You can check out tools like nlite which allow you to slipstream service packs with you original CD to create a new install CD. I know it works with XP and am fairly sure 2000 is supported too.
If you reinstall a lot, I would suggest using a disk imager like True Image or virtual machines like Vmware or VirtualPC (free). With either of these you simply save an image or vm snapshot with the fully updated os and all your basic apps installed... -----Original Message----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: [advanced_delphi] where to find SP4 for Windows 2000 Date: Sat Jan 5, 2008 5:36 am Size: 2K To: "advanced_delphi@yahoogroups.com" <advanced_delphi@yahoogroups.com> hi, I still have W2000 in one machine, it's a SP2 version and yes, every time I have to re-install it I must do the following: - install from the original disk (SP2) - install SP4 over it (*) - install the "SP4.5" (don't remember real name :-)) (**) - download the hotfixes issued after that (*) it's on MS site, I got from there (**) it's a 130 MB, also on MS site, with a collection of consolidated hotfixes between SP4 and a later date please note that, after those downloads, you'll must to re-boot some times; for example, SP4 introduced a new NTFS mode (later used in XP also) and it converts your HD without warning as it's mandatory. I'm not sure but, as I understand it, if you have the original license for W2000, it'd be legal to borrow from a friend a SP4 disk but use your serial number for install. Carlos Quoting Fahri Reza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does anybody know where I can find Windows 2000 SP4? > I don't have the luxury to surf freely, I only have dial-up > connection through a phone-line, and mostly I used it for sending > emails or join forums / mailing-lists. > I've visited Microsofts website, but I was mislead to download an > on-line version of W2KSP4 installation, not its off-line version. > Which is not what I'm intended to do, because then, I have to use > this software to download all the patches on-line, and even do it > twice all-over again, should my system crashes. > And I only trust Flashget to do my downloads. > What I have now is Windows 2000 Workstation Professional, with no SP. > > ( It doesn't have "CreateFiber" in its kernel, Adobe Photoshop told me ) > Most new softwares insisted that I have at least ServicePack2. > I avoid using XP because I think my PC doesn't have the strength for it. > I've learnt about this site, HYPERLINK > "http://www.autopatcher.com"www.autopatcher.com, but I haven't > visited it yet. > ( I think they only give patches, but not service packs, I don't know ) > Thx in adv
