Original Title: CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH A COPY OR A PLACE WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL1. Can someone please help me with a copy or place where I can download 'Windows 2000 Professional.2. My PC came out with the program installed and later on Windows XP Professional SP3 was installed and the two systems functioned very well and without any problems.3. Not long ago Windows 2000 Professional could not start because the file “WINNTSystem32CONFIGSystemced” was missingor corrupt.4. The two CD s that came out with the PC are missing and I have search everywhere, turning my storeroom upside downand inside out, but I cannot find them.5. I still have the Product Key Number (hoping it will work with the copy) and it is still clearly visible on the Sticker/ Label or rather the “Certificate OfAuthenticity” as this was a true copy of Microsoft product.6.
So please good people help me to re-install this program on my PC so as to let my PC (MY OLD FRIEND) retire with both systems running when Microsoft support come to anend for Windows XP by next year.7. I am also a retired person desperate to have this program re-install on my PC and your help will mean a lot to me.Signed MBN.
Hi MB NHLAPHO,Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for providing us an opportunity to assist you.As per the issue description, it looks like you want to download and install Windows 2000 on the computer.I would like to inform you that Microsoft has ended support for Windows 2000. You can now migrate to Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. You can refer to the link for more detailson this information:For further reference, you can refer to the link.
Windows 2000 Iso For Virtualbox
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) provides the latest updates to the Windows 2000 family of operating systems. These updates are a collection of fixes in the following areas: application compatibility, operating system reliability, security, and setup. Windows 2000 SP4 includes the updates contained in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3). If you have already installed a previous service pack, download and install SP4 without removing the previous service pack. Microsoft considers Windows 2000 SP4 to be a recommended upgrade – especially if you don’t have either SP1, SP2 or SP3.If you install SP4 over Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or an earlier release of Windows 2000, your computer will automatically be upgraded to 128-bit encryption to provide better online and local security and to bring your computer up to the current worldwide encryption standard.
Beginning with Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2), 128-bit encryption is supported as the default, so if you previously installed SP2 or Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), your computer has already been upgraded to this level of encryption. Important: your computer retains 128-bit encryption even if you revert to Windows 2000 or SP1 unless you reformat your hard drive and complete a new installation of Windows 2000 or Windows 2000 with SP1.