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Yes. I just updated serpent without any adverse effects.

Speaking of planned obsolescence, a recent Windows 10 update has blocked all versions of VMware Workstation below version 15.1 from running: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/619878 That means that users of 14.x, which was released in September 2017, will have to purchase an upgrade licence in order to keep using software that is far from obsolete, given that even version 10 can run Windows 10 as a guest.

Why don't the powers that be have the main page redirect to the forum? On another note, the Server 2003/2008 to workstation guides also redirect to the same maintenance page. windowsworkstation.com has a decent guide for 2008, but no other site has a guide for manually converting 2003.

Creative Labs hardware, as well as Intel graphics drivers and some ATI/AMD graphics are known to be incompatible with PAE with RAM > 4 GB on Windows XP. But most application software* (and all 16bit stuff in my experience) runs perfectly fine. Multiprocess applications will certainly benefit. *Video Painter component of Ulead Media Studio Pro 7.3 notwithstanding; a simple rendering operation hogged 2.3 GB before crashing. will try to replicate without PAE. this program dates back to 2003, when most people had 128-512 MB of RAM. I struggle to find myself using more than 2 GB at any given time though. However, I don't use NT 5.1 (XP) for these pursuits. Windows 2000 Professional with Extended Kernel + Core also unlocks up to 64 GB of RAM and runs 90% of everything XP runs. The PAE implementation is stable thanks to its direct lineage with its Server counterparts. And it is not as unobtainable as Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.

There were a couple before these ones, but I don't count them due to various technicalities. In 2010 I received an IBM PC 300GL type 6564-S8U. a PIII-500 with 256 MB PC100, 8.4 GB HDD and a Diamond Stealth S520 (S3 Savage4). It was running XP SP3 with realtime AVG, so it was unbearable. I downgraded to a Windows 95 OSR 2.1 + Windows 2000 dual boot. I must say it felt like a breath of fresh air as I was getting bored with Windows XP after several years of 9x/2K withdrawal. It's presently running NT 4 and now has a DVD-RW drive and a GeForce FX5700 LE; since I installed the latter, I was finally able to install the USB supplement for Windows 95! The next year I was gifted an IBM ThinkPad T41 running a spartan Windows XP Professional, with a Pentium M-1.6, 512 MB DDR, 40 GB HDD and an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500. I ran a few games here and there and wasn't very computer literate then so it was the best-performing XP config I ever had. And SimCity 4 + mods + cities > 100 000 ran far better than on my Kaby Lake disaster. I still use it, trying out everything from 9x to NT4 to Warp 4.51. The sweet spot is win2k/XP of course.

Since then, I've discovered that WPS will crash if the Office 2007-style file menu is opened whilst editing a Office 2007+ file. So, I recommend using the Office 2003-style UI. Anyway, I looked into a game that I enjoyed several years ago: Simutrans. I then used whatever version was current in mid-2011, and it worked wonderfully on vanilla Windows 2000 (SP4 i think) on a Pentium III-500. It would crash occasionally, but most sim games are not known for their stability. I tried 120.4.1 and it still works with extended kernel (some XP-only functions seem to be used). However, you cannot use the SDL version as it relies on DWrite.dll from Windows 7/DX11. https://www.simutrans.com/en/download/ update: SDL 121.0 no longer seems to rely on dwrite.dll, yet it fails with icm32.dll version 5.0.0.3 due to missing export functions. CMGetPS2ColorSpaceArray CMGetPS2ColorRenderingIntent CMGetPS2ColorRenderingDictionary They are not in any version of icm32.dll through Windows 7.

Vista's integrated AHCI driver would probably work. Hardware RAID would be a different story but I don't think it's present in that configuration. I also don't believe that Vista has any ACPI issues like NT 5.x does; it would be unfortunate if it did, considering that the modified acpi.sys actually comes from a later Longhorn build (50xx-52xx) I believe, and probably would be equally or less functional than the one with the released product. And for the 1050 TI, look for modified 372.70 drivers. They do not work well with DirectX applications though.

@VistaLover, it turns out it was because I was at 100% zoom on my 1024x768 screen. It does appear when I zoom out a bit.

OK, since you can't add code when editing a post, here it is: [spoiler] [/spoiler]

It's undocumented, but you can try this:

IBM SPSS Statistics v24 and 25 officially support Server 2008 x64, but no mention of Vista: https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity-reports/report/html/osForProduct?deliverableId=B8E87BA0EE2211E4989B60FF8B09BCE8&osPlatforms=AIX|Linux|Mac OS|Windows&duComponentIds=D002|S001 https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity-reports/report/html/softwareReqsForProduct?deliverableId=DAE86200D8CC11E7AD0EC24C9513D95F&osPlatforms=Linux|Mac OS|Windows&duComponentIds=D002|S001&optionalCapIds=30|7|47|22|72|186|223|26

Most of those user agent overrides were preset to get around compatibility issues and/or force lighter versions of websites. These sites mostly check browser versions as opposed to OS versions so your idea shouldn't be hard to implement. StatCounter claims that it tracks "over two million websites" so you should indeed change as many as possible. There are a few websites however that will complain about the reported OS; but that has been mostly known to affect 95 and XP.

You mean upload? Then for users' convenience, here it is: https://mega.nz/#!Z0dE0CAA!oJhI3ZaBDOfkPKgR18lTkPEt3wllL5LxuqiGgl20x2U I tried again under XP and it tries to use IE for rendering as well. Then I ran it under Windows 7, where it actually used Chromium. When Windows 2000 is set to identify as Windows 7, the browser just crashes with a "new tab" dialog. I do hope that they don't force it to use IE on NT 5.x.

I installed 12.0.1202, which is a pre-release of 360 Extreme Explorer 12, based on Chromium 78. It can be obtained here: http://www.qiuquan.cc/browser/360chrome.html (behind some other stuff and semi-broken classic captchas) I installed it on Windows 2000 and XP. However it is quite broken as the first few attempts to use ended in freezes; now it is more stable. However it tries to use IE6 to render everything on Windows 2000; as IE6 is blocked in my firewall that went nowhere quick. XP is being a pill on my T60 so haven't tested as much there, but it was able to load the post-install page without apparently relying on IE. There is no indication that XP has been dropped so hopefully they will continue refining the product in time for its final release! Two other notes: -I had to rename the installer because my English NT5.x installations had a hard time with the Chinese characters and kept telling me "file not found". XP went into a classic GDI+ resource shortage fit and required a logoff when I tried renaming it there. -I had to copy the EN-US locale file from my v11 install to get v12 to start. However everything is still displayed in Chinese.

Have you tried the installation on a newer OS? If you get the same error, your copy may have some corruption. But yes, as long as you get SP4 UR1/USP 5.1 and the extended kernel v3.0x installed, plus the OS version trickery, and do not install Groove, you should be fine.

Has anyone ever tried Windows 2000 on Ryzen or Skylake and above? The custom acpi.sys and the AMD USB 3.0 drivers for XP have no missing dependencies in a win2k installation with extended core v16a. So Ryzen should be possible. In fact I can get Windows 2000 setup to load on an HP laptop with an i5-7200U when the MPS Multiprocessor PC or Standard PC HALs are loaded. Then it progresses to a 0x7 BSOD, but I think it's because of the GPT layout of the HDD. Maybe the custom acpi.sys can solve that issue and Windows 2000 + Threadripper/i9 may become a reality.

Yeah, instead of taking the old OS and giving it a modern look (lots of win8/10 visual styles for XP and even RP 9.7 floating around), the old OS should be updated with support for the newest hardware and win32 APIs. I want a UEFI bootloader and full GPT support in an x64 build of win2k, which I would wait in a ten-mile line to buy. But that really can't be shown off in a flashy video.

There you go! Now it's starting to resemble some sort of 98SE/Me USP/option pack. I've always thought about doing something like this, allowing for not only the extended kernel installation but other components such as WMP10/11, ,NET Framework, i430VX's browser installer etc. especially in light of the issues with component integration into the OS (HFSLIP 2000 with WMP9/DX9/IE6 goes fine, but apparently .NET is a nightmare). There are also many options for the extended kernel; for those with multiple combinations of hardware (SSE-only to full blown DX10-ready machines), slipstreaming a preset config may not be ideal. So more experienced users may see value in this project as well.

No warez is contained within the distributed ISOs. And there may be some value in providing such packages to newcomers to win2k, but there are some issues: -did you obtain permission from @blackwingcat or the creator of USP 5.1 to redistribute their files? -SP4 UR1 and USP 5.1 are roughly equivalent; each one has its own issues and only one needs to be installed. -the win2k extended kernel has no relation to the 9x kernelex and is not open-source. -the high encryption pack was rolled into the OS in SP2. -there is no indication that extended kernel development has stopped -all extended kernel releases are cumulative: no previous versions need to be installed before the current version

To get around the error code 2894 in Windows Installers, you can also replace riched20.dll with the one you had before installing the extended kernel. That doesn't rely on the VC++ 9/2008 runtime. I've yet to install 3.0e on my main workstation, but I did on my laptop (upgrade) and in a lab VM (clean). I haven't noticed any non-cosmetic issues.

Yeah, the only branding difference in all of the XP derivatives is the classic login/winver banner. Everything else is the same. I don't see why one would vouch for the enabling of the welcome screen in a business environment though. It doesn't easily work with domains. Embedded devices may be a different story, as there are other pictures circulating of the welcome screen on payphones. Perhaps they were using XP Pro for Embedded Systems, which appears to be XP Pro, welcome screen by default and all, just with special licensing.

I meant the calc.exe provided with LTSB. It is the same one from Windows 7.

Can you do unit conversions in the classic win32 calculator? It crashes on me in LTSC 2019. But yes, the OS is finally usable on a 5400 rpm HDD after replacing an OEM-bloated Windows 10 Home!

Did you try clicking "save" in the upper-right corner? I had never had such an issue on either NT 5.x or 6.x.

How about mfc40.dll? That's new to OSR2.