No SP5 for windows 2000.

[bazooka]

Microsoft will instead make an update rollup which will be the final security patch for win2k.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1732650,00.asp

[ViRaL1]

2000 is still pretty stable. Although I finally gave in and bought MCE2005 for my main system (currently on 2000). For workstations I can understand the push from 200Pro to XP Pro, but if I recall WS2k3 is still a bit pricey.

[bazooka]

Maybe this will finally get people off of 2000.

[Capmaster]

I really like 2000. I run it on my Dell work laptop, even though the corporate standard is XP Pro SP1 Rock-solid OS

[bazooka]

I really like 2000. I run it on my Dell work laptop, even though the corporate standard is XP Pro SP1 Rock-solid OS

If you disable some features, it is pretty much the same.

[Capmaster]

Then why aren't the Service Packs interchangeable?

I know what you're saying. But I think Xp is more than "just a few" features. It's got lots of features Win2000 doesn't have. I run XP Home SP2 on my home desktop and XP Pro SP1 at work.

I like XP a lot. But ....it's still less stable than Win2000. Until I had Win2000, I thought Microsoft had reached a new stability plateau with NT4 ...before that I thought NT3.51 was the most stable. But Win2000 has yet to be surpassed, at least in my opinion

[jimmalenko]

Stability has always been a feature of the NT-based OS's IMO, from NT 3.51, NT4, 2000 and now XP, as opposed to Win9x and ME. I resisted the change to XP at home for as long as I could, until I realised that there was "Windows Classic" settings I just freaked at the new start menu and the color scheme the first time I saw it.

[bazooka]

I use the classic interface as well.

[enstg8er]

i use 2000 pro and haven't found any problems (like 98) or know of any reason to justify the cost of xp. am i missing something? my understanding is if you purchase xp and then disable some features, it will work as well as 2000. what would make it worth the expense (as well as downloading upgrades on dial-up)?

[bazooka]

i use 2000 pro and haven't found any problems (like 98) or know of any reason to justify the cost of xp. am i missing something? my understanding is if you purchase xp and then disable some features, it will work as well as 2000. what would make it worth the expense (as well as downloading upgrades on dial-up)?

Better driver support, broadband support out of the box, system restore to restore your system in case of a catastrophy, and other features like the encrypting file system. There are too many features to list.

2000 support is going bye-bye soon.

[enstg8er]

drats.......
buy the time i switch it'll be outdated

[simonko]

What about all those Win2k Servers running? Shit, not alot of people are going to pony up the cash for Win2k3 servers. It was hard enough to get them off of NT, although some still use it.

[jimmalenko]

What about all those Win2k Servers running? Shit, not alot of people are going to pony up the cash for Win2k3 servers. It was hard enough to get them off of NT, although some still use it.

I think you'll find that if it's a business-critical server, ther'll be quite a few upgrades done. Don't forget also that W2k and W2k server are two different things. Chances are that support for the server version will stay for a bit longer IMO.

[ViRaL1]

Quite a few enterprises didn't even start upgrading to 2k until NT support was being phased out.

[enstg8er]

i'm on dial-up and downloading updates is dreadfully slow. often the automatic update site fails altogether. is there some place i can download the updates on broadband and carry them to my machine at home? will ms have a cd they will send with the updates? downloading over dial-up is quite difficult

[bazooka]

Microsoft could send you a cd.

You just have to request it.

[ViRaL1]

There used to be a Window$ Update corporate site where you could download pretty much any update so long as you knew what it was, what it was for, or the KB#. Looks like they either moved it or took it offline. Anyone else familiar with this and know if it's located somewhere new?

[mrtristan]

Psh. I'll stick with w2k until I'm forced to upgrade to XP. I've actually been itching to try out XP, but I'm too cheap to shell out the bucks for the Pro version and I don't want to spend time getting used to a new OS.

[mrtristan]

It's still there, but Microsoft makes it harder and harder to find each day. I wanted to download the non-web installer for DX9, but there weren't any direct links to it from the Microsoft DirectX page. I eventually found what I was looking for, when I googled it.

There used to be a Window$ Update corporate site where you could download pretty much any update so long as you knew what it was, what it was for, or the KB#. Looks like they either moved it or took it offline. Anyone else familiar with this and know if it's located somewhere new?