since when is sharing an ISO of an installation CD of an operating system
illegal? it would be illegal if i was trying to get a activation key out of
one of you guys.

and by the way, its always a bad idea to go around asking for illegal copies
of software.

i'm not sure if my contacts with microsoft can help me with this particular
issue. i am only working with them on vista and windows 7 stuff. i guess i
can ask about windows 2000. it couldn't hurt.

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
news:ORQsp5P8IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> What you want is something for free that isn't available (legally) for
> free. You have to pay for it. Period. Unless, as you suggest, you have a
> business relationship with MS and your contact(s) there can do something
> for you. Otherwise, for all that you're asking for, $100+ is the price you
> pay.
>
> PS -- Microsoft groups are a terrible place to go begging for illegal
> copies of Microsoft software.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> [url]http://grystmill.com[/url]
>
> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:eSec70H8IHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>I know that....
>>
>> I was just hoping that someone could send me an ISO image of the Windows
>> 2000 installation CD. I already have a valide activation key that would
>> work with it.
>>
>> I have an OEM copy but OEM copy won't work with Microsoft Virtual
>> Machine. I need a Retail Installation CD. and I do not care what service
>> pack revision it is... and by the way I sadly lost my retail installation
>> CD for Windows 2000. if I still had the CD this post would not exist.
>>
>> at this point I'm starting to beta testing Windows 7. oddly at times I am
>> using virtual machine on the operating system. I'm virtualizing Windows
>> XP on that particular computer, but thats just for beta testing purposes.
>> on my primary machine, i wanna virtualize Windows 2000.
>>
>> From,
>> Steven Wabik
>> SPW.net Technologies
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23zfl7mH8IHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> You can get a Windows 2000 download from MSDN. You will need to subscribe
>> unless you already are.
>>
>> Also you might find someone selling one on EBay
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:CFC2596A-2DF9-4700-B58D-F634FDA8BFF1@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>>I posted this question in different sections for different reasons. one
>>> reason was because I am not sure were to post this question. Another
>>> reason
>>> is because I am trying to virtualize a legacy operating system on
>>> Windows
>>> Vista using Microsoft Virtual PC and I seem to be having an issue with
>>> it.
>>>
>>> What I am trying to do is virtualize Windows 2000 on my Windows Vista PC
>>> using Microsoft Virtual PC. the only issue is that when i try to install
>>> Windows 2000 on the Virtual PC i get an issue. it gives me an issues
>>> saying
>>> that i cannot install the operating system because it did not come with
>>> the
>>> computer or whatever. yet when i install it on the physical machine
>>> itself,
>>> the computer will go through with the installation just fine.
>>>
>>> I think i am having this particular issue because the installation CD i
>>> have
>>> for windows 2000 is a OEM CD. what I am asking if anyone knows where I
>>> can
>>> download an ISO image of a Windows 2000 installation CD that will work
>>> with
>>> Microsoft Virtual PC. It would be nice if someone knows a place of where
>>> I
>>> could download an ISO of the installation CD or if someone can just send
>>> me
>>> a physical installation CD for windows 2000.
>>>
>>>
>>> there are a lot of reasons of why I reather Virtualize Windows 2000 over
>>> Windows XP. one reason is because windows 2000 takes up less hard disk
>>> space
>>> and plus it does not detect certian types of hardware devices. I
>>> virtualized
>>> Windows XP earlier and one or two of the devices that Wondows XP
>>> detected
>>> that Windows 2000 does not detect, made it so that it kept switching
>>> back
>>> and forth between Vista and XP whenever I used those particular hardware
>>> devices. another advantage of virtualizing Windows 2000 is that it works
>>> faster, and plus it is more compatible with older applications that
>>> Windows
>>> XP may or may not be compatible with.
>>>
>>> so, can someone please help me with this issue that i am having. windows
>>> vista just has too many program compatiility issues for its own good.
>>>
>>> From,
>>> Steven Wabik
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>
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