My preferred method for installing Windows 2000 is as follows, in the order I have below: Install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (https://web.archive.org/web/20051022095019/http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/a/e6a04295-d2a8-40d0-a0c5-241bfecd095e/w2ksp4_en.exe) Install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Security Rollup Package (SRP) (https://web.archive.org/web/20060320020710/http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/7/b/27b1d1a3-0299-4336-b88a-22b9f09817e2/Windows2000-KB891861-v2-x86-ENU