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I just installed it on my Windows 2000 and because of it, I was able to install the DirectX 9.0c Jun 2010 package without any problems at all. I believe it relied on DecodePointer, which v2 doesn't fix but v5 does. I have a theory that if it was worked on a little more, that Windows Media Center for Windows 7 would run on Windows 2000, maybe. The error message was similar to EncodePointer that it was looking for in the kernel file but it wasn't that exactly. I can't remember offhand what it was. But I'm thinking this could lead to some great things soon. Great job, blackwingcat!
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Hi blackwingcat,
I should've thought of that about Windows Media Player 11. I'm perfectly fine with Windows Media Player 10. I just don't know how to install it. I have the installer but I'm not sure how to replace the DLLs and since my internet connection doesn't like your blog (it just acts like your blog is non-existant), I can't really find detailed instructions. I saw a few of the pics in the beginning of this thread but it really didn't help me much. If you could post some basic instructions on what DLLs to replace, I'd appreciate it a lot.
Something else that is irking me with Windows 2000 is the new Who Wants to be a MIllionaire SB game. It installed and runs on Windows 2000 but there's absolutely no sound that'll play. I know it heavily relies on .ogg format but I also noticed it relies on wmvcore.dll, another reason I want to try upgrading my WMP to a later version to see if it'll work. The game itself says it needs XP+ but I see no reason in the world why it isn't fully compatible with Windows 2000. The latest DirectX doesn't make a difference and as far as I know, it doesn't use any special sound effects.
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Hi blackwingcat!
I finally got around to trying your solution to Safari and it works great! I haven't gotten any errors or having the system shut down on me. But now I know there's a way to install Windows Media Player 11 but I really don't know how to do it and have it work. Could you provide me instructions on how to get it going like you did with Safari? If not, I do have the Windows Media Player 10 installation but I can't remember how I got it working last time. For some reason, your blog always shows up as page not found on my connection so it's really hard to get the instructions on how to install that too. If I can get either of those working again, I'd be really happy. I really appreciate all your hard work, blackwingcat, you're awesome.
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Hi blackwingcat!
First of all, thanks for all your good tips, it's nice being able to use my favorite OS a bit longer than Microsoft would like me to. XD
Anyway, I forgot to mention that I'm using Safari 3.2.1, I'm not using the new 4.0 version as I don't care for it that much. I tried using the ws2_32.dll from the chrome installer but I can't get it deployed for some reason. Is it because I don't have Chrome installed? I rather like the only 3.x.x version of Safari and for the most part it seems to work but I still get that NT Authority crap and then it reboots my computer. Can you tell me step by step what I need to check in kdllinst and what files are needed to be installed? I get confused with RSA Registry, EZ KD Registry, SHFolderExREG and all that and I'm thinking I might be getting messed up with that.
As for Messenger, I found out how to use the older versions so I can run the older version just fine. So I guess Safari is my biggest concern now as I almost hate IE now and FireFox isn't my favorite either. Chrome is okay I guess but I'd rather have Safari.
Hi, SearanoX.
*Safari
Although Safari works on Windows 2000 with KDW, Windows 2000 can't draw correctly combobox in Safari 4.x.
I wonder you had better use Chrome or Lunascape, if you want to use webkit browser.
The reason of need ws2_32.dll of chrome installer, there may be bugs in free resource function of new Webkit's dll.
If you want to install Safari on Windows 2000 with Ez Install mode, you check EzKD Registry in KDllinst.exe.
*Messenger
Why don't you use MSN Messenger 7.x or Windows Messenger 5.x ?
If Live Messenger runs, many problem occure, though it works on Windows 2000.
I have Safari working well under Windows 2000, but it crashes instantly as soon as I try to download something. Why is this?
Hi, SearanoX.
What version do you use ws2_32.dll wrapper ?
Chrome and Safari's webkit may crash without Chrome installer for Windows 2000 's ws2_32.dll.
I'm really not sure offhand, but I know I used the latest stable release of KDW at the time. But I know for a fact I never tried the Chrome Installer. If I used that, would I have to move files myself or would the installer just install the file where I need it?
Also, something else I ran into which is why I'm not using Windows 2000 anymore is I'd get a NT AUTHORITY error and my computer would automatically restart after one minute without any specific reason. Never thought of checking the log files as to why but I figured it might have to deal with Safari as that's when it usually occurred when I was using Safari.
There's also one other thing I want to get working and at least when I browsed through this thread, I saw no instructions as to how to make Windows Live Messenger 2009 work on Windows 2000. I use it extremely frequently and saw that it's possible on your website to get it working. Any suggestions as to how to get it installed and running?
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Something else I've been wondering. Is it possible to install and run Corel VideoStudio X2 on Windows 2000 via DLL wrappers? It's another one of my frequently used programs and another thing preventing me from actually running Windows 2000 anymore. That and Windows Movie Maker 2.6. I've been able to install it somehow (but I can't remember what I did). But I can't save videos. I just get an "Error saving movie" error. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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I have Safari working well under Windows 2000, but it crashes instantly as soon as I try to download something. Why is this?
Hi, SearanoX.
What version do you use ws2_32.dll wrapper ?
Chrome and Safari's webkit may crash without Chrome installer for Windows 2000 's ws2_32.dll.
I'm really not sure offhand, but I know I used the latest stable release of KDW at the time. But I know for a fact I never tried the Chrome Installer. If I used that, would I have to move files myself or would the installer just install the file where I need it?
Also, something else I ran into which is why I'm not using Windows 2000 anymore is I'd get a NT AUTHORITY error and my computer would automatically restart after one minute without any specific reason. Never thought of checking the log files as to why but I figured it might have to deal with Safari as that's when it usually occurred when I was using Safari.
There's also one other thing I want to get working and at least when I browsed through this thread, I saw no instructions as to how to make Windows Live Messenger 2009 work on Windows 2000. I use it extremely frequently and saw that it's possible on your website to get it working. Any suggestions as to how to get it installed and running?
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I have Safari working well under Windows 2000, but it crashes instantly as soon as I try to download something. Why is this?
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KernelEx for Win2000
in Windows 2000/2003/NT4
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Hi blackwingcat!
I haven't tried your software yet, I will do so soon. What I was referring to though was the Windows Media Center software that comes with Windows 7. If you copy the ehome folder which is located in C:\Windows\ehome and put it to a flash drive and copy it over to a Windows 2000 computer, it says its missing Encoding----Pointer. There was something in the middle of the two words but I can't remember offhand what they were. But I have a feeling if the kernel32 file was upgraded again, it's possible that WMC would run on Windows 2000. I don't know, I'm just guessing. But being able to install a DirectX package that originally won't run with the original kernel file with your upgraded one, I have a feeling this could have great possibilities to get things to run on Windows 2000 that was designed for Windows XP SP3 and higher.