Windows 2000 ESSENTIAL
FREE Upgrades + Fixes

ALL downloads featured here are on my •MUST HAVE• list, also found in SOFTWARE.TXT, part of my Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + DOS 7.xx/8.00 ©Tricks + Secrets files [W95-11D.EXE], FREEware.

IMPORTANT:

1. ALWAYS BACKUP FIRST !
2. Some of these files are archived in ZIP format. You need a file decompression (unZIPping) tool to extract their contents. I recommend one of these "FREE WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista FILE SHRINKERS".
3. You MUST log on as Administrator to install Windows 2000 upgrades/patches/fixes!
4. STAY SAFE: Scan for viruses ALL files downloaded from the Internet!
5. ORIGINAL Operating System/software/hardware REQUIRED for installing ANY drivers/upgrades/patches/fixes!
6. NEWEST at the top -> OLDEST at the bottom.
7. Please let me know if you discover any broken links.
8. ALL software featured here is FREE(ware).
9. Check back often for UPDATES.
10. Enjoy.

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• FREE WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista EXTRAS
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• 2000 Links: Windows 2000 Updates + Info on the Internet:
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Updates (automatic install)
    Save Updates to disk
    Win2000 OS + MS IE 5/6 browser required!
    MSKB: How to Save Updates from Windows Update Catalog
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Support Center
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Downloads
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Critical Updates
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Recommended Updates
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft TechNet Security Center
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Administrative Resource Kit Tools
  • MS FTP: Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit (RK) Tools
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Services DOCument [244 KB, right-click to save!]
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Performance Tuning DOCument [666 KB, right-click to save!]
  • Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 Online Crash Analysis (OCA)
  • Microsoft Windows OS Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
  • AutoPatcher 2000: Windows 2000 SP4 Updates + Fixes (free)
  • MSKB: How to obtain Hotfixes from Microsoft
  • Microsoft Hotfix Center
  • The Hotfix Share (free membership)
  • Unofficial Windows 2000 SP5 (free)
  • SmoothText (free)
  • Windows 2000 Revolutions Pack (free)
  • ERPMan's Windows 2000 + XP Updates
  • MrTech's Microsoft OSes + Software Patches + Fixes List
  • Microsoft OSes + Software Updates
  • TechSpot Windows 98 SE/2000/ME/XP Updates
  • Unofficial Windows 2000/XP/2003 Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
  • Unofficial HFSLIP
  • How to Create Fully Patched Windows 2000 SP5 at Install
  • How to Remove MS IE from Windows 2000/XP/2003 at Install
  • Floppy driver patch for NT4/2000/XP (free)

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Windows Kernel KERNEL32.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.25 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 GDI Engine GDI32.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [605 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 DNS Client DNSAPI.DLL + DNSRSLVR.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [563 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 OLE Automation OLEAUT32.DLL 2.40.4532.0 Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [744 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Server Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [583 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Active Directory NTDSA.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.33 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 LSASS LSASRV.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.14 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 TCP/IP TCPIP.SYS Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [628 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Message Queuing Service (MSMQ) Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.31 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Print Stop Error WIN32K.SYS Fix:
  Direct download [1.25 MB, English].
  MUST install this WIN32K.SYS Fix AFTER MS07-017 Security Vulnerability Fix!

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Cannot Change Time Zone TIMEDATE.CPL 5.00.2195.6876 Fix:
  Direct download [312 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 DNS Spoofing DNS.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [605 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 RPC RPCRT4.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [690 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Kodak Image Viewer KODAKIMG.EXE, KODAKPRV.EXE, OIENG400.DLL + TIFFLT.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.34 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Professional/2003/Vista with ISA Server Firewall Client:
  Direct download [618 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 WMI Event Errors CIMWIN32.DLL Fix:
  Direct download [683 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 TZ Environment Variable Errors MSVCRT.DLL 6.1.9848.0 Fix:
  Direct download [596 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Windows Update Agent (WUA) 3.0 Fix:
  Direct download [5.85 MB, multilingual].
  FIX: Run this command:
  WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforce
  to force a new WUA version to re-register while an older WUA version is already running and then reboot!

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Win32 API KERNEL32.DLL + MPR.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [720 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 SSL/TLS SCHANNEL.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [551 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Installer Error MSI.DLL Fix:
  Direct download [1.21 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 DNS RPC Interface DNS.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [604 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Kernel NTKRNLMP.EXE, NTKRNLPA.EXE, NTKRPAMP.EXE + NTOSKRNL.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.53 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 CSRSS WINSRV.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [608 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2004 SP4 Animated Cursor (.ANI) GDI Engine GDI32.DLL, USER32.DLL + WIN32K.SYS Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.54 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.15 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 OLE Dialog OLEDLG.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [521 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Remote Install Service Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [478 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 SNMP SNMP.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [492 KB, English].

• Unofficial Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 SERVICES Update:
  Direct download [107 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Workstation Service LSASRV.DLL, NETAPI32.DLL + WKSSVC.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.29 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 NetWare Client Service NWRDR.SYS Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [632 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Server Service SRV.SYS Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [601 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Explorer COMCTL32.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [773 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 COM+ 1.0 Rollup Package 37 (RP37):
  Direct download [4.99 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Kernel NTKRNLMP.EXE, NTKRNLPA.EXE, NTKRPAMP.EXE, NTOSKRNL.EXE + MUP.SYS Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.52 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Indexing Service CIODM.DLL + QUERY.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/2000 SP4 Access Violation MSVCIRT.DLL + MSVCIRTD.DLL 6.1.9845.0 Fix:
  Direct download [327 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Hyperlink Object HLINK.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [509 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Explorer SHELL32.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.18 MB, English].
  BUG + FIX:
  ERPMan.
  ClayDawg!

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 MUI Management Console Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.27 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 DNS Resolution DNSAPI.DLL + RASADHLP.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [560 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/2000 SP4 L2TP/IPSec NAT-T Update:
  Direct download [701 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 DHCP Client Service DHCPCSVC.DLL, DNSAPI.DLL + IPHLPAPI.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [604 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 IIS Active Server Pages (ASP) ASP.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [612 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SCSI Error SCSIPORT.SYS Fix:
  Direct download [507 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 LDAP Cannot Configure Time-Out Fix:
  Direct download [2.77 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Profile Quota Memory Usage PROQUOTA.EXE Fix:
  Direct download [495 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Server Message Block (SMB) MRXSMB.SYS + RDBSS.SYS Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.16 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Routing + Remote Access RASMANS.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [907 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) MSDTCPRX.DLL, MSDTCTM.DLL, MSDTCUIU.DLL, MTXCLU.DLL + MTXOCI.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [5.21 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Explorer SHELL32.DLL + VERCLSID.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1.18 MB, English].
  BUG + FIX:
  ERPMan.
  ClayDawg!

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4/2000 Advanced Server SP4 Update Rollup 1 (UR1):
  Direct download [1.21 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Embedded Web Fonts FONTSUB.DLL + T2EMBED.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [565 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4/XP SP1/XP SP2/2003/2003 SP1 Base Smart Card Cryptographic Service Provider (Base CSP) Package:
  Direct download [627 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/2004 SP4 Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) Errors IMEJP.IME Fix:
  Direct download [571 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Shell LINKINFO.DLL, SHELL32.DLL, SHLWAPI.DLL, WEBVW.DLL + WINSRV.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [2.21 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Collaboration Data Objects CDOSYS.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [765 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Plug and Play UMPNPMGR.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [507 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Client Service for NetWare NWWKS.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [496 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Network Connection Manager NETMAN.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [508 KB, English].

• 2000 UR1: Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Update Rollup 1 (UR1) v2.0 includes most Post-SP4 Hotfixes + Security Vulnerability Fixes:
  Direct download [31.2 MB, English].
  UR1 Fixes List.

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Print Spooler Service SPOOLSV.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [579 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Kerberos KDCSVC.DLL + KERBEROS.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [1 MB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Remote Desktop Protocol RDPWD.SYS Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [514 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Telephony Service TAPISRV.DLL + REMOTESP.TSP Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [565 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Color Management ICM32.DLL + MSCMS.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
  Direct download [567 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) v2.0 + Windows HTTP Services (WinHTTP) v5.1 BITSPRX2.DLL, BITSPRX3.DLL, QMGR.DLL, QMGRPRXY.DLL + WINHTTP.DLL Update:
  Direct download [695 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 Adware Popup T.V. Media Removal Tool v1.1:
  Direct download [113 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/2000 SP4 GPOs Strings Entry Too Long Error GPTEXT.DLL Fix:
  Direct download [743 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Undetected Portable USB Device HIDCLASS.SYS, OPENHCI.SYS, UHCD.SYS, USBD.SYS, USBEHCI.SYS, USBHUB20.SYS + USBPORT.SYS Fix:
  Direct download [461 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Authorization Manager Runtime AUTHZ.DLL + LSASRV.DLL Fix:
  Direct download [462 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/2000 SP4 NTFS Computer Hangs NTFS.SYS Fix:
  Direct download [459 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/2000 SP4 Music Playback Error KMIXER.SYS Fix:
  Direct download [299 KB, English].

• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/2000 SP4 Driver Install NEWDEV.DLL Fix:
  Direct download [242 KB, English].

• 2000 SP4: Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) installs ALL previously released OS + Service Packs Fixes + Updates (English):
  • 2000 SP4 Full [129 MB].
  • 2000 SP4 Express [588 KB, Setup only].
    Express Setup requires an Internet connection for downloading components.
  2000 SP4 Release Notes.
  List of Bugs Fixed in 2000 SP4.
  List of Security Vulnerabilities Fixed in 2000 SP4.

• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 Antivirus Defense Guide:
  Direct download [947 KB, English, Acrobat PDF format, right-click to save!].

• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 Security Patch Management Guide:
  Direct download [2.33 MB, English, Acrobat PDF format].

• See these topics for more CRITICAL UPDATES:
  • "WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista ESSENTIAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS + ADD-ONS".
  • "DIRECTX (DX) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES, FIXES + TOOLS".
  • "INTERNET EXPLORER 4/5/6/7 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES + UPDATES".
  • "WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER (WMP) 6/7/8/9/10/11 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES + UPDATES".
  • "FREE WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista EXTRAS".