These updates are a collection of fixes in the following areas: application compatibility, operating system reliability, security, and setup. Windows 2000 SP4 includes the updates contained in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3). If you have already installed a previous service pack, download and install SP4 without removing the previous service pack. Microsoft considers Windows 2000 SP4 to be a recommended upgrade - especially if you don't have either SP1, SP2 or SP3.

Features:

This Windows Contains

*Windows 2000 Professional + Service Pack 4
*ALL critical updates up to and including august 2008
*DirectX 9.0c June 2008 release
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
*Windows Media Player 9 + WMP9 Codecs
*.NET Framework 1.1 SP1 (+ updates)
.*NET Framework 2.0 SP1

*NO extra third party programs, skins or other BS you don't want
NO tweaks or items removed

If you install SP4 over Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or an earlier release of Windows 2000, your computer will automatically be upgraded to 128-bit encryption to provide better online and local security and to bring your computer up to the current worldwide encryption standard. Beginning with Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2), 128-bit encryption is supported as the default, so if you previously installed SP2 or Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), your computer has already been upgraded to this level of encryption. Important: your computer retains 128-bit encryption even if you revert to Windows 2000 or SP1 unless you reformat your hard drive and complete a new installation of Windows 2000 or Windows 2000 with SP1.