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Hello dear Windows 2000 users!
This thread is an (ambitious...) attempt to list all patches released after SP4 and Rollup 1 to improve function, not security, of the files implementing USB on Win 2000.
These patches aren't highly publicized by Microsoft (most were intended for an SP5 that was never published) and don't appear in automatic updates, so such a list isn't very common despite the patches may improve USB function for some users.
Microsoft's warning in these patches' descriptions is that they haven't been tested enough, so one should use them only if experiencing the specific undesired behaviour that a patch cures. Anyway, at least we'll know they exist.
To find the patches, I googled the filenames through support.microsoft.com in English only, which did take some time - hopefully saved to other users. This method certainly has limitations, so additions, improvements etc are welcome.
The wise users of Gurgelmeyer's unofficial SP5 have all these files already in their latest possible versions - at least, this is what I saw in its i386 folder without having installed the uSP5. The only exception is Usbport.sys at v6926 instead of v6941, which is hard to explain, as only KB843503 brings Openhci.sys v6940 present in uSp5 and this KB843503 brings Usbport.sys v6941 as well. As a consequence, the uSp5 may benefit from KB843503.
In the coming table, I shortened some repetitive numbers... So
1234 means version 5.0.2195.1234
123456 means KB123456 corresponding to these descriptions and patch file name:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/123456/en-us
Windows2000-KB123456-x86-ENU.EXE
(you must replace ENU by your language, like DEU ESN FRA PTB ITA, but should better stick to en-us!)
The first version number is observed in an (old) Win2000 with SP4 and R1 that has all security patches up to January 2009 but no function patch more recent than R1 - that is, a rather common situation. Interestingly, all these files are ENU or ANY on the non-English Win2000 I observed (but ENU patches don't install).
Well, here it comes...
Continue reading...
This thread is an (ambitious...) attempt to list all patches released after SP4 and Rollup 1 to improve function, not security, of the files implementing USB on Win 2000.
These patches aren't highly publicized by Microsoft (most were intended for an SP5 that was never published) and don't appear in automatic updates, so such a list isn't very common despite the patches may improve USB function for some users.
Microsoft's warning in these patches' descriptions is that they haven't been tested enough, so one should use them only if experiencing the specific undesired behaviour that a patch cures. Anyway, at least we'll know they exist.
To find the patches, I googled the filenames through support.microsoft.com in English only, which did take some time - hopefully saved to other users. This method certainly has limitations, so additions, improvements etc are welcome.
The wise users of Gurgelmeyer's unofficial SP5 have all these files already in their latest possible versions - at least, this is what I saw in its i386 folder without having installed the uSP5. The only exception is Usbport.sys at v6926 instead of v6941, which is hard to explain, as only KB843503 brings Openhci.sys v6940 present in uSp5 and this KB843503 brings Usbport.sys v6941 as well. As a consequence, the uSp5 may benefit from KB843503.
In the coming table, I shortened some repetitive numbers... So
1234 means version 5.0.2195.1234
123456 means KB123456 corresponding to these descriptions and patch file name:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/123456/en-us
Windows2000-KB123456-x86-ENU.EXE
(you must replace ENU by your language, like DEU ESN FRA PTB ITA, but should better stick to en-us!)
The first version number is observed in an (old) Win2000 with SP4 and R1 that has all security patches up to January 2009 but no function patch more recent than R1 - that is, a rather common situation. Interestingly, all these files are ENU or ANY on the non-English Win2000 I observed (but ENU patches don't install).
Well, here it comes...
Continue reading...