I made an unofficial update to BlackWingCat's Extended Core because the official Extended Core is not on BlackWingCat's new website, and I wanted to make an English version of Extended Core v16d because I cannot read Japanese.

Most of the files in this update are from Extended Core v16a because they are the same as the ones in Extended Core v16d except for the language.

Update: Made installer with SFXCAB utility. The new installer can be slipstreamed with nLite.

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Files not from Extended Core v16a:

acpi.sys from http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/1974336.html
ndis.sys from Extended Kernel v16d
videoprt.sys from KB829884-v9
ntoskrnl.exe*
ntkrnlmp.exe*
ntkrnlpa.exe*
ntkrpamp.exe*

*All of these files are from Extended Core v16d but modified (see below)

Modifications made to NT Kernel & System (the 4 exe files with '* next to them):

All Japanese resources replaced with resources from Extended Core v16a.

Exports for ExVerifySuite and RtlIntegerToUnicode added because the code for the functions was present but the exports were not added to the export table.

New boot screen for Windows 2000 Professional:

Edited September 7, 20205 yr by Ximonite
Updated link

Is there a way to get the old default Windows 2000 bootscreen, I want my PC to look more like a vintage PC

On 8/23/2023 at 7:01 AM, jastahooman said:

Is there a way to get the old default Windows 2000 bootscreen, I want my PC to look more like a vintage PC

Open ntoskrnl.exe with Resource Hacker, grab bootscreen bitmap image from Microsoft's original ntoskrnl.exe, and swap it.

OK Thx