Win2K SP5

[Robert Baer]

Somewhere, i got a 16,625KB 7Zip image of Windows 2000 SP 5.1;
supposedly used to make a CD for Win2000 install.
CD Not bootable; the instructions can not be followed.

In the root of the made cd, there is a 39KB readmesp.htm that
exclusively talks about SP4.
It has 2 folders cdlaunch and support; the cdlaunch has shelexec.exe
(untried).
The support folder has a sub-folder named tools which has \dtc.

Neither setup.exe in Win2K5_1\support\tools nor setup.exe in
Win2K5_1\support\tools\dtc create a bootable or usable hard drive.

Am i chasing rainbows?

Help?

[Paul]

"Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4"

https://www.techspot.com/downloads/1017-update-rollup-for-windows-2000.html

What I have on disk is, Rollup 1 Version 2:

Windows2000-KB891861-v2-x86-ENU.exe

32,724,472 bytes (uncompressed)

SHA1: F118BD276F4211929719961A2E929B620C1A2234

You probably install that after:

W2KSP4_EN.EXE

135,477,136 bytes

SHA1: FADEA6D94A014B039839FECC6E6A11C20AFA4FA8

Neither of those requires a CD. One is a Service Pack.
The other is a Rollup (which may be "stamped" by Microsoft
with the "SP5" era label, but SP5 was never released as
such, and the rollup is as close as they got to an SP5).

Make a backup before each stage of applying those. In case
you have regrets later.

HTH,
Paul

[Robert Baer]

Do not have time to follow an of that for a few daze; have real work
to do.
What i did: Installed Win2K SP2 from gen-U-wine M$ disty CD.
Seems to be OK, best screen 800x600 16bit.

Seems that not all of the M2N-MX SE Plus series NVIDIA GeForce 6100
chipset drivers get installed and/or not compatible with Win2K.

So i made the futile attempt to install SP4 from gen-U-wine M$ disty CD.
DOA because everybody and their pet goldfish wants to use IE, and in
this case it is IE5 which cannot even find Google much less run W2KSP4.exe.

So i must twiddle away time to find a SP2 compatible browser (guess
and gosh fetch in WinXP).
Wasted over 1 hour.
Hopefully i will find one, THEN hopefully SP4 will be installable as
well as the drivers for the M2N-MX SE Plus motherboard.

Maybe....

[Paul]

https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Motherboards/M2NMX_SE/HelpDesk_Download/

Chipset
Version 65.3.3 2007/05/09 85.52 MBytes

Nvidia Chipset Driver Program v65.3.3 for Windows 2000/XP
NVIDIA 32bit SATA RAID Driver for Windows 2000/XP
Nvidia Chipset Driver Program v65.3.3 for Windows XP 64bit
NVIDIA 64bit SATA RAID Driver for Windows XP 64bit

And there are other drivers on that page, once you select
WinXP as the OS, then review each entry for the magic Windows 2000
declaration.

As for downloading EXE or Rollup, you could use another machine
with "better than IE" on it, to do the work.

I keep a standalone IE6 install folder here, and I bump
some OSes up to IE6 on demand. Not that this helps
a whole hell of a lot. Even IE9 isn't enough any more,
and IE11 is aging out too, as TLS 1.3 and https everywhere
becomes the norm.

IE6 was not made available as a standalone, but if you grab
a snapshot of the folder while IE6 is installing, then keep
that folder around, it can be reused.

*******

And of course real work takes priority.

Computers are a hobby.

Paul

[Robert Baer]

That's OK; still knee deep in work.
Saw no Nvidia detail, nothing about Win2K (server,yes; plain,no).
Have the MB disk so have all of that anyhow.

Had to pull the new Win2k HD for a Win7 HD.
Still getting useless updates on shutdown.
So checked: one "important" update, and 4 maybe worthwhile of 8 optional.
Applied the, error codes: 8E5E0152, 80070490.
The offered "help" (if you are brave enough to use that word here)
said to "check your spelling". It is THEIR program, it is THEIR
equivalent of a batch file that THEY created and had total exclusive
control.

Then did shutdown and got typical "installing 1 of 1" which i can
guarantee without looking FAILED.

As useless as the WinXP "update".

[Paul]

Well, you've got your work cut out for you now.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other/error-code-80070490-when-installing-windows/c1fea6da-9c98-4194-af64-be69de5e9c6d

80070490 Corrupted CBS (Component Based Servicing) manifest.

And it's Windows 7, Lacking the restorehealth option on DISM.
DISM repairs WinSXS, the CBS folder with all the packages in it.
Either the manifest is in SoftwareDistribution, or it's in WinSXS.
The people in that thread tried the Windows Update Troubleshooter
and that didn't help, so it's probably not SoftwareDistribution.

The System Update Readiness tool (surcheck or checksur), is a
(rough) equivalent of DISM restorehealth. Select the correct
bitness for your OS. The file is at least several hundred megabytes.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/947821/fix-windows-update-errors-by-using-the-dism-or-system-update-readiness

Operating system Download link
---------------- -------------

x86-based (32-bit) versions of
Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 7 Download icon

x64-based (64-bit) versions of
Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 7 Download icon

These are "mostly harmless" installs. If they fix you up, fine.
If they don't, fine. If it says something about "not for this OS",
verify you grabbed the correct one.

Try the Windows Update Troubleshooter, from the Troubleshooter
control panel, after you've tried that, if you're still having
problems.

Paul

[Robert Baer]

Had some time, so tried the Win2K SP5.1 install.

I must get a different source, because the one i have does not
include the critical W2KSP51.EXE
Any ideas for a reliable source?
[will try the MajorGeeks version..may get lucky]]

Since IE 5.0 cannot even find sand on a beach and IE 8.0 looks as
bad, i got nasty and installed FireFox 10.0 and made it the default browser.
Smooth as silk..
That was the major key to installing SP4; minor thing was to have no
drives after the boot/install drive.

[Paul]

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/f2287556e86cfbb5c0447e9045ca996cdbc7b764e11ea5765a8afa73ecee2237/summary

Name: w2ksp51.exe
Size: 219932672 bytes (209 MiB)
SHA1: FA5BADC44B02056E2FFA6D052BB6B9B260696CFC

This is a download link, where 7ZIP will find the 209 MiB thing
inside this file.

https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Microsoft-Windows-2000-Unofficial-SP5.shtml#download

There's no virustotal.com scan for the overall package.
Searching for this SHA1 value on virustotal, doesn't get a hit.

Name: USP-5[1].1.2195.21-060416-FINAL.ZIP
Size: 242971591 bytes (231 MiB)
SHA1: 870AAEB435C2DF5593786DFC92022192471FCD08

But there is the other file (209 MiB) inside the bigger one.

The w2ksp51.exe is not made by Microsoft, it's made
by hackers of some sort. The official OS consists
of "SP4 + Rollup1 Rev2 + any later patches".

All I have in my collection is "SP4 + Rollup1 Rev2".

After installing "SP4 + Rollup1 Rev2", my next step
would be to install MBSA 2.3 and scan for updates.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150112201214if_/http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/E/1/8E16A4C7-DD28-4368-A83A-282C82FC212A/MBSASetup-x86-EN.msi

( Discussion:
http://al.howardknight.net/?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3Cqtbsj4%246do%241%40dont-email.me%3E )

Microsoft removed MBSA 2.3 from the server, so archive.org it is.
The x86 version would be needed for a typical Win2K install.
I don't even know if version 2.3 runs in Win2K.

The wsusscn2.cab file, which MBSA downloads on a run, is
now in the vicinity of 750MB, whereas not that many
years ago the file was only 5MB. That would be a reason
for Microsoft to remove MBSA 2.3, due to the additional
download needed at runtime. The 750MB file contains
metadata about *every patch since Hell froze over*.

Paul