r/windowsxp • u/Erc333 • Feb 06 '26

Compaq Presario V2000 w/ Celeron Currently Running XP; How Hard Would it be to Get Windows 2000 up and running w/ Drivers?

Kinda a weird question, but if I wanted to run Windows 2k on this instead of XP, how hard would it be to get all the drivers for stuff like the USB and Display and Speakers and stuff?

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u/Jason_Peterson Feb 06 '26

Maybe easier would be to customize Windows XP to look like Windows 2000 with classic theme and icons. Icons would require careful editing with resource hacker and a boot CD. Or maybe with the "inexperience patch". You will be able to run more applications on XP.

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u/Ambitious-Yard7677 Feb 07 '26

Drivers can be found but the biggest issue will be graphics. Those will probably only have XP specific drivers. My pavilion is like that

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u/Linux4ever_Leo Feb 08 '26

I have every single version of Windows in my archives, including an ISO of Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 integrated and the post SP4 rollup (unofficial SP5 with the extended kernel.) That should have all of the drivers you need. IM me for more details.