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The explanation is here. You should rename it to the proper filename 'NDP20SP2-KB976576-x86.exe' after downloading. By the way, in that topic you can find the current (updated) list of updates for .NET 1.1 & 2.0.

piete, what's the exact model of your Toshiba Satelite laptop? There are many different versions of A100.

The first problem with WMS files is caused by the hastily added WMS updates and I'll fix them as quick as possible. The bigger problem is with the SFC thing (except for the kernel files related errors which are O.K. as these kernel files have manually changed version to prevent WU ask for KB979683). The rest of these files are IE files and the errors are probably caused by having both IE5 and IE6 catalog files installed. I need a little more time to find a proper way to fix this issue.

I'm starting to think that it's a hardware related problem because I have observed that when such a reboot happens and the mouse stops working, the optical light is also off BEFORE the OS starts to boot. Normally it turns on just after the computer starts and BIOS detects the devices. I also remember that a few times there was an error saying that there is no keyboard. The keyboard was connected to USB-port by a PS2-USB adapter. I switched to PS/2 and haven't seen this error anymore since then. It also was displayed by BIOS before starting Windows. I guess I need to check the memory first but I guess there might be something wrong with the mainboard itself.

Here you have the driver extracted from this package. Please try to install it using Device Manager. http://www.mediafire.com/?ts0v3sigt0ac8h6

Please try this one. This file is related to Media Services updates which were the last updates I added to the Rollup. There was a mistake in filepath in the update.inf

You need to have both the CD and KEY. Some time ago I asked M$ (on the phone) about downgrading XP to 2K and what they told me is that you should borrow the original 2K CD from someone and install it with their KEY. It would be legal as long as you own a copy of XP Pro. By the way, XP Pro can still be downgraded to 2K regardless of the 2K's EOL. The other problem is when you buy a used laptop for example - and there is only a sticker with a key but no CD. In such a case you should contact the manufacturer of the computer and ask for a CD. If it's a large company they probably provide it for a small fee. I know for sure that you can get a copy of XP CD for 10$ from Samsung if you own a Samsung laptop with an XP license. If you download the CD and install the system from it using your key it will be considered illegal by M$, even though they won't be able to check it.

It works. Thank you I'll use COPY /B from now... is there something similar with MOVE?

Yzöwl, I have a list of files (hundreds of files), ex. Changing everything manually to IF EXIST _DEFAULT.PI_ COPY _DEFAULT.PI_ <destination> IF EXIST 0401.CS_ COPY 0401.CS_ <destination> takes too much time. If I do just COPY _DEFAULT.PI_ <destination> COPY 0401.CS_ <destination> then there is a "file not found" error on the screen (when the file doesn't exist) and the script is also much slower as it tries to copy all these files one by one.

I'm sorry It's my mistake. I wanted to stop WU asking for KB976323 by using an older smtpsvc.dll file with changed version number... but in the end I didn't do it. Unfortunately I forgot to remove the lines referring to KB976323's catalog file. I'll upload a fixed version but until then what you can do is: 1. Unpack the Rollup (any archiver should be able to do it). 2. Open the "update" folder 3. Replace the original "update.inf" file with this one. 4. Run update.exe from the "update" folder and install the Rollup.

I have a fixed list of files, let's say: 1.dll 2.dll 3.dll ... 100. dll (all filenames are different, here it's just an example) I would like to copy each of them only if the file exists. Is there any better way than doing it like this? IF EXIST 1.dll COPY 1.dll <destination> IF EXIST 2.dll COPY 2.dll <destination> etc.

I got another reboot when running yanklines.vbs script. After the reboot I ran the script again and the screen froze for a while but this time it didn't cause a reboot. After 5-10 seconds it continued its task. I also observed that sometimes after such a reboot the USB devices (including mouse) connected to the computer are not detected until I replug them. I wonder whether it may be hardware (mainboard?) oriented problem rather than the OS. What do you think?

Could you send (post an URL to) the webcam setup file you're trying to install? There must be a driver somewhere inside it. As for Driversweeper and mscoree.dll, the latter file is included in .NET Framework 2.0. You can install .NET 2.0 with updates from the link in my signature (Windows 2000: .NET Framework)

piete, this error is connected with the webcam related (?) program (traybar.exe) which is probably not needed anyway. You could just remove it form the autostart. Is the cam still not working after installing the XP drivers? Have you tried adding them manually through Device Manager? BWC's KernelEx won't help you here as the problem is not related to kernel32.dll. I'm not sure about KDW but the problem here is not this file 'traybar.exe' which as I said before shouldn't matter at all.

I agree with you as for UUs but I know that there are people too who want to stick to the official updates only. I personally believe that at this moment (2011) it's been already a year since 2K went EOL and UUs are just a must if you keep using 2K today. Your approach is similar to mine the solution may be to make two editions of USP6 -> basic & ultimate. Basic would be just an updated 2K with updated default components such as IE or MDAC. I wouldn't include WMP9 or DX9 in it as they are not really necessary in office environment. The ultimate one could include everything starting from DX9, WMP9, MSXMLs, .NET Framework, MS VC++ and several other small tools like msconfig, Profile Hive Cleanup, etc. By the way, what do you think about Roots Updates? Should they be included in both versions of USP6? I'm asking because they are frequently updated and including them would require releasing an updated version of both USP's quite often. The other way could be to make three editions - standard, enhanced and ultimate. The standard one would include ONLY official updates - like UR2 at this moment. Once finished, it would not be updated anymore. The enhanced one would have IE6, MDAC, DX, WMP9, etc. updated and unofficial updates would be included. The ultimate one would be Enhanced + other non-default components like .NET Framework, MSVC++, etc. The big disadvantage of such an approach is that a lot of work is required and it may be too much for a one person. Sticking to just two editions of USP6 is probably the best solution. The Onepiece addon is nice but it has one problem - HBRs are included which I don't want in USP6 as they may have negative impact on system stability. I probably know why the LBA fix is not inclujded in this addon and is included in Gurgelmeyer's USP5. The LBA fix is edition dependent - to enable 48-bit LBA support in text setup you must edit the setupreg.hiv file. This file is different in case of each 2K edition - Pro, Srv, AdvSrv, DataCtr, Embedded. 2K's SP4 has 5 versions of it for each edition respectively and Gurgelmeyer added the fix to each of them. It's impossible to do in an addon where you don't have such a controlling mechanism to distinguish between different editions of 2K. Kurt Aust's guide is very good and I'm going to analyse it thoroughly when adding additional components to the USP6 in the future. There is no reason why HFSLIP shouldn't be used after integrating (/integrate) the USP. The same thing was with Gurgelmeyer's USP5 - you could use HFSLIP/nLite with no problems after having it slipstreamed. People using FDV's fileset could just use it in the same way as they do now

Have you tried to run this tool under W2K? It seems it's for XP/2K3 only. I got a bluescreen saying sth about missing functions in ntdll.dll. I had to manually remove the file %systemroot%\system32\native.exe using a Linux LiveCD in order to be able to boot the system.

bphlpt, Thank you for the input. The three options you mention seem interesting. I am however a little dubious about the Minimum option. Including FDV would make using nLite impossible which I want to avoid. Standard and Ultimate seem interesting. By do you mean that unofficial updates should also be included in the standard installation? I'm asking regarding the "up to date" thing as without UUs (unofficial updates) W2K stopped in July 2010. I do agree that including all the other components (WMP, .NET, etc.) should be avoided in the basic installation as not everyone needs them (especially if it's an older computer). I disagree in case of IE - if safety is a priority then IE6 is a much better choice than IE5. HFSLIP is nice but as I already said before it has too many limitations. I managed to work out how the /integrate switch works and I believe it will be the best way to slipstream everything to the W2K source without using any other tools. /integrate when used in the update mode doesn't slipstream any files - it just sets the update to be installed at T-13. However, there is also the other mode for it - called SP mode. When run in SP mode /integrate slipstreams files directly into the source. It has many advantages: - no need for 3rd party tools (HFSLIP, nLite, etc.) - Professional and Server files are added accordingly to the edition of W2K which is used - full control of the process of slipstreaming - simplicity (easy to use for other people) This is what I am aiming at - use /integrate to slipstream everything directly. No HFSLIP, no nLite, no other programs. The only problem is that preparing a Service Pack is much more time consuming and difficult than an update rollup. I haven't decided yet - that's why I opened this poll

In the first post I described an easy way how to download all updates and switchless installers in just a few clicks. It should be much easier to do now comparing to manually downloading each update one by one

I added a poll to the topic. The more people vote, the better

allen2, what method did you use to list all these hotfixes? Could it be used for finding hotfixes for ther M$ OSes too? One advice - don't rely on the description as file versions are often listed wrongly (especially in case of HBRs). To be sure you have to download and unpack the hotfix.

New SAS drivers are expensive but used ones can be bought quite inexpensively I bought mine (4x Fujitsu MAX3036RC 36GB 15k rpm, 6ms seek time) for 30$ per drive (+ 60$ PCI-E controller). Nothing special compared to the new constructions (2ms seek time) but still MUCH faster than any 7200 rpm SATA HDD. I also have a Samsung F3 500 GB for data storage and there is really no comparison between the two.

No no, don't worry The structure of an update rollup has too many limitations and the need to keep compatibility with HFSLIP also limits greatly my room to manoeuvre. For this reason I decided to focus on a bigger project which will not depend neither on HFSLIP nor on any other 3rd party application in order to be slipstreamed. It's going to take a lot of time (months) but the result should be much more satisfying than now with UR2. Update Rollups are quite easy to make but I need more functions which they lack. To give an example - it's impossible to include Server-only updates in UR2 and keep full HFSLIP compatibility at the same time. The only way to do it would be to modify the HFSLIP itself which I want to avoid as I'm not the author of it. UR2 in this form is kind of completed as it has all of the vital updates included. The only ones left are the buggy updates, Server-only updates and updates for non-default components (MDAC 2.81, WMP9, etc.). Anyway, this is my plan for the future. I won't unveil more information as it's still too early to say for sure that everything I want to do is possible. I'll let you know in due course

My2GirlsDad, Update Rollup 1(or 2) being slipstreamed before everything else is a normal HFSLIP behaviour. Still it shouldn't have any influence on triedit.dll. I did a few more tests and the version slipstreamed was always 6.1.0.9235. Are you sure you removed the SOURCESS folder before running HFSLIP? The reason why UR is slipstreamed first is that in contains several Server related files and they are deleted by HFSLIP if your 2K version is Professional. They won't be deleted if you change the KB number (it has to be *KB891861*). I uploaded v3 of Update Rollup 2. Changes: - added two Script updates (KB975542, KB981349); bristols says they're for Script 5.6 only but in reality they are for both Script 5.1 & 5.6 (but not for 5.7!) - added two Media Services updates (KB952068, KB980858); (installed only when Media Services are present) - added ocsasnfix.exe (fix related to KB974571) - improved compatiblity with Windows Update - version of UR2 is now shown in System Properties (see screen shot below) Unfortunately I also have bad news. This is the last version of UR2 and I am not going to update it anymore unless bugs are found. Plans for UR2.1 are cancelled.

In relation the HDD speed I can say basing on my my experience that (the same) VM performs much better when located on a SAS 15k rpm HDD then when run from a normal SATA 7200rpm hard disk.

and make sure to check if the motherboard supports virtualisation as some (like mine ) don't.