| Windows 2000 | … |
|---|---|
| Version of the Windows NT operating system | … |
| Screenshot of Windows 2000, showing the desktop and taskbar | … |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Working state | No longer supported |
| Source model | • Closed-source • Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative) 1 |
| Released to manufacturing | December 15, 19992 |
| General availability | February 17, 20003 |
| Final release | Service Pack 4 with Update Rollup 1 (5.0.2195.7045) / September 13, 20054 |
| Marketing target | Business and Server |
| Update method | • Windows Update • Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) • System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) |
| Supported platforms | IA-32 (Alpha in alpha, beta, and release candidate versions5) |
| Kernel type | Hybrid (Windows NT) |
| Userland | Windows API, NTVDM, OS/2 1.x, SFU |
| Default user interface | Windows shell (Graphical) |
| License | Proprietary commercial software |
| Preceded by | Windows NT 4.0 (1996) |
| Succeeded by | Windows XP Professional (client) Windows Server 2003 (servers) |
| Official website | Windows 2000 (archived at Wayback Machine) |
| Support status | … |
| Mainstream support ended on June 30, 2005. Extended support ended on July 13, 2010.6 | … |
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Footnotes
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“Microsoft Shared Source Initiative Overview”. Microsoft. March 2003. Archived from the original on April 2, 2003. Retrieved February 17, 2017. ↩
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“Microsoft Releases Windows 2000 to Manufacturing”. News Center. Microsoft. December 15, 1999. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2017. ↩
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“Gates Ushers in Next Generation of PC Computing With Launch of Windows 2000”. News Center. Microsoft. February 17, 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2018. ↩
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“Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 and known issues”. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017. ↩
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DEC Alpha is supported in Windows 2000 in 32-bit versions only, using a 32-bit application binary interface on an otherwise native 64-bit platform. No versions of Windows NT for the 64-bit Alpha (AXP64) platform were available to the public; they were only developed internally by Microsoft and mainly served as testing grounds for the 64-bit Itanium (IA-64) platform when no other Itanium hardware was available and was still in development. ↩
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“Microsoft Product Lifecycle for Windows 2000 family”. Support. Microsoft. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2017. ↩