Windows 2000 no longer receives security updates

Support for this version has ended (July 13, 2010). These guides can still help you set up or repair a computer, but where you can, keep it off the internet for banking and email, and plan a move to a version that is still supported.

Guides for Windows 2000

2 guides. Start with the one that matches what you want to do.

  • How-to

    Windows 2000: installation and setup

    How to install Windows 2000 Professional from your own disc: what you need, the blue text-mode stage, choosing a partition and file system, and the setup wizard.

    Windows 2000 and older

    30 minIntermediate

  • Fix

    Windows 2000: programs, drivers and common problems

    Install and remove programs and drivers on Windows 2000, and work through slow performance, startup errors and a missing NTLDR with the safest fixes first.

    Windows 2000 and older

    15 minIntermediate