Windows 2000 Pre-Beta
Windows 2000 was a modernization of Windows NT 4.0 which brought many of the desktop changes, including Active Desktop, to Microsoft's Windows NT line. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released, Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server. Improvements over NT 4.0 include new Accessibility Options, increased language and locale support, NTFS 3.0, the Encrypting File System and Active Directory. Windows 2000 was first planned to replace both Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 although using the NT kernel for consumer and professional editions would not happen until Windows 2000's successor, Windows XP.
Read below or select a release version to get information and downloads for Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 advanced server and BETA copies of Windows 2000 from WinWorld.
If the listed serials below do not work for a specific release, please see the Serials thread
Other Windows Versions:
| 1.0 | 2.x | 3.x | NT 3.x | 95 | NT 4.0 | 98 | 2000 | ME | All |
Installation instructions
BIOS Dates: 5.0.1515: March 18, 1997
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Microsoft Windows 2000 (''NT 5.0'' 5.00.1059.0 SBS B1) |
5.0.1059 Prerelease | English |
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463.03MB | 3 |
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Microsoft Windows 2000 (''NT 5.0'' 5.00.1515.1 Professional) |
5.0.1515 Prerelease | English |
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47.56MB | 4 |
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Microsoft Windows 2000 (''NT 5.0'' 5.00.1585.1 Professional) |
5.0.1585 Prerelease | English |
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69.24MB | 5 |
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (''NT 5.0'' 5.00.1592.1 Server) |
5.0.1592 Prerelease | English |
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173.25MB | 2 |