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Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers.

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It was produced by Microsoft and released to manufacturing on December 15, 1999 and launched to retail on February 17, 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. It is succeeded by Windows XP (released in October 2001) and Windows Server 2003 (released in April 2003). During development, Windows 2000 was known as Windows NT 5.0.

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Is it possible to retrieve (programatically) the exit code of a Windows task?

I am running a task from inside a batch file like this: schtasks /run /tn TASK_NAME The task, in turn, executes another batch file, that may exit with an error code thus: exit -1 Is there any way to get the exit code of the task that completed?
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Program VB.Net for use on Windows-2000

Newbie question - How do I set up a VB.NET program so it will run on W2K ? I understand I can only use .Net 2.0 or older. Is there an easy way to limit which .net version is used/referenced ? (I have .Net 3.5 on my XP development computer)…
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Dependencies for VB6 connection to Oracle DB

I have an old VB6 app which uses ADO to connect to SQL server databases, as: Dim cnServer As New ADODB.Connection cnServer.Provider = "sqloledb" sConnectString = "Server=" & txtServer.Text & ";" & _ "Database=" & txtDatabase.Text &…
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Whats wrong with my PHP/SQL Query (won't read from SQL)(login system)

I am coding a login system and the php code I'm writing has no error messages and when I use a wrong password there are still no errors or success messages. I have a feeling that the PHP is not reading the SQL but can one of you point this out and…
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WPF on Windows 2000

Are there some tricks to get WPF apps running on Windows 2000 (copying some system dll's for example?). There shouldn't be a technical reason why its not possible.
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script to check if windows service is running and if it ain't to start that service. Windows 2000

Unfortunately the SC command isn't available on W2000 yet, so I cannot use it. I'm trying to check if a service is running or not on a W2000 server, and if it is not running the script should be able to start the service. How to do this on Windows…
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What VS2010 setup project supports Windows 2000?

The msi file created by the VS2010 setup/install project does not install on Windows 2000. One will see a message like: "the procedure entry point GetNativeSystemInfo was not found" I can use a VS2008 setup project to solve this. What VS2010…
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Error in installing msi installer on Windows 2000 that is created in Visual Studio 2010

I have created a setup project which contains a windows service and a win forms application. I used the following configurations for preparing setup: Visual Studio 2010 on Windows XP .NET Framework 2.0 Setup is created for x86 architecture. When I…
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Can I run a program that consumes a WCF service on Windows 2000?

We're hosting a WCF web service on a server running the latest version of Windows Server. We have many different clients running different versions of Windows. For example, 2000, XP, Vista and a couple of Windows 7. Can I run a program that consumes…
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simple text chat server for old system (win2k) without node.js or other requirements

I am trying to find a web chat application (so as to be OS/device independent) to chat with family and friends. I do not mind to have great features and I do not need multi-user chat, but just 2. I find different things with node.js, but the problem…
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C# - Windows 2000 BalloonTip Events workaround

Ive been looking all over for a workaround for this but have found nothing besides "Just have them click the NotifyIcon". Windows 2000 obviously does not support BalloonTip events but I need a way to detect when either the balloon tip is clicked or…
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How to open a process by name with NtOpenProcess

MSDN states that on older versions of Windows, NtOpenProcess supports opening a process by name but fails to document that actual syntax of the name string. In Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000, the caller has the option of…
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Python execute file is not a valid Win32 application on Windows 2000

I am using Win7 (64 bit) to create simple Python script as “helloworld.py” then create executable file by using PyInstaller as command “pyinstaller helloworld.py --onefile”. helloworld.exe is created under “dist” folder. After that, I tried to test…
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How would I go about solving the "multiply defined symbols found"

I am attempting to compile an application using source code from the early 2000s, I have mimicked the development environment however when it comes to compiling this one application called "xserver", I cannot seem to get past "fatal error LMK1169:…
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VB6 with Crystal Reports on Windows 2000 Terminal Services

We got an old app written in VB6, which uses Crystal Reports. Is there a tool that would allow us in which permission the application is being denied to create the Crystal Report object? We've narrowed it down to user permission issues, but it would…
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