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How did you manage to bypass the Discord updater on that portable version though?

unfortunately, can't tell you what modified ISO I've used, otherwise, I would get penalized for posting the link to it, since that's against the rules of the forum.

sry for the late response, but still couldn't get sound to work. Could I somehow use an usb sound card with compatible drivers for win2k though?

nevermind, found a different iso and that one worked. overall, when I choose the "ACPI PC" option, it loads up the rest of the setup, and... everything's normal. Got almost all of the drivers installed, except for sound, because IDT High Definition Audio CODEC is unsupported and I don't think there are modified drivers for it.

you could go to blackwingcat's windows legacy update website and choose the kind type to drivers, then choose the required intel matrix storage manager driver for your system.

I slipstreamed an AHCI driver, no result either. But I heard that I should slipstream the extended core patch on the windows 2000 setup itself, i'm not quite sure if that's true. For several times I wanted to slipstream the extended core v16a version by bwc with nLite, that would lead to a "Command line option syntax" error. Thought of trying to slipstream Ximonite's unofficial extended core v16e, it prompted me to verify the architecture, language, or service pack. After clicking ok. it proceeded to "compress cabinets", and slightly reduced the installation's size fsr, so I assumed that it refused to slipstream it if it asked me to verify, because I tested it after. edit: slipstreamed several other drivers, including bwc's drivers, like "Intel Matrix Storage Manager 7.6 for Windows 2000(Intel 300 Series-type h) and Intel "Rapid Storage Manager 8.9g for Windows 2000 + Extended Core(Intel 300 Series), but slipstreaming the rapid storage manager specifically and running the setup would lead to an error, indicating that "The file iaStor.sys is corrupted. Press any key to continue.", then the setup is cancelled.

I think it depends if you have either a mojang account or a microsoft account. The 1.6.93 legacy launcher only supports mojang accounts, but that'd be a disadvantage to most servers that don't accept cracked accounts. I have a microsoft account and I am using MultiMC for vanilla servers and stuff, as that launcher has recently gotten support for microsoft accounts. tbh, idk what other launchers to recommend, since your consideration of "MultiMC being mediocre". Although I may be missing some launchers I've never really heard about.

I've been trying to install Windows 2000 on a somewhat semi-modern hardware for a while and followed the guide for the installation (https://msfn.org/board/topic/183055-guide-how-to-install-windows-2000-on-intel-sandy-bridge-and-later-with-acpi/). But the only way I could continue the setup was by choosing the "Standard PC" computer type at the setup, without it freezing. If I choose the "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC", setup crashes by giving me a BSOD: *** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF6063848, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE, yet I had blackwingcat's modified ACPI. Is there a way I could possibly fix the issue? Also, just for clarification, here are the specs: -CPU: Intel Pentium T4500 (2.3 GHz), with 2 cores -Chipset: Mobile Intel GL40 Express Chipset -Memory: 3 GB RAM DDR3, dual channel -Graphics: integrated (Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD)