Notepad++ 6.7.5 for Windows 2000

https://www.mediafire.com/file/v355508rm36oq4u/Notepad-675.exe/file

I’m developing an irrational affection for #Windows2000. Especially the Explorer (of all things …). It hit a sweet spot between simplicity and features. (And it was awful in many regards, but we’re going to ignore that.)

Win2k was also the last Windows before that “product activation” nonsense. That was the point where the complete enshittification of everything began, imho.

The closest thing to Explorer that we have on Linux/BSD might be XFE – without the integration into the rest of the system, obviously.

(Other similar file managers like PCManFM also still exist, although they have adopted the current ultra flat UI even more than XFE.)

Found an old installation of mIRC.

This was a curious time. I was using IRC basically 24/7, mIRC was my “home”, and so I naturally made extensive use of its scripting facilities for many years. Much of it had nothing to do with IRC – for example, I apparently had a shortcut on Shift+F6 that swapped MP3 codecs around before launching a game.

In a nutshell, mIRC was my supplement for shell scripting. (And I know of at least one coworker who once confessed of doing the same. )

(Also, this obviously predates things like Git, so there’s a ton of dead commented code, earlier versions, … chaos.)

#Nostalgia #Windows2000 #mIRC (almost #RetroComputing)

I found documentation for AppleTalk on Windows 2000 to be a bit scattered and there are some gotchas along the way, so I documented my findings so far.

Once I figure out the guest file access issue on 2000, I'll have found feature parity between it and NT 4.

https://mroach.com/2025/04/windows-2000-and-appletalk/

Making some progress here getting Windows 2000 and SQL Server 200 onto AppleTalk and eventually GlobalTalk thanks to jrouter.

This is new and exciting networking activity.

I'm installing SQL Server 2000 and I noticed an interesting option: it supports AppleTalk.

Do I need to be setting up a GlobalTalk router and adding SQL Server 2000 to the mix? It's so enterprise.

PSA for users of Windows 2000: don't forget to update your regional options for two digit year parsing! We're fast approaching the default of 2029.

I'm decommissioning my Proxmox server in favour of running libvirt on my main server. I only had one VM I wanted to keep: the Windows 2000 domain controller. I looked into how to convert the VM disk and other stuff. But, there's another way more fun option: setup a new VM as a secondary domain controller and then promote it to primary.

Let it be known you can boot the windows 2000 install CD from an AKAI CD sampler if you have a SCSI card and enough patcents.

Ursprünglich sollte es Windows NT 5.0 heißen und bereits 1998 erscheinen, doch das Projekt musste zahlreiche Verzögerungen verkraften.

Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10282913?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Got these two #Toughbooks. One has #WindowsXP (but there's a password on it). The other has #Windows2000, but hangs at the splash screen. Want to install #Linux Lite (only OS that's still 32 bit I could find), but laptop doesn't recognize the USB stick and I can't change the boot order in the BIOS.

I don't know, my Debian sid stopped working after a reboot so I tried something new. Here's a screenshot. Fedora Sway Atomic 41. #sway #swaywm #wayland #windows2000 #linux #screenshotsaturday #fedora #atomic

Nergahak Font Pack
This package containing all Windows 11 fonts and some extras like Fira, Noto and IBM Plex for Windows 2000 and later.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/cumqlj2a6cxrqiu/FontPack_Setup2.exe/file

Installer updated and tested only in Windows 2000 and XP.

Hey #RetroComputing guys, if you use #Windows2000 or #WindowsXP, and find yourself in a situation where Windows Installer has died and the NT service refuses to start, try executing these commands one by one in the run box (Windows + R).

msiexec /unregister
msiexec /regserver

No reboot is needed, but you can reboot if you want to. #VintageComputing #RetroTech #VintageTech

Yeah!

Daily Commentary #blog article for 11/29/2023. I miss #windows2000 and think the #nasavoyager computers were hardcore.

https://blog.occurative.com/2023/11/30/daily-commentary-for-11-29-2023/

My new Command&Control for the demo is lookong good :)

Windows 95, 98, and other decrepit versions can grab online updates again - Enlarge / The Windows 95 desktop. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1952418 #retrocomputing #windowsnt4.0 #windows2000 #windows95 #windows98 #windowsme #windowsnt #tech

Computer Speed Gains Erased By Modern Software - [Julio] has an older computer sitting on a desk, and recorded a quick video with i... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/02/computer-speed-gains-erased-by-modern-software/ #softwaredevelopment #application #windows2000 #comparison #windows11 #software #latency #modern #retro #speed