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Same instructions, but just replace "setup.exe" with the office executables. The font thing is also odd. It should come with calibri. Have you done a search for calibri.ttf in \WINNT\Fonts? Do other fonts work? And the msvcr90.dll thing can be solved by replacing riched20.dll, as was explained earlier in this convo.

Use fcwin2k on every Office application executable so they think they're on XP.

Yes. You can't slipstream the extended kernel easily though. Everything should go to plan.

I've run it on Windows 10 before. No ill effects whatsoever. Same with Windows 2000, but I couldn't get to work in XP x64. All Windows Updates have a command line switch to extract files without installing any components. It looks like the installer is running, but all it's doing is copying files to a specified location (in HFSLIP's case, it's specified beforehand).

Unfortunately, distribution of Windows OS files (or other commercial/proprietary software) is not allowed on MSFN. But if you were to temporarily disable UAC, delete everything inside the SOURCESS folder and rerun HFSLIP 2000, you'd probably get a working setup.

No. It really hurts the OS' performance.

The options window should always come up when the extended kernel setup is loaded. The large text box on the right of the options window will explain the rationale behind each checkbox. The Vista MUI one should definitely be always checked, XP-compatible winsock is specified as causing freezes with browsers and security software but I'm running fine with it installed, and may be necessary for Outlook 2007 to work properly as I said earlier. The slow bootup is not usual behaviour, and something may very well be broken. Are IE6, DX9 and WMP9 present?

I didn't know that you were going to run HFSLIP on an NT6 system. In this case, I'd strongly recommend approving the UAC prompts (or disabling it altogether). The update installers are supposed to execute, but with an "extract" switch to prepare for integration into the install media, not for installation on the machine itself. SOURCESS is the folder containing your newly slipstreamed Windows 2000 source. It also creates a bootable ISO containing the same files.

I'm sorry for all of the confusion I'm creating, but I only brought up nLite because I assumed that you wanted to integrate AHCI drivers (because F6 can be a pain on anything without a floppy drive). HFSLIP is its own command line application. I need a refresher for the exact procedure of operation, but the readme should explain the most basic instructions. You will not need USP 5.1 with the HFSLIP 2000 FullPack integrated.

I do not believe that there have been recent tests of Outlook with the newer extended kernels, complete with the XP-compatible winsock. So it may work now.

Go here (https://mega.nz/#F!2lBVBBLI!WqmqhpxuX0qyCY1LiX4-gw) where you will find an "HFSLIP" and then "FullPack" folder. Download the 7z file in the second folder. N.B. use nLite on your win2k source before HFSLIP, or else you will be in for even more pain. No, you only need extended core if you need to use incompatible XP drivers, > 4 GB of RAM and/or more than 2 CPU threads. Offhand, you can just go to the bitmaps of ntoskrnl.exe, find the boot screen for your version of win2k, then open up a copy of the original ntoskrnl.exe, export the bitmap from the original, then paste it into the modified one. It's a lot easier than for XP because it doesn't use a weird custom color palette. Of course, you will need to replace the file from another OS.

Do you have Platform Update and Platform Update Supplement installed? If it's just a matter of a few files, you could try to copy them from Windows 7.

Were you actually able to run the unpacker under win2k? I couldn't and had to do it in XP. But yes, this version cuts out most if not all of the Chinese telemetry, as confirmed by kerio not bombarding me with connection requests. I still can't get uBlock Origin to install though (in win2k). But uMatrix does work better than it did about seven months ago. Unfortunately youtube doesn't work very well, as it shows me nothing but blank video thumbnails, which appears to be the fault of uMatrix. If only google ads didn't have crypto mining routines and redirects galore... SetThreadDescription and DiscardVirtualMemory are key missing APIs in kernel32.dll.

fcwin2k should work just as good for installing Chrome. WMP 9 definitely works for me, and @blackwingcat has made special versions of WMP10 and 11. I found this thread, which mentions a possible solution to the osetup.dll error: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_install-mso_other-mso_2007/installing-office-2007-from-a-download-file-fails/cc2f6a2b-4312-454b-b172-a08c01085556

That's for the chrome tool. for fcwin2k, you do the following: 1. click "refer" next to the "File" field at the top of the window. 2. point it to setup.exe 3. Select "Windows XP" from the "OS Ver" drop-down box 4. Click "CompatSave" then "CompatRun" As for the stability of the extended kernel, no. If even WMP is broken, you may want to start over.

I don't know what to tell you. I have successfully installed Office 2007 in various win2k configs, including with USP 5.1, HFSLIP 2000 FullPack slipstream, etc. Do you have .NET 2.0 installed? Have you tried using fcwin2k instead?

The extended kernel updates riched20.dll. So extract the contents of the USP 5.1 executable with 7zip, where you'll find riched20.dl_, extract riched20.dll from that and put it in system32.

You should try replacing riched20.dll in system32 with the one from XP SP3 or win2k USP5.1.

You can just run them.

You'll find NNN4NT5 (along with fcwin2k, which is for tricking individual programs), in the cab file downloadable here: http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/1949743.html

NNN4NT5.exe is the name of the file. Some people have had to install the extended kernel twice to get the start menu folder to appear.

You're actually the second win2k user I know to complain about thunderbird. Unfortunately it does share distant lineage. I cannot comment much as I use web-based services. In the end, that guy found satisfaction with Opera 12.18's e-mail client. I understand your frustrations with older versions of Office. 2003 was good until I learned 2016 (whose key functionality exists in 2007 as well) and I realized what I was missing out on. I'd really love a working Office 2010 and would be good with 2007, but I've now received PowerPoint files that don't work well with 2007, only 2010 and above. So that's where WPS comes in. One issue is that some releases of Office have been known to have certain bugs that are fixed, but with trickery done at the OS level. These quirks have made things difficult for the developers of WINE, ReactOS, and native extensions. It is said that ReactOS will never behave 100% like Windows due to the inability to replicate every quirk that makes Windows tick the way it does. Independent developers don't usually have the same connections in Microsoft, and don't usually have the same issues. (btw, WPS' screenshot feature works in win2k) Remember to use dependency walker on the Office 2007 applications and keep note of any missing API calls, or any stated reasons for why stuff crashes. I have VLC 3.0.0 installed. I don't have any MKV files right now but I vaguely remember playing them in the past.

Version 3.0e is the latest English version. Use NNN4NT5 (which will either be in %systemroot%\WINNT or Windows 2000 Power Pack start menu folder) to make software think it's running on XP.

The custom acpi.sys for XP doesn't like Windows 2000 with Extended Core, and setup complains of "corruption". blackwingcat's acpi.sys still leaves me stuck at "setup is starting Windows 2000". So I guess MPS Multiprocessor PC will be the way to go. APM Suspend isn't that bad anyway.

That only happens if you install extended core, since extended kernel doesn't modify ntoskrnl.exe (which contains the boot screens). You can use resource hacker to change it back to the original boot screen, but I keep it as a form of tribute to the guy who made win2k usable for at least 7 years longer than what M$ desired. I prefer to keep the newer MS stuff to a minimum, as it can get quite messy on win2k as it tries to grapple its hook into what it thinks is a newer OS (uninstalling Office 2003 then installing 2007 is a recipe for disaster). Have you looked into Interlink Mail and News from @roytam1? As much as I would like a fully functional Office 2010, I've had a good experience with WPS Office 2016, which tries very hard to copy the UIs and functionality of newer Office releases. It's far above 2003 in that respect (for Word, Excel and PowerPoint equivalents), and about 90-95% of the capability of the real MS Office 2016.