> I went to the Microsoft Update site to get the service packs.
> According to the directions, it said we can download this small file
> and them do the upgrade online, or select to save it for later use.
>
> I got the small file, ran it, and it began backing up my files to
> install online.  I am on dialup.  In no place does it say how big
> these service packs are, but I imagine they are large.  Much of the
> upgrades I do not even need because they seem to emphasize networking
> files and I do not connect to a network.  I also have upgraded IE to
> version 6 already.
>
> Besides all of this, I am still in the process of learning Win2K, and
> will likely delete and reinstall it a few times, as well as having
> another computer to upgrade.  I ONLY want to download the upgrade.
> Online upgrades are very annoying if not deplorable.
>
> How or where can I download either the whole thing, or better yet just
> select the parts I want.  If I must download the whole thing, I will
> have to get a friend on high speed to get it for me if it's over 40
> megs or so.  40 megs will take me 11 hours, or so.  We must logoff
> every 12 hours or my ISP does it.
>
> Where can I get a download in full?
>
> Thanks
>
> LM
>

> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:25:12 +0000 (UTC), Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
> <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello letter***@invalid.com,
>>
>> Here you have the full SP4:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&Family
>> ID=1001aaf1-749f-49f4-8010-297bd6ca33a0
>> But you should better start learning Vista or at least XP. Windows
>> 2000 support ends next year complete.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>>
> Hey, Meinolf
>
> Before I get a friend to DL this for me, I want to be sure this is the
> right one for Windows 2000 PROFESSIONAL.  I'm assuming there is also a
> Win2000 HOME.  This is the right one for the professional version,
> correct?  I tried to get the details on this website and it's links,
> but MS is notorious for never getting to the point.  Kind of reminds
> me of government documentation, way too many words and in the end it's
> still does not spell it our clearly.....  MS needs a new webmaster, in
> my opinion....
>

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:19:59 -0700, "Greg Russell" <m*@privacy.net>
wrote:

><letter***@invalid.com> wrote in message
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>
>> I am on dialup. ...  Much of the upgrades I do not even need
>> because they seem to emphasize networking
>> files and I do not connect to a network.
>
>Dialup isn't networking? You obviously haven't an inkling of what you need
>or don't need ... it sounds as if you don't even have any idea of what a
>computer does or how it operates.
>