w2k alpha

[Steven Moix]

On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 14:41 +0100, Alexander Huemer wrote:
> Oliver Falk wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Vesselin Kenashkov wrote:
> >> I have only b2031 which I thought was the last one for alpha, but 
> >> obviously not.
> >> I'm interested in any one of the most recent builds.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Alexander Huemer 
> >> <alexander.huemer at sbg.ac.at <mailto:alexander.huemer at sbg.ac.at>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     i have the following versions:
> >>
> >>     microsoft windows 2000 professional    build 2000 (original msdn cd)
> >>     microsoft windows 2000 server          build 2031
> >>     microsoft windows 2000 advanced server build 2031
> >>     microsoft windows 2000 professional    build 2072
> >>     microsoft windows 2000 advanced server build 2072
> >>     microsoft windows 2000 professional    build 2128
> >>
> >>     i am willing to provide iso's if anyone is interested.
> >>     who has a build i don't have?
> >
> > So what's the truth now? Do they expire or not? Not that I'm planning 
> > to  actually *really* use it, but reinstalling it all the time doesn't 
> > make much sense as well :-) Having a spare disk with an installation 
> > Windows for Alpha at hand sounds good. I've seen some tools that work 
> > on Alpha-Windows that I'd like to give a try...
> >
> > Best,
> >  oliver
> >
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> to be honest, i don't remember if they expire.
> i used these things a very long time ago, but afair i had no problems.
> i remember a tool named tweakNT that worked on the w2k/alpha too to get 
> rid of timebombs.
> maybe setting some crazy date initially does the trick too, i don't know.
> 

I have Windows 2000 Pro English RC1 (also an original MSDN CD, it's the
most recent build as far as I know, build 2072), the readme says:
Welcome to Windows 2000 RC1. This release expires 444 days from the date
of installation.