[RELEASE] .NET 2.0 SP2 TRUE addon for Win2k

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:15 am

Onepiece's Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 for Windows 2000 with GDR updates TRUE Addon

OnePiece Microsoft.NET Framework v2.0.50727.8763 For Win2K True AddOn ENU

Update (22 June 2017)

Update (22 June 2017)
Hash MD5 10E6DA10630D51EE974FEE07C0EB1EA6
Filesize: 21.04 MB (22065322 bytes)

The peculiarity of this addon is that it adds .NET 2.0 to your Windows 2000 without using .msi files or svcpack/runonce installations, using a "true addon" integration.
So you'll get a working .NET framework already installed BEFORE T-13 (svcpack time), a very handy opportunity.

It can be uninstalled from Add/Remove Windows Components.

It includes all the publicly released GDR hotfixes at the present date. Unlike other Onepiece's true addons, here updates GDR branch is used. This because in dotnet updates MicrosoftUpdate forces GDR over QFE branch, which always has an higher build, so this cause the update installation to fail with repeated and annoying attempts.
If someone despite that still wants a QFE updated full .Net true integration, you can do this:
Download "optional QFE updates addon for .net 3.5 SP1 full GDR addon only" (see here) then extract it.
Open entries_Netfx35QFE.ini file and delete following lines:
under [ExtraFileEdits] section

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NETFX30.inf|KB976769v2","BuildLab", ,"GDR|KB976769v2","BuildLab", ,"QFE|1
NETFX30.inf|KB2518864","BuildLab", ,"GDR|KB2518864","BuildLab", ,"QFE|1
NETFX35.inf|KB963707","BuildLab", ,"GDR|KB963707","BuildLab", ,"QFE|1
NETFX35.inf|KB2416473","BuildLab", ,"GDR|KB2416473","BuildLab", ,"QFE|1

under [UpdateCabs] section

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I386\NETFX30.CAB, UpdateNETFX30
I386\NETFX35.CAB, UpdateNETFX35

under [ExpandCab] section

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I386\NETFX30.CAB,I386\NETFX30
I386\NETFX35.CAB,I386\NETFX35

then recompress the addon and add it in your integration list after regular GDR addon

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:59 am

updated (fixed uninstall)

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:51 am

nonno fabio,

Wouldn't it be possible to update this addon and add the newest .NET 2.0 updates to it (and do the same to the one for .NET 1.1)?

I checked the inf file and compared it with the addon for XP - it shouldn't be very difficult to adapt the XP one to 2K. Am I right?

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:47 am

done, and switched to GDR branch.

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:23 am

Thank you very much

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:58 am

I have two questions:

1. Shouldn't all of the "C?\WINDOWS\" be changed to "C?\WINNT\" ? If I remember correctly, it was the latter in the previous version of the AddOn.

2. This one probably doesn't really matter but in these kind of entries

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HKLM,"%UpdateRegKey%\%NetFX20_ProductName%\KB946503","InstallerName", ,"Windows Installer"
HKLM,"%UpdateRegKey%\%NetFX20_ProductName%\KB946503","InstallerVersion", ,"4.05"

shouldn't Windows Installer version be 3.01?

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:22 am

true and true, but don't worry because they won't case issues in any scenario.

1. will be directly removed from inf file, so uninstal won't be affected.

2. these are for WU only, no more available for win2k

Anyway thanks for pointing this out. It will be fixed in a future release. You can also fix them manually in the meantime

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:46 am

Thanks for explanation

It's good to know that they make no difference although I've already made those changes myself, just in case.

By the way, I've fixed some dll dependencies in OnePiece .NET 3.5 True AddOn for XP/2003 to make it work under w2k. Would it be a problem if I upload the modified version here?

yumeyao · Post by **yumeyao** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:10 am

@tomasz86,
I know that BWC has made .NET 3.5 working on w2k, could you suggest (since I don't have time to investigate) what exacly has been done to let it work?

Thanks.

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:28 am

In case of BlackWingCat's .NET 3.5 it's totally different from a True AddOn type of thing

He just extracted .msi files from the official .NET 3.5 installer and created a .cmd file to run them manually. There are a few which don't work in w2k so he removed them and left only the ones that work. Unfortunately at the moment I don't remember which exact files don't work in w2k.
Next he made two separate installers for WIC and XPS Viewer in which he changed dll dependencies so they link to the XP dlls from his KDW wrapper (they are also copied to the system32 folder). The wrapping files also have changed dependencies so as they are linked to the original system files.

That's it basically.

The weakest point of his approach is that he just added updates for .NET 3.5 without merging them into a single file and they are installed after the basic .msi files (10+ files).

If you try to use a merged .msi installer as in your package, it won't work in 2K because the content of those problematic msi files is included in it.

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:25 am

Just to add one thing - I do all of my tests in a system with at least BlackWingCat's kernel v5 installed so there can be more dependencies involved when kernel v5 (or higher, or WildBill's kernel) is not present.

yumeyao · Post by **yumeyao** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:08 am

I see. When I was firstly creating my .NET installer I have considered win 2000. But definitely too much API is missing so I gave up. I'd guess I won't fix them.

Thanks for you explanation.

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:31 am

yumeyao,

Modifying .NET 3.0 installer for Windows 2000 is not that difficult

I've done some more investigation and tests and here are the results:

1. .NET 3.0 installer contains the following files (excluding the x64 ones):

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Netfx30a_x86.msi
RGB9RAST_x86.msi
WCF.msp
WCS.msp
WF.msp
WF_32.msp
WIC_x86_enu.exe
WPF1.msp
WPF2.msp
WPF2_32.msp
WPF_Other.msp
WPF_Other_32.msp
x86\msxml6.msi
XPS.msp
XPSEPSC-x86-en-US.exe

After leaving WIC, XPS (as they require special treatment) and msxml6 aside, you've got:

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Netfx30a_x86.msi
RGB9RAST_x86.msi
WCF.msp
WCS.msp
WF.msp
WF_32.msp
WPF1.msp
WPF2.msp
WPF2_32.msp
WPF_Other.msp
WPF_Other_32.msp

Out of these only WPF_Other_32.msp doesn't work in w2k. The rest install just fine.

The final list:

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Netfx30a_x86.msi
RGB9RAST_x86.msi
WCF.msp
WCS.msp
WF.msp
WF_32.msp
WPF1.msp
WPF2.msp
WPF2_32.msp
WPF_Other.msp

I tried to process such a modified .NET 3.0 installer through Silent .NET Maker but it doesn't work properly. I guess something must be edited in SNM source first in order to ignore the missing file (WPF_Other_32.msp).

WPF_Other_32.msp itself installs these files:

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PresentationFontCache_config_x86.exe
PresentationFontCache_x86.cat
PresentationFontCache_x86.exe

and the error when trying to install it which I mentioned before is this one:

In BlackWingCat's installer these files are copied manually and the service itself is not installed at all.

Anyway, after finishing with the .NET 3.0 installed you still have to fix the dependencies. Fortunately (thanks to BlackWingCat) there's a very simple way to do it using rplbfile.exe which is included in BWC's Java 1.7u1 Patcher for Windows 2000. I've prepared a package with already modified KDW dlls & rplbfile (download, pass: w2k).

These files have to be patched:

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rplbfile infocard.exe rpcrt4.dll rpcxp4.dll
rplbfile infocard.exe advapi32.dll advapixp.dll
rplbfile presentationhost.exe kernel32.dll kernelxp.dll
rplbfile evr.dll msvcrt.dll msvcxp.dll
rplbfile evr.dll advapi32.dll advapixp.dll
rplbfile infocardapi.dll kernel32.dll kernelxp.dll
rplbfile naturallanguage6.dll msvcrt.dll msvcxp.dll
rplbfile nlsdata0009.dll msvcrt.dll msvcxp.dll
rplbfile presentationhostdll.dll user32.dll userxp.dll
rplbfile uiautomationcore.dll user32.dll userxp.dll
rplbfile wpfgfx_v0300.dll advapi32.dll advapixp.dll
rplbfile wpfgfx_v0300.dll kernel32.dll kernelxp.dll
rplbfile wpfgfx_v0300.dll ntdll.dll xpdll.dll

and of course appropriate KDW files need to be copied to the system32 directory. After doing so all of the necessary dependencies will be fixed.

As for .NET 3.5, it's fully compatible with w2k and nothing has to be changed.

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:43 am

updated

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:18 am

Thank you very much

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:42 am

Updated releases are available in Onepiece's Skydrive or in voidseesaw's repository

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:55 am

Thank you!

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:18 am

Thanks a lot

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:17 am

I just wanted to say that the Dropbox links no longer work (same thing with my Win2k Download Archive).

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:15 am

Thanks, but I guess Dropbox link is OK. I suppose the problem is once again that Dropbox account has a 200 Gb daily DL limit. If it is passed, the DLs are blocked for 3 days. And this is the 1,000th time it happens (and the 1,000 th e-mail we receive from DB) in last 5 months...
Too many people seems to like to download from DB, probably is faster than Google's or Skydrive for them.

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Thu May 16, 2013 8:01 am

updated to v2.0.50727.3646 (May 2013)

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:57 am

updated to v2.0.50727.3648 (June 2013)

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:29 pm

Thank you for keeping updating these 2K addons

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:33 am

updated to v2.0.50727.3650

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:58 am

updated to v2.0.50727.3654

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:51 am

updated to v2.0.50727.3654.1

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:57 am

Thank you very much!

knetxp · Post by **knetxp** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:49 pm

The user hosting this content is out of bandwidth.

All download links are unavailable

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:40 am

Tried just now: Google is OK, and Mega too.
Try with Firefox from Mega, it's the best choice

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:46 pm

updated to v2.0.50727.3657

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:13 pm

updated to v2.0.50727.3658

nonno fabio · Post by **nonno fabio** » Wed May 14, 2014 5:06 pm

updated to v2.0.50727.3659

OnePiece Alb · Post by **OnePiece Alb** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:49 pm

updated to v2.0.50727.3678

OnePiece Alb · Post by **OnePiece Alb** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:27 pm

updated to v2.0.50727.8763

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:37 am

Thank you very much for keeping these addons up-to-date. I include the two addons in the Updates Lists on my site and link to here for download.

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