The problem is that I do not use windows at all except some rare 
situations when I have to, so I run then Win2k in VirtualBox. I can of 
course install WinXP instead of Win2k, but the later is lighter ;)

Regards,
Marcin


W dniu 01.03.2011 00:07, Sven Schreiber pisze:
> Am 28.02.2011 19:00, schrieb Allin Cottrell:
>> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Marcin B�^Bażejowski wrote:
>>
>>> the latest windows builds generate such warning message on win2000: "The
>>> procedure entry point getaddrinfo could not be located in the dynamic
>>> link library WS2_32.dll".
>>> Is it mean that win2k is no longer support?
>> Ah, that's right, the updated version of the GLib dll does not
>> support win2k.
>>
>> Perhaps we should put out a version of gretl 1.9.4 with support
>> for old systems (Windows 2000 and non-SSE2 processors), once we've
>> figured out exactly what has to be done to make that work.
>>
> Some data from MS themselves: "Support for Windows 2000 ended on July
> 13, 2010. Microsoft is no longer producing public monthly security
> updates or service packs."
>
> But there's still some time left for XP: "April 8, 2014"
> (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/products/lifecycle)
>
> cheers,
> sven
>
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