... But it definitively is a great improve and for what? For nothing, just two files and that it is. I can only recommend to everyone! Sorry Dave-H that it did not work out for you. Out there the results is amazing at very least!

At start of instalation of Windows 2000 SP4 (well, that same is true for many windows anyway) is the install loading drivers for many and many and many different hardware configurations, only to not use them - well, mostly ever. Like SCSI Floppy drive Many SCSI adapters. So if I did not intend to ever use the install CD on any SCSI-machine, should I remove these drivers? And if yes, then... how? Just modify the install script or something like that?

Guys, I do wonder if anyone know how to rename back the CD/DVD rom drive. After install I was changing the drives and somehow I ended up with THIS problem: My DVDrom drive (E) is named as it was my USB stick... When I changed the drive letter to F, for the DVDrom, then it allow rename, BUT after changing it back to the E, there we go again. USB drive and rename not possible. Is there any trick, or I should let this one go?

Hi guys. I'm registering there so I could learn (or hope to do so) about windows modifications and tweaks... and hopefully get some support for my crazy ideas about Windows 2000 and XP installs So, let's go on with that, integrate DX9 and remove unnecessary stuff