The last version of DirectX that Windows 2000 supports is DirectX 9.0c (Shader Model 3.0), that shipped with Windows XP Service Pack 2. Microsoft published quarterly updates to DirectX 9.0c through the February 2010 release after which support was dropped in the June 2010 SDK. These updates contain bug fixes to the. Jul 11, 2005 Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000. So I am posting for clarification before committing to a 31.2 MB download that. Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

• edit: I think it is now available at Softpedia and MajorGeeks and on BitTorrent. The wills downloads site was over its monthly bandwidth quota and thus offline. Suggest using the other sites, or torrents.

Gurgelmeyer has finally finished it. An Option Pack will be coming eventually with extras such as IE SP1 integrated into the SP5. Option Pack Basic USP 5.1 now available This service pack apparently includes many bits, all from M$, that you will not get from the regular Win Update process. It also is supposed to install cleaner overall than M$' hodgepodge of files, probably because one person, a perfectionist, sorted them all out.

Yes, it can be slipstreamed. Read the later pages of the thread at MSFN for reports of results with nLite. Win2k lovers, enjoy!

Last edited by DanceMan; January 6th, 2006 at 02:47 AM. [Update] So far, appears to be questionable. Manual slipstream attempts resulted in basically Service Pack 4 integrated. But that was already available from a looong time ago. Windows Update still displays Rollup1, KB842773 and KB896727 still being required. Taken from the download: Unofficial SP5 includes all of the updates that were contained in Service Pack 1 (SP1), Service Pack 2 (SP2), Service Pack 3 (SP3), and Service Pack 4 (SP4) for Windows 2000. Installing only Unofficial SP5 provides you with all of the previous Windows 2000 updates.

No mentions/references of post SP4 hotfixes and/or Rollup1 being included. Wandered around his website, No detailed information on unofficial SP5 either. Clicking on his Hotstream, Win2K, Win2K, Unoffical SP5, Archives and About links, does not provide any relevent information. If that is the situation, For business scenario, Sticking with the official Service Pack 4 should be sufficient and officially supported by Microsoft, if/when required. *shrug* I may simply be doing it incorrectly but then, considering there are next to no step by step instructions at that forum, or it's somewhere in the long thread, anyone's guess is as good as mine. Did see the nLite thread but not a fan of.NET, stated as being required and that size alone is listed as 23 MB!

So far, appears to be questionable. Manual slipstream attempts resulted in basically Service Pack 4 integrated.

But that was already available from a looong time ago. Windows Update still displays Rollup1, KB842773 and KB896727 still being required. He couldn't make the system 'think' it was SP5, otherwise Windows Update no longer worked. Think about it, if the system said it was SP5 how would you ever update it from Microsoft if SP5 doesn't actually exist? The SP5 pack has modifications to some of the files that came with the rollup. For example, Microsoft screwed up with the HAL.dll in the rollup and essentially disabled idle throttling on Pentium4 processors so they run at full bore and termperature even when idle. SP5 uses a different DLL where the problem doesn't exist.

But yes there still are bugs in the SP5, I just hope they are addressed. I only know of the HAL.DLL replacement in order to fix P4 throttling. There is some mention of DRM in the thread too.

All I know is that after a weekend of perfecting my Win2k unattended disk (including slipstreaming Windows Installer 3.1 and the BITS 2.0 update), I only have 8 hotfixes to install at Windows Update. Most of the hotfixes that show up at Windows Update are for Internet Explorer 6. The remaining updates, which (falsely) include the Windows rollup are minor and not really necessary such as the Malicious Software Removal tool. If you don;t use IE6 at all, then there really isn't any need to get anything from Windows Update at all.

The USP's are fully cumulative, which means that they contain everything from Service Pack 4. USP 5.0 contains all hotfixes for Windows (all that I know of) and for the built in versions of IE/OE/DX etc. - Version 5.0 'Gold' (build 10) - released; contains ~350 hotfixes and security fixes - Version 5.0 Service Release 1 (build 11); just about to.zip it; contains >400 hotfixes and security fixes; corrects several registry bugs from SP4 USP 5.1 contains everything from USP 5.0 and IE6/OE6/WAB6/SE56/MSI31/BITS2 and all hotfixes and security updates for those. It will also support >127 GB IDE drives from text mode setup and onwards.

- Version 5.1 Basic Edition - work in progress; will contain all of the above - Version 5.1 Standard Edition - will contain all of the above + NETFX11 + DX9 + MDAC27SP1 refresh (and all hotfixes for those of course) - Version 5.1 Extreme Edition - will contain just about everything which is available for W2k at no charge from microsoft.com, including all of the above No third party applications/tools/executables are planned for the USP's. About MSJVM3810, I'll wrap this up as a hotfix when I get the time. I think it is now available at Softpedia and MajorGeeks and on BitTorrent. 'Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 (KB891861), Why does it still show up on WU?' Again, from Gurgelmeyer. First of all, the MS URP1 IS in fact included in the USPs. Sony Acid Pro 7 Plugins Free Download.

So are the fixes for the problems that it introduces. However, Microsoft chose to add a new kernel mode (!!) driver to W2K in the MS URP1. This file system filter driver has never been part on W2K in the first place. Its main purpose is to intercept file access on behalf of DRM systems, although it can be (ab)used for just about any purpose. My opinion is, that introducing a new kernel mode driver less than 3 DAYS before mainstream support is ended is a very bad idea, so I've chosen not to include it in the USPs.

WUv6 detects that this filter driver is not present on your system, and that is exactly why MS URP1 shows up. I've deliberately chosen not to attempt to suppress the MSURP1 on WU, because I think you should have the option to install this filter driver if you want it. Hope that explains stuff - maybe I'll include it in USP 5.1 and just leave it disabled by default - donno.

Last edited by DanceMan; October 27th, 2005 at 05:26 AM.

I posted some info about running modern software on Windows 2000 about 8 months ago. I was shot down by wannabe security experts. I'd be wary about mirroring that guy's video. He has a history of claiming copyright on his video content and having them taken down. __________________ Here's how you run modern software on Windows 2000: 1) Install it and update it.

2) Download, extract and install this: (November 30th, 2014 release [Most recent]) 3) Install software using the Application Compatibility Launcher in the start menu (You have to drag and drop.exe files into the Command Prompt window and press enter) 4) Don't update Windows (The package will disable Windows Update - and for good reason. Don't panic security experts) (You don't need the Unofficial Service Pack 5 or Update Rollup 2. Their purpose is to update Windows 2000 easily. They contain no additional functionality.) (Don't install Update Rollup 1 if you have more than a single core processor. Update Rollup 1 has a bug that breaks Windows 2000's multiprocessor support.). More detail is needed on what this file contains and what its origins are. How does it compare to the unofficial service pack and rollup mentioned in the video?

That is an archive file containing a homebrew Windows update package. To enable modern software to run on Windows 2000, functionality needed to be added in the form of resources in system files. Programmes call upon these resources. They were ported one by one as needed from Windows XP SP2, SP3 and Vista and 7 system files. This package also contains a modified kernel with additional resources. The new kernel is responsible for most of the added functionality.

This package also contains a few updated components for Windows. I.e, Windows XP's Paint, Notepad and a few others. This package was produced by a dedicated team of enthusiasts who reside on various software forums.

The package should be treated much like a Linux distribution, in the sense that it was created purely out of good faith, and comes with no warranty. If you find any problem with this software, it can be reported here: This package has absolutely no malicious intent! This is in the video so I assume the function is similar in your preferred updates. It's the same. FYI, you only need to use the Application Compatibility Launcher once - when you install a particular programme. Sometimes you won't need to use it even in that case. For example, if you install Firefox using the Application Compatibility Launcher, you won't need to use it to install Pale Moon or Thunderbird.

Their installers will launch successfully. Not all modern programmes will work. Chrome won't work. Office 2007 won't work. Firefox and its derivatives will work.

The latest version of Flash will work. So it's enough to get by, along with older software, such as Office XP.

They do contain security updates, no? Again, how do these updates contrast with the file you linked above? I actually made a slight mistake: Benefit may be had by installing Update Rollup 2, since it contains system files that have been patched in the same fashion as the equivalent file in Windows XP. Again, there is dedication here. Update Rollup 2 can be downloaded here: It must be installed before Unofficial Update Rollup! As for Unofficial Service Pack 5.1, it does contain security updates, but they are the same security updates offered officially by Microsoft on Windows Update.

If you update Windows 2000 using Windows Update (or have installation media that is already up-to-date), you don't need to install the same updates again. It's pointless.

Windows Service Packs were produced simply for convenience. Unofficial Service Pack 5 is from 2006. Version 5.1 contains more updates released after Service Pack 4. These two packages differ from the aformentioned Unofficial Update Rollup since they offer no additional functionality to Windows 2000. Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:06 am Re-vamping this thread. Links are dead.all of them.

Does anyone has info on what they actually contained, or a copy of the files involved? Speaking of which, does anyone have a *safe* link for SP4? Not that I desperately need it, but wouldn't mind having it.

Ajkula66 I know this is an old thread, but all of the dead Microsoft links can be access just by plugging the original links into the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) I actually created a page years ago which consolidates all the Windows 2000 packages on one page, with the archive links (all packages are digitally signed by Microsoft): For older NT service packs (NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 3.51, NT 4.0) these never made it onto the IA.