will not upgrade from 418 to 462, wrong os

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I’ve installed Avast! and my current version is 5.0.418. When trying to upgrade to 5.0.462, I get a message that I do not meet minimum requirements and must install on Windows 2000 or higher. This machine runs Win 2k SP4 and the previous version of Avast! installed properly.

Help, please.

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In addition to SP4, Update Rollup1 is required on Windows 2000.

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  • Win2k and avast 5.0 see this from one of Igor’s previous posts:
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furthermore it’s allways adviced 2 install all the latest system-updates.! (on all systems/oss)
as i experienced on this forum, some users feel safe using only the newest vps/av-updates, totally ignoring their os-updates…
asyn

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There is a further requirement:

You can install avast! only after the hotfix KB816542 is installed.
Use Windows Update or download it from Microsoft’s website.

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roll-up fixed the problem, life is cool.

Thanks for the help.

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Thanks for posting back.
Welcome to avast forums. Feel free to come back any time you need help or just to change experiences 8)

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I’ve searched the microsoft site for this hotfix, I can’t find it. What is it?

Thanks.

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816542
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1620556.php

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Btw: MS Support for Win2000 ends now.
Time to update the OS anyway.
8)

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Many thanks again!

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No problem.

Welcome to the forums.

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It’s an interesting dilemma. I’m not a huge fan of any windows software but I’m kind of stuck because of some windows-only software. I have no interest in giving microsoft more money and win2k does what I need to do, at least for the moment. I’m planning to set this machine to dual boot with Ubuntu. I’ll see how I like that.

Comments and suggestions always welcome.

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It’s not a question of “working”, but a question of security.
But, as time goes on, also “working” will become a problem as more and more software will not run on Win2000.

I am very happy with Win7 though. It is a really good piece of software, and it is not that expensive. The home premium has everything you need as a standard user.

Ubuntu is great, but as you said: if you rely on a certain software that is only available for Windows, it is not the final solution.

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think u’ll like ubuntu! :smiley:
have it on my system, in case of emergency, just 2 b able 2 start up & use the net.
but it shure can do much more than this…!
asyn