File:Windows 2000 Professional screenshot.png
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| Description | Screenshot of Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 and Update Rollup 1. |
|---|---|
| Author or copyright owner |
Microsoft Corporation |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | BetaWiki (Original uploader: ClassicMacOSGuy1067) Official website: microsoft.com/windows2000, archived at the Wayback Machine (archived 12/3/2000) |
| Date of publication | September 15, 2005 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Windows 2000 |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | To show the interface of Windows 2000. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
No alternative free illustrations could be found or created because the material depicted is copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | One single file used in one single article, with the lowest resolution possible to properly identify the features displayed in the image, without affecting other use of the copyrighted material |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
This product has reached its End of Support. |
| Other information | Resized from 1024x768 to 640x480, to prevent nuking the screenshot contents, while also keeping contents readable. Due to the small text size, it should not be resize further down. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Windows 2000//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_2000_Professional_screenshot.pngtrue | |
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Microsoft product screenshot, used with permission from Microsoft.
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 09:47, 20 May 2026 | | 640 × 480 (18 KB) | Addonian1123 (talk | contribs) | retry |
| 09:47, 20 May 2026 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (32 KB) | Addonian1123 (talk | contribs) | Fail | |
| 09:46, 20 May 2026 | No thumbnail | 1,024 × 768 (16 KB) | Addonian1123 (talk | contribs) | Use a lower source resolution combined with the Bicubic Sharper filter; higher resolutions just create excessive empty space rather than providing more detail. I’m switching from 1280x960 to 1024x768 (both downscaled to 640x480). | |
| 03:07, 26 September 2025 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (32 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Updated to 640x480. Following the same format of resizing from WinXP, Win7 and Vista. Do NOT resize further down! | |
| 00:49, 1 June 2023 | No thumbnail | 364 × 274 (40 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 02:29, 31 May 2023 | No thumbnail | 399 × 300 (41 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 18:15, 24 May 2023 (UTC) Picture has already been downscaled. No need for downscaling even more. | |
| 00:06, 25 May 2023 | No thumbnail | 364 × 274 (40 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 18:15, 24 May 2023 | No thumbnail | 399 × 300 (41 KB) | Renamed user c9671c73eba1c22d3fc6d432b3be46b4 (talk | contribs) | Changed resolution to 4:3 (1024x768 downscaled to 399x300) and removed Microsoft Office, because Windows 2000 does not come with it. | |
| 05:07, 21 December 2022 | No thumbnail | 334 × 300 (29 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | ==Summary== {{Non-free use rationale software screenshot | Description = Screenshot of Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 (SP4). | Author = Microsoft Corporation | Source = Taken from a VM running Windows 2000 | Publication = | Date = September 15, 2005 | Article = Windows 2000 | Purpose = To show the Desktop interface and Start Menu of Windows 2000. | Replaceability = No alternative free illustr... |
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