How to get a internet connection on WINDOWS 2000?

[dgianstefani]

Why are you trying to connect a Win 2000 computer to the internet?

This is a very bad idea.

 

[taka]

Windows 2000 and Internet in 2024, not a good ideea without an AntiVirus/Firewall/Anti-Malware if you ask me. I wonder how long it will take to become a Virus Farm.

 

[Greenslade]

Still confusing, but can you head here - https://www.7-zip.org/download.html - and download the version 9.20 for 32-bit Windows, transfer it to that computer and then install it?
Then, just right-click the file on the archive and choose '7-Zip' -> 'Extract to...'

Why are you trying to connect a Win 2000 computer to the internet?

This is a very bad idea.

I don't know if you know, but files used to be in the 100s to 1000s of Bytes, in the late 90's. A megabyte was as "big" as a gigabyte is considered now.
Most hard drives didn't reach 100GB in capacity.

At least that was a success

Windows 2000 and Internet in 2024, not a good ideea without an AntiVirus/Firewall/Anti-Malware if you ask me. I wonder how long it will take to become a Virus Farm.

I need it to get Future mark on here and other stuff.I have bought the cards so want to use them.Off course i will just be using to get the stuff i have said to you here.

Never had any problems when I used Win2000 back in the day. Just had a working onboard/PCI NIC and plugged a RJ45, it worked just like it did with XP.

Though I wouldn't connect even an unpatched Win7 to the internet, even less a XP/2000 machine.

I know people who are still using Win 7 they would not know what patching is all about.

 

[Ruru]

I know people who are still using Win 7 they would not know what patching is all about.

Would be interesting what kind of a virus collection machines like that have.

 

[ty_ger]

Its from a Sony camera i know not many people have them any more ,how else would i get photos on here.

Lol. Okay man. Just ignore the two obvious cell phone pictures in your first post.

You must have an interesting life.

 

[Marcus L]

Can you not create a folder on the Win2000 HDD unplug the HDD and put it into a working computer to donwload all the files you need into that folder?

 

[taka]

I need it to get Future mark on here and other stuff.I have bought the cards so want to use them.Off course i will just be using to get the stuff i have said to you here.

Just make sure you have some AV/FW active before connecting. But no modern software with actual deffinitions will support W2K as far as i know.

Have fun !

 

[Greenslade]

Lol. Okay man. Just ignore the two obvious cell phone pictures in your first post.

You must have an interesting life.

There are no cell phone photos on here I dare say my bog standard phone could take pictures but i never have.

Just make sure you have some AV/FW active before connecting. But no modern software with actual deffinitions will support W2K as far as i know.

Have fun !

Weather or not i will be able to get a connection on here is another thing.

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Try using device manager to locate and install the driver for the NIC card.

 

[ty_ger]

There are no cell phone photos on here I dare say my bog standard phone could take pictures but i never have.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to drag this so off topic, but this is such a weird thing. And now you are doubling-down on such a weird defensive position.
There are clearly cell phone screenshots in your first post. Maybe you got them from someone else. I don't know. Maybe you don't know what a cell phone screen shot looks like, but they are clearly there.

 

[Jacky_BEL]

Its from a Sony camera i know not many people have them any more ,how else would i get photos on here.

A Sony Cybershot with WiFi , cellphone connection and Whatsapp? Nice.

Anyway , I think it would be better to just get whatever you want to transfer on a USB stick and copy it off from there.
Or connect via a network that is cut off from the internet.

 

[Greenslade]

I'm sorry, I don't mean to drag this so off topic, but this is such a weird thing. And now you are doubling-down on such a weird defensive position.
There are clearly cell phone screenshots in your first post. Maybe you got them from someone else. I don't know. Maybe you don't know what a cell phone screen shot looks like, but they are clearly there.

I get you there they are off eBay ,they were not from me.

 

[bug]

Why are you trying to connect a Win 2000 computer to the internet?

This is a very bad idea.

It will fare a bit better than this: https://www.xda-developers.com/connected-windows-xp-internet-didnt-survive-long/

 

[Steevo]

Setting a Static IP Address in Windows 2000

How to set a static IP address in Windows 2000

portforward.com

Try this and see what IP you have currently, then if you know your IP address setup give it a manual IP address and try to ping the router.


If you are behind a router with port forwarding and your router is blocking common ports it really not super dangerous to connect tot he internet, visiting sites with services like Upnp, or other default unneeded ones running.

Windows XP Services Guide

[“How to tweak the services in Windows XP, with description of what services are unnecessary and can be disabled for security and performance.”]

smallvoid.com

Use this list to disable things that aren't needed and pose vulnerabilities, some of them may not be on your system. There are some old versions of AV that will work but will NOT offer current threat protection, so if you are serious about using this machine on the internet for anything serious you should enable all the heuristic options and real time, as well don't run an administrator account, disable every option that is not explicitly required, turn on content filtering and use a DNS that blocks suspect sites from being resolved or visited.

 

[ShiBDiB]

I need it to get Future mark on here and other stuff.I have bought the cards so want to use them.Off course i will just be using to get the stuff i have said to you here.

Would it not be easier to just copy those things onto whatever form of media this machine accepts from another computer?

 

[:D:D]

I don't know if you know, but files used to be in the 100s to 1000s of Bytes, in the late 90's. A megabyte was as "big" as a gigabyte is considered now.
Most hard drives didn't reach 100GB in capacity.

1. The archive you linked is almost 300KB.
2. Even if only the necessary files for w2k driver were used, sys,inf and cat, they would still be too large to compress to 1.36KB so something very wrong with what the op is showing. Maybe try to open with notepad or hex editor to actually see what it contains.
3. The w2k installation disk has a Realtek network driver, op should check VID and SubID of card.

 

[_JP_]

1. The archive you linked is almost 300KB.
2. Even if only the necessary files for w2k driver were used, sys,inf and cat, they would still be too large to compress to 1.36KB so something very wrong with what the op is showing. Maybe try to open with notepad or hex editor to actually see what it contains.
3. The w2k installation disk has a Realtek network driver, op should check VID and SubID of card.

You are right and I apologize for my knee-jerk reaction, with the condescending explanation.

I rechecked the images, and I cannot tell what file is that either. At first, I just concluded it was the same as the link, just not recognized.

 

[Frick]

I need it to get Future mark on here and other stuff.I have bought the cards so want to use them.Off course i will just be using to get the stuff i have said to you here.

Then download the stuff on a different computer and move them to the win2k computer. If USB sticks don't work, burn a CD, like we did in the olden days. It's a hassle and finding CDs might be a hassle too but that's retro computing for you.

Win7 is miles better at security than win2k.

 

[DaemonForce]

Why are you trying to connect a Win 2000 computer to the internet?

This is a very bad idea.

It's fine. There are still DOS computers hooked up to the Internets behind modems that handle all of that work for them. UPnP is still super weird though.
I was about to chime in with "this is why I treat sata SSDs like hotplug memory cards" but noticed you've got some genuine 32-bit hardware going on here.
I've seen division in modem cards like generic 100% compatible vs WinModems but never anything like that on the ethernet side. Windows disc will have a driver but when was the card made?

 

[Greenslade]

Would it not be easier to just copy those things onto whatever form of media this machine accepts from another computer?

When i put the file for the drivers on a stick it would not let me open it,It wanted to format the drive.

You are right and I apologize for my knee-jerk reaction, with the condescending explanation.

I rechecked the images, and I cannot tell what file is that either. At first, I just concluded it was the same as the link, just not recognized.

This is what it says on NOTEPAD. It says it is the drivers.Properties of the file.Which one do i open it with on the 2105 list?

 

[XpanD]

It will fare a bit better than this: https://www.xda-developers.com/connected-windows-xp-internet-didnt-survive-long/

This link gets passed around a lot, but the video is most likely fake: You can see the guy behind this look up "xp sp3 worm" in the taskbar around 2:55. Some serious debunking in the comments, too. Gross stuff.

(still don't think hooking a system that old up to the internet is a good idea, but yeah... don't trust these people either)

 

[:D:D]

You are right and I apologize for my knee-jerk reaction, with the condescending explanation.

Well I didn't take it that way, just someone explaining files were a lot smaller years ago which is fine. Sometimes I look back in wonder of how much was achieved with so little.

@Greenslade looks like you might of downloaded a torrent file (2.53KB) and compressed it to a zip file (1.36KB). Or maybe it's a part of downloading all files? If you don't have the 7Z file which is around 300KB then download that one and extract files with 7zip.

Note: I don't validate these files but did run a quick virustotal which passed. Use at your own risk (such is the world we live in today).

 

[Wirko]

It is still saying open with?How do i get it not to say open with on my retro pc

If you haven't already, turn on the option to show file extensions in Windows. In this case, the extension appears to be .-7z_archive, which isn't recognised by any decompression app. But maybe there's .zip or some other extension at the end that you can't see (and can't change if it's wrong).

When i put the file for the drivers on a stick it would not let me open it,It wanted to format the drive.

I don't remember which file systems W2K supports. Maybe the one the USB stick is formatted with isn't among them. Try to format it in W2K, then use one of the other computers to copy data to it.
Edit: probably not a problem but check anyway. FAT32 is OK, exFAT isn't.

 

[Greenslade]

not advertising pirate software, but just telling you a little winrar secret, BECAUSE IT COULD HELP YOU.
winrar tells you it has 40 days free trial but then... it just works, yes, showing a popup but works! not like adobe cr*ppy stuff which wil close right on lol when trial is ended.

as wikipedia says, v. 4.11 WinRAR - Wikipedia is latest to support windows 2000. but, to be on safe side, I'd get v. 3.40 etc. Download WinRAR 3.40 for Windows - OldVersion.com

don't forget the FREE 7zip tho! 7-Zip - Browse /7-Zip/3.13 at SourceForge.net also old version of course, obviously

I got the 7zip

At least that was a success

I need it to get Future mark on here and other stuff.I have bought the cards so want to use them.Off course i will just be using to get the stuff i have said to you here.


I know people who are still using Win 7 they would not know what patching is all about.

See photo Local area connection status says it is connected .The tiny screens are mostly on black,occasionally they turn blue.I can say that card is working Have to test the other one ,the seller did say they were working.Both Windows 2000 and ME on line both easy to install At a later date i will get 98se on one of my PC.s i have a official CD and the floppy disc to go with it,i have had it for sometime and forgot about it.

 

[DaemonForce]

Not for nothin, but in my initial Disk Commander + WinPE days are at least 20 years behind me and I jumped ship from 2000 to XP for a reason.
I may not be able to remember those specific reasons but do recall PeaZIP and 7-Zip misbehaving under Win2K/XP so badly that I opted for IZArc.
Normal moding had me main WinRAR like a champ but it didn't appear to have 7z support, which wasn't a real problem until much later.
Extracting drivers involves opening the archive. It's probably not the Windows default option.