Windows 2000 can run almost anything XP can. It install directx up to 9.0c (officially, 9.0c, which STO requires, is XP-only, but it will install without complaint on 2000), and most drivers are the same between 2k and XP.
Anything older will be a lost cause - between directx version and simply not having drivers available for hardware anywhere near the minimum requirements it's pretty much a lost cause.
Windows 2000 can run almost anything XP can. It install directx 9, and most drivers are the same between 2k and XP......
However, Windows 2000 is no longer supported by Microsoft, and shouldn't be used just because of the vulnerabilities to viruses and trojan applications...
Windows 2000 can run almost anything XP can. It install directx up to 9.0c (officially, 9.0c, which STO requires, is XP-only, but it will install without complaint on 2000), and most drivers are the same between 2k and XP.
Really!? I was 99% sure STO wouldn't work...
If I ran all this together, you think STO would run?
Specs:
Intel PENTIUM E8400
CORE 2 DUO
3.0 GHz Processor
2 GB Ram
80 GB SATA Harddrive
SATA DVDROM-RW
Integrated Sound
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9800 GT Akimbo
Hi-Speed Ethernet LAN (10/100/1000 Mbps.
I am..... THEHAPPYADMIRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not at the moment do I have one, but, if you look on Ebay, older OSs like 95, 98, and 2000 are so cheap.
Yes they probably are cheap, because older versions of Windows are no longer updated by Microsoft. So you'd be opening yourself up for security vulnerabilities as already stated.
If you have that spec on your computer. Get a decent OS to handle it.
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Anything older will be a lost cause - between directx version and simply not having drivers available for hardware anywhere near the minimum requirements it's pretty much a lost cause.
However, Windows 2000 is no longer supported by Microsoft, and shouldn't be used just because of the vulnerabilities to viruses and trojan applications...
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Really!? I was 99% sure STO wouldn't work...
If I ran all this together, you think STO would run?
Specs:
Intel PENTIUM E8400
CORE 2 DUO
3.0 GHz Processor
2 GB Ram
80 GB SATA Harddrive
SATA DVDROM-RW
Integrated Sound
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9800 GT Akimbo
Hi-Speed Ethernet LAN (10/100/1000 Mbps.
THE HAPPY ADMIRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes they probably are cheap, because older versions of Windows are no longer updated by Microsoft. So you'd be opening yourself up for security vulnerabilities as already stated.
If you have that spec on your computer. Get a decent OS to handle it.
THE HAPPY ADMIRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!