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From: RD707 on 15 Jan 2010 11:46
As a new TechNet Subscriber, I have not been able to locate Windows 2000
Professional or Windows 2000 Advanced Server for downloading from TechNet.
I've been told by the people at TechNet support that this was due to some
java related settlement that had occurred in the past, and that if I could
find TechNet subscribers who were fortunate enough to have downloaded it from
TechNet prior to the settlement, I could legally obtain it from them. Are
there any TechNet Subscribers in this forum that would be able to provide me
a copy of the Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Advanced Server .iso
files along with their associated product keys? Any help you could provide
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
From: Peter Foldes on 15 Jan 2010 23:51
First of all the answer will be NO. And secondly the keys for any Windows 2000 Pro
or Server or anything to do with 2000 is not valid anymore and will not work since
MS has shut the door on everything that is 2000. That was the agreement with MS\Sun
and the DOJ. You cannot even download SR1a. It will not install


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"RD707" <rd707(a)wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news:0AECFFE8-F314-4D55-9AE8-27BC3494C3DF(a)microsoft.com...
> As a new TechNet Subscriber, I have not been able to locate Windows 2000
> Professional or Windows 2000 Advanced Server for downloading from TechNet.
> I've been told by the people at TechNet support that this was due to some
> java related settlement that had occurred in the past, and that if I could
> find TechNet subscribers who were fortunate enough to have downloaded it from
> TechNet prior to the settlement, I could legally obtain it from them. Are
> there any TechNet Subscribers in this forum that would be able to provide me
> a copy of the Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Advanced Server .iso
> files along with their associated product keys? Any help you could provide
> would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

From: Phillip Windell on 18 Jan 2010 15:12
"Peter Foldes" <okf22(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OKpbWemlKHA.3128(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> First of all the answer will be NO. And secondly the keys for any Windows
> 2000 Pro or Server or anything to do with 2000 is not valid anymore and
> will not work since MS has shut the door on everything that is 2000. That
> was the agreement with MS\Sun and the DOJ. You cannot even download SR1a.
> It will not install

The keys will still work. If you have the Keys,...and the Disks (or
ISOs),...it will install. There is no "activation" with 2000 and no part of
the installation process uses the Internet or communicates with MS.

There are still Windows2000 machines in service,...so it is smart for
developers to test if their products work on 2000. The DoJ is not going to
come into our businesses and take our 2000 boxes away from us.

I don't think I have any Subsrciption Disks or ISO's,...but getting the
disks from another subscriber should not be a problem as long as the person
uses their *own* Key and the "giver" does not give their Key with it.


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Phillip Windell

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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