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realy quick guide: 1: download and install enlite. 2: put your legit cdrom in jour cdrom drive. 3: open nlite, and were it says. 'browse to windows root' - brove to your cdrom-drive (mine for example is G:\). 4: nope because you made the source dir a cdrom, it wil also ask for a destination... (it can be any dorectory. but usaly i recomend, either c:\xpfiles or beter yet if you have a 2nd partition d:\xpfiles) 5: after a while it wil be ready copying files, to the temp asigned drive.. and youl be asked what you want to do: 'at leas pick the, UA-settings flag 6: make put ur valid key, in the field and maybe also fill out all the other fields if you wish... 7: create in the last tab make sure to creat the iso ..... after you created it press. next and leave the wizzard. 8: open up nero or any other cd burning tool and burn the iso you created to a blank cdrom.. 9: if your key is valid, an you did evrything right you now have ur key inserted.

Well stop being sick, you ........[my mom doesn't like these kinds of words so ive put a bigg BLEEP in this message instead.]....... cuze im waiting my a** OFF ... (ow BTW i got my hand on windows 2k server / advanced server versions, to test this SP on).... But realy i wish you, a **** quick recovery now, (and that goes for ur computer as well )... So whats wrong with using MODPE ... or am i completely beside the point now??????

Oke, well maybe you guys have, any nice goodies, that will never make it to be part of the official build, but you want to share them anyways, (dont forget to add install instructions) Here is mine.... windows 2000 SP5 bootscreen: (wil add, a zipped resource later). ntoskrnl_USP5b13_res1.7z

Windows 2000 (unofficial) Servicepack 5 wait a week or 2 and it 'l all be thrown in ur hands, or start reading the topic on how to do it yourself.

bests i erver did (in the old days), was build a raid 5 aya on 6 (you read it right) SIX disk of high branded 5400rmp 20gb seagate drives, sou i went to the store, bought me a 3 raid-1 controlers and created 3 hardware raid-1 arays wich i than, added to a software raid 5 volume, But again, that was in the old days, today im just ronne 2 maxtor 10k SATA drive on raid ! (and its just HOT.. What i DO wonder about, is why you want to use a hardware Raid controler, for these kind of lowgrade usage, you have now 4 perfectly working drive, its IHMO almost a crime to burdon your CPU with the load of constantly calculation your raid aray. im not even sure on howmuch apiance of software R-5 will cost ya, but i figure that it migh be as mucht as a couple of hundred Mhz ond full access mode. not to mention the RAM it wil cost you.

Real simple answer, NOPE (but you can, go to your retailer, and buy, an update licence for your existing calls) Simple reason, you are allowed to downgrade any microsoft licence, with no extra charge (for example, using your. windows 2003 BASIC or Enterprise server (not web edition) license to use, on a windows 2000 server machine (not the advanced server though), and your 2k3 calls would also be allowed, but not the other way around (you nead to ugrade first).

have you tried lookin on voreck's site???

or better yet. Ros-explorer with XUL skinning d*mn that would be briliant....

i wonder if this would work with ROS-explorer as well LOL - could be Way to cewl..

could you post a screan-shot with, 'start menu' opened. and 'memory usage panel' opened (select the tclock3 proces) and try enlarging it to be readeble please... cuze the screanshots on the xpize forum kinda, disapeared.. // if this gets real, and cute enougth, we might just have to start ourselve a newfeatures-in-a-hotfix.exe to slipstream (as hotfix), after uSP5

you know what strikes me as realy kind a stupid? - that the worst kinda flame agains this is about XP and SP2.... sorry guys but in a 9x windows forum thats a bit lame (imho). to those who think IE updates are manditory for update, i agrea. to those who actualy think IE is manditory for use, i strongly dis-agrea. IE IS removeble and, it is (in some cases) rather desirable to do so. Since for example, the best and stronger IE-security fixes, and build-in anti-malware features, have not been implemented in windows 9x builds of IE, - that WILL leave you vunerable to exploits. there are many other reasons to eradicate IE from ur windows, like, 'buggs'. 'footprint', 'temination of mainstream support', and other.... but in the same perspective, 'windize.update (on win 9x)' is about as useless as it gets since there arn't any new updates anyways.... i guess this would be, more like a feature to win 2k (left mainstream but still aligable for security fixes). and XP (wich is stil in mainstream) We have about, 50 mayor aps, to test, before even thinking about migrating. and it took us about 20 months to test wether to even use xp, So far thare where to many aps that didn't work well with windows xp SP1 - (so we stayed with w2k), Now the process has to be done all over again to try if sp2 fixes the problems, as well as whether the software companies, have released patches, for the software we use, to work better with xp. Up untill now about 3 aplications still can't be fixed, (yet), And about 12 of 13 havend even been tested yet... testing a mirgration to a new os (cuz sp2 is way more than just a firewall), with limited time on ur hands, is quite an undertaking, and crashing an entire system through lack of testing, is THE nightmare of EVERY sys-admin. (it wouldn't just get you to lose a job but probebly way more, like destroying your entire career, and maybe even a damages claim).

screenshot?????? explain: is this actualy on a win 2000 system??????

probebly because it is installed with an MS sp- installer. yet still it probebly stil needs to check agains a md5 checksum? so my question: where is the checksum hosted??? on the MS-update site, or in a local inf file on your cdrom. (in the later case) just editing the file would be enought (als long as MS wont update the file with a newer version - wicht, seams probebly rather unlikly since win2k aint in mainstream anymore.....

Nope, that is NOT true, you nead a licence for the exeading windows version. that means you are even alowed to run windows 95 if you only have a windows xp home licence (instead of //// not alongside) user model look somthink like this. if you have windows xp (home edition) you may also use, windows ME, all versions of 98, 95 and preseding versions like win v3.11 if you have windows xp (pro edition) you may use xp home, but also windows 2000 pro, and windows NT 3.0 3,5 and 4.0 (workstation version) if you have MCE you may juse also xp home (not pro). But again only instead of, not along side .....

Gurgle, I stand corrected, you are absolutely right. its probebly not worth it anyways. (most of the tweaks could easely be done by a .batch file and in total would probebly not take even as much af 5mb on your cdrom, There aren't that many files that would work this way, anyways so i guess a howto guide with a plain texteditor and some free time on hands would be way better starting point.

I hardly ever, Reinstall, its more like finding new ways to further improve my dear win2k machine, that recuires to futher adapt the install process exept for my test machine ofcaure, i switch all the time, to day its running windows tomorrow probebly a hacked version of the new x86 mod to OSX and the day after tomorrow id could as easely be a new flavor of linux and hey i still didn't come around testing what sun solaris for x86 looks like, so only god knows it might be next sunday. do i tweak windows? hell yeah, if windows is like the bible id burn, i tell ya... no reay, its a about ripping out the d*mn parts MS should have never put in, in the first place (imho). but in the mean time it, ofcaurse is a great learning curve. but the last question seams a bit of, for example answers might be, > sorry didn't nead the update, i already nlted the bug. > update what update, you mean the new bugg MS wants me to add > doing but, install it on my machine and add it the the slipsream list, for future intergration.

Maybe i'll try it someday... But realy just for the heck of it.. So even IF i'd actualy succeed, I'd stil probebly wouldn't tell anyone because of the emberousment, of utterly wasted time that I could have used for a usefull MSFN-project... If you want jpg, gif or png -files to be edited in windows 2k, Install the .NET runtime env. and start using paint.NET If you dont like paint.net use the GIMP If you dont like that either, buy yourself a PSPro of PhotoShope product. And if that is to mutch trouble, stop whining about it. //edited: (for spelling corrections).

that or using build 11 - of the 5.0 release and intergrating this hotfixes yourself, Last post by Gurglemeyer, was about 5.1 basic being in (or near) beta-stage, Like you, and most of us, I dont have a clue either about any ETA for the next release, But if gurglemeyer wants testing, id be more than hapy to help...

probbebly the same way like any microsoft windows service pack (since it is being build the same way (with the same setup method)), so either by nLite, or with the command line options as you would do with SP4.

It can be slipstreamed to any english version of windows 2000 Read this post If you have wread the post linked to above, you now should be able to understand that there are (to be) a few diferent version. the only recomended version availeble (at the time of this posting) is: Windows 2k uSP5 (ENU) [build 11] wich is a cumulative update of windows 2000 containing about every security patch MicroSoft has ever released for the US-english language version of its OS. that would probbebly include over a 100 patches that wont be installed if you use windows 2000 SP4 rollup 1 v2

of what i saw on some usergroups, this seam to be acouring quite often on windows 2k sp4 but the only posible solusion i found poeple use was, getting thie userenv.dll file from the net, boot in safemode and copy it to system32 folder and reboot system. - try it, - it might just work...

why would you? - get paint.net instead. as of my knowing about there arn't a whole lot of filex you can replase with either xp or 2003 version, you have to understand that, for example krnl32.dll and those files have also changed, new hooks and features have been added to the kernel and windows's base_ system, without that you cant just put in any redom file and, let it run without its dependeancies. if you want xp-functionality, Install Windows xp, if you want to lose some of xp's bloatware, use nLite, if you want a fullgrown os, that is lightweight and quite stable, use windows 2000. (with or without gurglemeyers uSP5).

Valid point, lets remember that, 3rd party aps should only be default installed if, they inprove in any way, the usability of the OS, should be intergrated as system resource (example: media codecs or runtime-enviroments), or are a great benifit in tweaking / administering the OS. or (as a last) replace some sort of default windows feature, with a better / more stable alternative. i think, there are about a bilion smak apps that could bring one or more nifty features to windows 2000, but i strongly feat it would be better to uses some sort of post-installation script to include those...

Read <THIS> post, about a possible way to get it done. For god's sake please don't, I have downloaded and tested it on: window 2000 sp5 [build 11] and found it to be highly unstable, for example: running in in a celleron 1.7ghz with 256mb ddr-ram, with just windows, nod32-antivir, msn-messenger 7.0, open-office v2, and firefox v1.07, It will crash and no window will be visible afster just 5 minutes. the version nr of WMShell said: 0.7beta but the way I see it, its nowhere near stable: conclusion: an absolute No Go, @people. before, we even recommend 3rd-party software, lets at least try it ourselves, to see if its stable for productional use, take in mind that features are there to aid your neads, not to brake down your stability and usability. @gurglemeyer, I hope you agrea with me that uncluding alfa or beta sofware isn't the best way to go unless its thoroughly tested, right?

Say What.... - guess have to tell you that its a default laptop drive, btw: fastest laptop harddisk is just 5400rmp (not the 10k like in desktops). get ur facts straigh befor posting