First Whistler Build

[johnleakedfan]

If Build 2202 has no mention of Whistler anywhere except KenOath's 2202 installer bootdisk, does that mean 2202 is not the first build of whistler, 2211 is the first build of whistler correct, Build 2211 has one mention of whistler, The name tag on the bottom right of the screen when logging on

[wasabilee]

IMO anything of win2000 post mortem belongs to whistler
no matter if code is closer to 2000, as long as it belongs to next project

think it was the one with SD system within

[The Distractor]

2202 is just win2k post-RTM.

2211 on the other hand, is definitely Whistler.

[JimOlive]

I think anything after 2000 (Besides Neptune and ME) is Whistler.

[Overdoze]

They were testing the new SD system around 2200, and the lines are sort of blurred there. One may consider these builds Windows 2000 post-RTM, or early Whistler. Not that it really matters what you decide call it, it's only somewhat important for categorization purposes.

[bckf]

IMO anything of win2000 post mortem belongs to whistler
no matter if code is closer to 2000, as long as it belongs to next project

think it was the one with SD system within

It's not like SD (Source Depot) was a component of Windows that 2202 could have included.
SD was more of a piece of infrastructure, specifically a source version control tool.
That's why I agree with a blurred lines position, as one could ask the question, does it impact the project more to change a critical piece of infrastructure or only a few lines of code in the source?

[Winutiae]

2202 doesn't mention Whistler but it does sport a mention of Windows 2001. You have to install a printer, right click on it and go to Sharing, then click the Additional Drivers button:


It also has more changes than people give it credit for. Nothing that people will genereally care about, but it has the multimedia resource manager that was in Neptune, a bunch of NDIS support was removed, and for some bizarre reason (maybe inherited from a 2000 RC) it broke Sensory Software's URL in Narrator's about dialog.

[ovctvct]

If it says "Whistler" in setup then it's probably not a 2000 post-RTM.

[wasabilee]

it don't matter how big change is
if ANY code change is, and isn't within SP branch
then it belongs to next project

[johnleakedfan]

If it says "Whistler" in setup then it's probably not a 2000 post-RTM.

someone named KenOath made a floppy disk that helps you setup 2202 without problems, 2202 boots up but gives blue screen, he names it whistler in his floppy disk, but he is probably wrong that it is not whistler

[Archenemy]

If it says "Whistler" in setup then it's probably not a 2000 post-RTM.

someone named KenOath made a floppy disk that helps you setup 2202 without problems, 2202 boots up but gives blue screen, he names it whistler in his floppy disk, but he is probably wrong that it is not whistler

Even if the 2202 boot disk was made by KenOath we have to look deeper in whistler 2202 to find out if it is windows whistler or windows 2000

[Knabe91]

You can fix the 2202 iso by replacing the cdrom.sys driver file with the one from W2k. Then just recreate the iso image and boot as you would any Windows OS.

[johnleakedfan]

You can fix the 2202 iso by replacing the cdrom.sys driver file with the one from W2k. Then just recreate the iso image and boot as you would any Windows OS.

does this truly work, if you are serious, thank you

[Knabe91]

Yep, at least from my testing it does. Make sure when you recreate the iso to make it bootable.

[johnleakedfan]

Yep, at least from my testing it does. Make sure when you recreate the iso to make it bootable.

with the 2202 iso in UltraISO, i got the windows 2000 pro cdrom.sy_ (that is the right file right?), and replaced the 2202 one in the i386 folder

[Knabe91]

Yep, at least from my testing it does. Make sure when you recreate the iso to make it bootable.

with the 2202 iso in UltraISO, i got the windows 2000 pro cdrom.sy_ (that is the right file right?), and replaced the 2202 one in the i386 folder

Yep that should work.

[timryaz]

As I judge by that, Whistler's first build was 2211, and 2200, 2202 is all Windows 2000 Developers Only edition.

[gus33000]

I suggest that you watch this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87wEOsDVK_o , it explains what changed in this build since Windows 2000 RTM and clearly shows you that their are indeed new features in this build besides the new IA-64 Printer driver. From what I can tell, why Microsoft would include some "Lame buttons" (Comment? link) on an post-rtm build of 2000 ?