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foobar2000 0.9.5 and Windows 2000?
Cryton
post Oct 20 2007, 19:42
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Could someone give me a technical explaination as to why Windows 2000 is no longer supported? Maybe this great app should be renamed to FoobarXP wink.gif

(What is going to happen to us win2k users now? I presume there won't be two branches maintained, one that will work on win2k and one more 'fancy pants' one. Are we left by the roadside?)
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Ran Sagy
post Oct 26 2007, 22:05
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Wine 'emulates' the needed parts in XP, Probably.
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post Oct 26 2007, 22:22
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QUOTE (chaosblade @ Oct 26 2007, 23:05) *
Wine 'emulates' the needed parts in XP, Probably.


More probably it merely tells fb2k: "hey I'm XP", to make it happy!
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post Oct 27 2007, 02:48
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QUOTE (bubbleguuum @ Oct 27 2007, 00:22) *
More probably it merely tells fb2k: "hey I'm XP", to make it happy!

It just provides all the API calls needed.
Actually one can try replacing win2k dlls with xp ones according to the foobar2000 errors. Inuse tool might be helpful.

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post Oct 27 2007, 03:37
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QUOTE (Slotos @ Oct 26 2007, 21:48) *
QUOTE (bubbleguuum @ Oct 27 2007, 00:22) *
More probably it merely tells fb2k: "hey I'm XP", to make it happy!
It just provides all the API calls needed.
Actually one can try replacing win2k dlls with xp ones according to the foobar2000 errors. Inuse tool might be helpful.
Going this route is a really bad idea, and you'll have to prepare yourself for a system that doesn't work right (or might not even boot) until you eventually replace so much of your system that you just end up with ... Windows XP.

And this defeats the whole purpose anyway, does it not, replacing the components of your Windows 2000 installation with Windows XP components? Microsoft invented a pretty decent solution for this. It's called Setup on the Windows XP media and it works pretty well for such an upgrade.

It was actually officially released six years ago today! (And configured here uses less RAM than Windows 2000 did on the same hardware and runs faster).

XP Requires: Pentium 233Mhz, 800x600 SuperVGA, 64MB of RAM, 1.8GB hard disk space.
2K Requires: Pentium 133Mhz, 640x480 VGA, 64MB of RAM, 2.0GB hard disk space.

If anyone is really stuck on Windows 2000 due to true hardware constraints, give me your e-mail address registered with Paypal and I'll consider donating the cash you need to bring your system up to 64MB of RAM and a VGA card that can do 800x600. I probably spend more money each week in fast food, and this will help my diet.
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- Cryton   foobar2000 0.9.5 and Windows 2000?   Oct 20 2007, 19:42
- - Squeller   foobar2000 0.95 and Windows 2000 - What kind of pr...   Oct 20 2007, 21:06
- - David Nordin   QUOTE (Cryton @ Oct 20 2007, 20:42) (What...   Oct 21 2007, 08:39
- - Melchior   First of I love this program, I have been able to ...   Oct 22 2007, 02:07
- - radorn   It won't run on win2k anymore? so cruel I g...   Oct 22 2007, 12:13
- - Corelian   I would also like to know the reason(s) for droppi...   Oct 23 2007, 12:10
|- - Egor   QUOTE (Corelian @ Oct 23 2007, 18:10) I w...   Oct 23 2007, 12:40
|- - Corelian   QUOTE (Egor @ Oct 23 2007, 13:40) Limited...   Oct 23 2007, 17:21
- - molnart   I'm rather interested what do i need to instal...   Oct 24 2007, 07:07
|- - Egor   QUOTE (molnart @ Oct 24 2007, 13:07) I...   Oct 24 2007, 07:43
- - reil   one possible reason i'm guessing is that fooba...   Oct 24 2007, 07:33
- - vasya_pupkin   I have a question... Will I be able to make future...   Oct 25 2007, 07:25
|- - Jipcy   QUOTE (vasya_pupkin @ Oct 25 2007, 02:25)...   Oct 26 2007, 14:43
- - radorn   Let us hope for a charitative soul (or an interest...   Oct 25 2007, 10:48
- - shakey_snake   A Win2k version is probably as likely as Linux and...   Oct 25 2007, 21:18
|- - Early   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 25 2007, 14:18)...   Oct 26 2007, 01:44
||- - Slotos   QUOTE (Early @ Oct 26 2007, 03:44) I migh...   Oct 26 2007, 04:05
|- - Egor   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 26 2007, 03:18)...   Oct 26 2007, 04:48
|- - shakey_snake   QUOTE (Egor @ Oct 25 2007, 23:48) QUOTE (...   Oct 26 2007, 20:36
|- - Egor   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 27 2007, 02:36)...   Oct 26 2007, 20:54
- - Lyx   When an application drops OS support, then it typi...   Oct 25 2007, 21:40
|- - Squeller   QUOTE (Lyx @ Oct 25 2007, 22:40) When an ...   Oct 26 2007, 18:39
|- - molnart   QUOTE (Lyx @ Oct 25 2007, 22:40) Last tim...   Oct 26 2007, 19:37
|- - Slotos   QUOTE (molnart @ Oct 26 2007, 21:37) 1) I...   Oct 26 2007, 20:37
- - shakey_snake   QUOTE It is easy to say this if you can afford a n...   Oct 25 2007, 22:37
- - thuan   Experiences and preferences with OSs differs from ...   Oct 26 2007, 07:28
- - chaosblade   I've seen quite a few applications that do not...   Oct 26 2007, 19:50
- - shakey_snake   ...who should upgrade. Please don't partial...   Oct 26 2007, 21:06
|- - Canar   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 26 2007, 13:06)...   Oct 26 2007, 21:15
|- - Mike Giacomelli   QUOTE (Canar @ Oct 26 2007, 13:15) QUOTE ...   Oct 27 2007, 00:06
- - Lyx   If someone really wants a justification for someth...   Oct 26 2007, 21:16
- - bubbleguuum   The funny thing is that fb 0.95 worls under Linux ...   Oct 26 2007, 21:49
- - chaosblade   Wine 'emulates' the needed parts in XP, Pr...   Oct 26 2007, 22:05
|- - bubbleguuum   QUOTE (chaosblade @ Oct 26 2007, 23:05) W...   Oct 26 2007, 22:22
|- - Zao   QUOTE (bubbleguuum @ Oct 26 2007, 23:22) ...   Oct 26 2007, 22:31
|- - Slotos   QUOTE (bubbleguuum @ Oct 27 2007, 00:22) ...   Oct 27 2007, 02:48
|- - TrNSZ   QUOTE (Slotos @ Oct 26 2007, 21:48) QUOTE...   Oct 27 2007, 03:37
|- - Egor   QUOTE (Mike Giacomelli @ Oct 27 2007, 06...   Oct 27 2007, 09:54
|- - user   I think not mentioned yet: Though I can generally...   Oct 27 2007, 10:30
|- - Slotos   QUOTE (Egor @ Oct 27 2007, 11:54) I belie...   Oct 27 2007, 15:51
- - Zao   QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Oct 26 2007, 22:06)...   Oct 26 2007, 22:20
- - FrozenSpoon   The actual dependencies on XP-only features seems ...   Oct 27 2007, 01:05
- - chaosblade   No one should encourage people to use outdated sof...   Oct 27 2007, 11:19
- - aliendesaster   Don't touch a running system. Even if microsof...   Oct 27 2007, 11:46
|- - joen   The comparison with older versions of Windows like...   Oct 27 2007, 12:26
- - chaosblade   Comparing the code base of Windows 2000, XP and Vi...   Oct 27 2007, 13:09
- - DocBeard   I don't use Windows 2000 (in fact, I don't...   Oct 27 2007, 15:01
- - Peter   Windows 2000 support is gone because maintaining i...   Oct 27 2007, 20:09

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