w2k help with dll

[gorobei]

does anyone know a site on how to hack the DLL files or edit the registry keys?

I've searched, and there's a 2k to XP api wrapper out there but it looks complicated.

any help would be appreciated.

 

[bsobel]

This is really more a programming question, but that call requires XP Sp1 or higher (desktop) or Windows 2003 server (server). It doesnt exist in 2000.

 

[gorobei]

there are some postings on the windows 2000 gaming forums where someone re-coded the dll to include setDllDirectory A & W. I was hoping it was something similar to hacking the DX9 files and changing the call name to get games like Bioshock working. I was able to get some of the other dll errors working by dropping in some modded shell and kernel files in the app folder, but this last one doesn't seem to have a quick workaround.

given that w2k and xp are the same build, it's kind of aggravating that MS abandoned a perfectly good OS just to re-monetize. I'm reluctant to upgrade to vista for my work machine because i work in cg animation and whenever vista hits a folder of images it tries to cache 4 different sizes of thumbnail of each image, which takes forever. when you work with 400 frame renders for a single scene, this caching is unacceptable.

 

[bsobel]

given that w2k and xp are the same build, it's kind of aggravating that MS abandoned a perfectly good OS just to re-monetize.

This statement is false, w2k and xp are not remotely the same build. XP was built ontop of 2k, just as Vista was built on XP. Your basically trying to get a game to work on a very very old operating system. Either upgrade or dont play the game.

I'm reluctant to upgrade to vista for my work machine because i work in cg animation and whenever vista hits a folder of images it tries to cache 4 different sizes of thumbnail of each image, which takes forever. when you work with 400 frame renders for a single scene, this caching is unacceptable.

Interesting situation. I'm sure you can deregister the preview handler for image types, that should resolve the issue.

 

[gorobei]

actually I have a game machine with vista64 and 4gb of ram goodness, and it's for gaming only. My work machine is a 2k pro that is for work only.

I'm trying to get a 3d application working so I can read a scene file to get the model assets. It's a short term project due soon so i was hoping for a quick fix.

My point was that the move to XP was an upgrade for all the 95/98 users, but for people with 2K all it did was rename a lot of the libraries and break functionality so that we would have to buy an OS that didn't offer a significant upgrade in performance or practical features.

 

[bsobel]

My point was that the move to XP was an upgrade for all the 95/98 users, but for people with 2K all it did was rename a lot of the libraries and break functionality so that we would have to buy an OS that didn't offer a significant upgrade in performance or practical features.

We'll just have to leave it at that is your opinion. XP was a substantial upgrade to the 2k product line.