I have been given an NEC laptop with 160 MB RAM, 4 GB Hard and P2-266 MHz CPU ! I decided to install Windows 2000 Pro SP3 on it. I have also installed Media player 7 and IE 5.5 I would like to use this to go on the internet and be used for normal computing tasks. What utilities would you recommend me to install ? Do I need to install Direct X ? what is the latest version W2K supports ? Cheers

You can download SP4, Media Player 9, IE6, MSCONFIG & DX9, all from Microsoft. I don't know which utilities you're asking about but I recommended CCleaner, TweakUI, AVG Free or Avast Home antivirus, & a firewall such as Sunbelt Personal. You can find a lot of free software here: http://www.filehippo.com/

You could do a google search for "flash player", "microsoft installer" and "acrobat reader" to find the current versions that would run on Windows 2000. CoffeeBreak

ah I use Foxit for PDF reader, much faster than Acrobat and only 2 mb. I think WMP8 and 9 and 10 and 11 have no difference really. I installed Winamp for that... thanks for the reference to filehippo.com I do use it extensively. I installed AVAST! free. I think it takes a lot less than Symantec Corporate v9 Last time on a 384 MB machine it took 80 MB ram just to load. IE6 is also good idea. No SP4, as I have known many PCs that were messed after SP4 installation. Any other W2K specific utility or settings that pop into mind ? I have downloaded sasser and blaster patches too. AutoPatcher2000 would have been nice.