From XP Pro back to Windows 2k

Random · 19-06-2009 8:14pm #1

Right, I'm considering jumping back from Windows XP Pro to Windows 2k.

Can anyone give me some details on any problems I may face? The only thing that really springs to mind is that I'll lose the fancy themes ...

Thanks

Amalgam · 19-06-2009 8:23pm

Random, why?!

One thing I think you'll miss is wifi and (don't laugh at the back..) security.

The lack of seamless wifi features\integration is glaring, I find, once you step back.

Is Windows 2000 still being actively patched? I doubt it.

Other than that its a noble beast, I still use it on offline, stand-alone boxes for encoding etc.. where I need good sturdy reliability without any glossy beveling..

Make sure your Router is functioning well, or get a firewall you're happy with.

I still have trouble figuring out why go from XP Pro (which has matured well, in hindsight), to Windows 2000.

mukki · 19-06-2009 8:41pm

wi fi works fine in win2k, you just goto the network adaptor in device manager and you can scan and enter wep keys, or the adaptor might have its own appliction.

Win2k sp4 with roll up one and ie 6 does works great, avg will install, itunes won't.

But a hardware upgrade to make winxp run better on any pc will cost nothing nowadays.

Amalgam · 19-06-2009 8:47pm

mukki wrote: »

wi fi works fine in win2k

I'm not in disagreement, but it's not as fluid, say.. for lazy types, like myself.

mukki · 20-06-2009 8:11am

Amalgam wrote: »

I'm not in disagreement, but it's not as fluid, say.. for lazy types, like myself.

agreed, thought you were saying it was a no go

Capt'n Midnight · 20-06-2009 12:11pm

you will loose system restore, very handy if you fubar up your OS

have you tweaked XP back to classic for everything ?

throw in some RAM and turn off the swap file and tell it not to unload dll's

if you have done any stuff with volumes basic/dynamic you may have fun

also look at - if you want to remove bits form XP
http://www.litepc.com/download.html

20-06-2009 4:03pm

Windows 2000 is still in extended support for about another year or so, updates won't be an issue until then. But ATI and NVIDIA aren't actively making drivers for Windows 2000 anymore so you might be stuck if you have a newer card, GeForce 8+ in particular.

Amalgam · 20-06-2009 7:18pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

also look at - if you want to remove bits form XP
http://www.litepc.com/download.html

Not forgetting nLite: http://www.nliteos.com/

Random · 21-06-2009 5:26pm

Thanks for the feedback lads. Not really sure why - I'm just fed up with some XP Pro install issues I've been having lately and I have an old copy of 2k hanging around.

My original XP Pro disk is long gone and I've made some many various slip stream disks at this stage ...

From XP Pro back to Windows 2k

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