Win2k have DRM?

[Cheator]

I was wondering if Windows 2000 has that DRM thing where you put in a different mobo or change the hardware too drastically and it doesn't boot into windows. And if that is the case, would hardware profiles keep it from going into shock every time it goes into another computer?

[stool]

No DRM or activation with 2K. It is a bit more finicky with hardware, but not greatly so. If you are having a problem with an install, do a check on your memory, as that seems to be where a lot of installs fail.

[Quailane]

There is no DRM that keeps it or windows XP from botting if you change the hardware too much, it will just not let you log in to windows. For 2k, stool is right because there are a lot less integrated drivers, but since with 2k there is no activation, there is no DRM.

On windows 2k, do you normally need to use a key code to install? I have a copy of 2k that doesn't, but I have stuff as old as office 97 that requires one.

[Cheator]

Yes you need a Serial key for windows if that is what you mean.

No I don't have an issue with my hardware, but I have the following setup:

At school, all the computers are P4s (s478) with SiS chipsets, 1 gig of ram, and a Radeon 7000.

At home, I have something compeltly different, although I am building a similar system.

for school I have this hard drive caddy and I want to be able to do my work at home, so I'd like to plug the caddy in at home (it uses win2k) and it to work with, say, a hardware profile so that it loads up the proper drivers. But at school, load the normal drivers for their systems.

Is there any way to do this?

[Quailane]

If you have the drivers for both systems installed on your drive, it will chose the right ones automatically when it boots.

[stool]

Are you talking about using this as a boot drive on both systems?

[Cheator]

Yes, booting on both systems.

[Captain Newbie]

Yes, booting on both systems.
You might (might) have a problem with that. Sometimes moving a boot drive from one system to another can cause STOP 7B (or 7E, it's been so long since I've seen it that I've forgotten) - 'Inaccessible boot device'. But it might work, too.