T.N.G.O.G. Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Just wondering should people install SP4 on win2k?Is it worth?Does it make 2000 more demanding like XP with all that junk install?Reason i ask, i bought 2000 for 10 dollars today, thinking about installing and see how its. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Short answers - Yes, Yes, No. Upgrade to IE6SP1 (or Firefox) and apply all updates afterwards. You will need Antivirus and Firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.G.O.G. Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Thanks, i have it install right now. Would be nice to have some skins, ****, this OS is bored looking lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.G.O.G. Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Questions, Should i install the Update Rollup 1?Also, why do i need a firewall ? Didn't notice anything strange going on so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdv Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) Yes, you need the Rollup.However.The Rollup installs file system filters and a bunch of useless reg keys called explorer templates. But it's a hotfix that is 95% good, so apply it anyway.Win2k works fine without the file system filters (as does XP, if you know how to rip this component out -- no, nLite doesn't offer it).Getting into the specifics of how to edit the Rollup to remove the explorer templates and the minifilters is way more than I want to type, but just wanted to say yes -- you should apply the Rollup.As for a firewall, I'd recommend a hardware one. I will be honest and tell you that when I installed Win2k without IE on my sister-in-law's laptop, and visited her a year later, I noticed she had it plugged directly into the cable modem and was bypassing the router/firewall she'd bought (for whatever reason). Her ISP did not provide any sort of port hiding. She'd never had any problems whatsoever. As for a default install of win2k, one with IE, I'd want to use a firewall. Note that the default in the tcpip setup file is to run NetBIOS over TCP/IP, for one thing. Etc etc. Edited December 1, 2008 by fdv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.G.O.G. Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) Yes, you need the Rollup.However.The Rollup installs file system filters and a bunch of useless reg keys called explorer templates. But it's a hotfix that is 95% good, so apply it anyway.Win2k works fine without the file system filters (as does XP, if you know how to rip this component out -- no, nLite doesn't offer it).Getting into the specifics of how to edit the Rollup to remove the explorer templates and the minifilters is way more than I want to type, but just wanted to say yes -- you should apply the Rollup.As for a firewall, I'd recommend a hardware one. I will be honest and tell you that when I installed Win2k without IE on my sister-in-law's laptop, and visited her a year later, I noticed she had it plugged directly into the cable modem and was bypassing the router/firewall she'd bought (for whatever reason). Her ISP did not provide any sort of port hiding. She'd never had any problems whatsoever. As for a default install of win2k, one with IE, I'd want to use a firewall. Note that the default in the tcpip setup file is to run NetBIOS over TCP/IP, for one thing. Etc etc.With the help of SP4 and that update rollup, everything is running smooth. Thanks for the info too.Actually without SP4 and the update rollup, i notice alot of programs would not work and the OS seems unstable at times. So those 2 files are much needed. Now everything is great. Edited December 3, 2008 by T.N.G.O.G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainStacks Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 (edited) I always install all available patches, and never really notice a hit in performance. Edited December 9, 2008 by CaptainStacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.G.O.G. Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 It seems like Windows 2000 is the best OS ever. Its really easy on the CPU, i mean game performance is amazing. Way better then win9x and XP. Well i say XP, because with my system specs , XP is too demanding, but with w2k is perfect. Another weird thing, i would think that win9x would have better performance on my cpu then w2k, but its the other way around, w2k is the best OS for this computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 of course you should, all updates should be installed as a rule of thumbincreased security + stabilitywin win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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