tomasz86

There's a Classic AE theme for Windows 7 so maybe someone will make a similar one for Windows 8 too.

Have you tried enabling the "View -> Show hidden devices" in Device Manager?

A new version of UURollup is almost ready... but I have bad news. UURollup-v3a will probably be the last version of the Global edition of UURollup. I just haven't got time to work on it :/ as there are too many other things which I consider more important. If there's another person interested in maintaining the Global version then feel free to update it I can provide technical help (modyfing update.inf, repacking). The most time-consuming part is to compare file versions, check if they can be installed in all language versions of W2K, test, etc.

Hmm, I was thinking about these BlackWingCat's drivers: http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/1114373.html or http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/1370860.html What does programs like Speccy or Unknown Device Identifier say about your graphic card (when there's no displa adapter displayed in Device Manager)?

@duffy98 Almost all system updates (except UR1 and a few others which don't support direct slipstreaming) and Script 5.7 with updates are included in UR2. IE/OE, WMP and DX updates are not included. @zanet It's normal because "ntldr" and "ntdetect.com" have been replaced with the ones coming from Windows Server 2003. They speed up the booting process a little bit (2-3 seconds?), especially on slower machines. Of course you can still access the F8 menu. Just press it a few times before the boot screen pops up. You shouldn't worry about it Firefox's message is intentional. You won't get it if you install newer versions of it (>= 13beta) but I think you should disable the autoupdate function. It won't work anymore as Firefox's installer won't accept Win2k. You must use KDW (fcwin2k.exe) and set the OS version to XP SP3 to be able to install newer versions of Firefox. It's strange what you're saying about Java because I've just installed it here (Java 7u4) and I didn't get any warning Which version of Java are you trying to install? Could you post a screen shot of the message? I don't use anything more than I've already shared with you so all official updates / hotfixes + UURollup + .NET Framework 3.0 / 3.5 / 4.0 + Windows Imaging Component. It's enough to run the newest Flash, Java and many other applications. Of course sometimes you also have to fix some dependencies using BlackWingCat's KDW or copy some XP files to the program's folder (like uxtheme.dll etc.). This doesn't apply to Flash and Java though. They should install normally... I still need a few more days to finish the list of updates :/ I'm sorry for making you wait.

First I managed to find some info on overriding fonts on all websites both in Opera and Firefox but it's not really a viable option as some sites look bad when their fonts are overridden. Then I found this: http://ask.metafilter.com/47002/Override-fonts-for-specific-websites It seems to be the best option to set fonts for specific sites in a custom CSS file. It'd be nice to have a more "dynamic" alternative, ex. to be able to change fonts on the fly.... but still better then nothing. And neowin.net looks much better after I've changed its font to Arial.

There are some dependency problems but they probably can be fixed manually. I don't know how the situation looks like in XP or 2003 as I only have access to Win2k at the moment. I don't plan to do anything more with it until a final version is released.

I've downloaded the new .NET Framework 4.5 RC and checked it briefly. It has exactly the same structure as .NET Framework 4.0 (folders etc.). Even if M$ blocks XP/2003/Vista in the MSI installer it should still be possible to make a OnePiece style true addon and install it in 2000/XP/2003/Vista from an INF file.

Which registry entries do you mean exactly? EDIT I guess you mean this setting? I've just tried it and it works for the current user but if you create a new user account and log on then the value is still set to "16". I set it to "32" in both "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" and in "HKU\Control Panel\Desktop" but still no effect EDIT2 I got it work: REG LOAD "HKU\CUSTOM" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\..\Default User\NTUSER.DAT" REG ADD "HKU\CUSTOM\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics" /V "Shell Icon BPP" /D "32" /F REG UNLOAD "HKU\CUSTOM" Is the "Default User" folder same for all languages? EDIT3 How about adding this to the update.inf? [Save.Reg.For.Uninstall] HKCU,"Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics","Shell Icon BPP" HKU,"CUSTOM\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics","Shell Icon BPP" [Product.Add.Reg] HKCU,"Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics","Shell Icon BPP",,"32" HKU,"CUSTOM\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics","Shell Icon BPP",,"32" [ProcessesToRunBeforeArchive] "%systemroot%\system32\reg.exe LOAD ""HKU\CUSTOM"" ""%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\..\Default User\NTUSER.DAT""" [ProcessesToRun] "%systemroot%\system32\reg.exe UNLOAD ""HKU\CUSTOM""" [ProcessesToRunBeforeUninstall] "%systemroot%\system32\reg.exe LOAD ""HKU\CUSTOM"" ""%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\..\Default User\NTUSER.DAT""" [ProcessesToRunAfterUninstall] "%systemroot%\system32\reg.exe UNLOAD ""HKU\CUSTOM""" It seems to work fine. The Default User's registry is loaded before installation/uninstallation and unloaded after it finishes.

I'm using a CRT monitor with default system "smooth edges of screen fonts" (no ClearType) turned on. I noticed that recently some (many?) sites have started to use ClearType fonts which look terrible on my screen. Sometimes they are actually almost unreadable. Could anyone recommend any simple way to override them with "normal" ones, i.e. is it possible to make the browser replace those fonts with standard ones like Arial or Tahoma? The browsers I use are mostly Opera and/or Firefox. I'm attaching a screen shot of http://www.neowin.net which uses such fonts. Right now I'm looking on it on a tablet (LCD) where it's displayed perfectly fine and on a CRT screen where they are blurred and very painful to read (see the screen shot below). Other sites using such fonts are for example Microsoft's or Apple's pages. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem? EDIT I've just checked Neowin's CSS and this is probably the problem :/ html { font: 13px/24px 'Segoe UI', Segoe, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif }

BlackWingCat, Your new shell32.dl breaks WildBill's 32-bit icon compatiblity 1. shell32.dll v7171 + WB's 2479628-v9a: 2. your older shell32.dll 7680 + WB's 2479628-v9a:

I think there's something wrong with the new version of ntdll.dll. My system gets stuck at the "preparing network connections" screen after installing the new version of the kernel and rebooting. Safe mode doesn't work too (it gets stuck at the login screen). If I install it without the new ntdll.dll (=keep the ntdll.dll from v8) there are no problems. I've also installed it successfully in a VM (Virtualbox) where a uniprocessor non-PAE kernel is used. On my real system it's a multiprocessor PAE kernel.

They are probably created automatically and M$ doesn't even check them very thoroughly. There are similar bugs in older Win2k updates too.

They are the so-called necessary evil

I think you should at least try install BlackWingCat drivers. Those official installers from Nvidia are really bad... the drivers often don't install on Win2k even though they say the system is supported. On my previous mainboard I had to install everything from Device Manager because the Nvidia installer didn't install anything at all (although it kept saying that "the installation completed successfully"). How about also trying some older versions?

By the way, there's also Win2k Resource Kit over there: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ResKit/win2000/

This is very bad news but still just a rumour so let's hope it won't materialise I've used Opera since version 5/6 (don't remember exactly). If it's gone then Firefox will probably the only option left (Chrome and its clones don't count).

I'm just writing to say that everything will probably take a few more days as I need to test the configuration thoroughly before sharing the info with anyone else.

Just in case you may want to try to reinstall DirectX 9.0c. The latest installer to run in Windows 2000 is the Feb 2010 version.

It's a late reply but I've checked it and there's no problem with installing/slipstreaming UURollup over USP 5.2.

StarCraft runs fine even on Riva TNT2 so it'd be probably the best if you tried another card to see if the problem is really related to the current one before actually buying anything.

Why do you want to change the graphics card anyway? What kind of problems have you experienced with this one?

@jaclaz Thanks. It works fine. I've found one bug in beautify.cmd. This: ::Add a single CR+LF after each Section CALL :run_gsar :x5d :x5d:x0d:x0a makes this kind of a line: HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\1","PMDisplayName",0x00000000,"Local intranet [Protected Mode]" become HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\1","PMDisplayName",0x00000000,"Local intranet [Protected Mode] "

It doesn't matter if you install Update Rollup 2 over the already installed WU updates & UURollup I'll write here when it's ready and then I'll try to prepare a full list of required updates.

Update Rollup 2 does contain the updates you've already installed from Windows Update but it also covers almost all of the HBRs (yellow background on the bristols' site) which are not available on WU.