Seasick Cecil Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Just asking. I tried to load the program but after the file extraction to the temp directory, a message appeared stating Windows XP is necessary. I know the system requirements mention that Win XP is required, but in one of the the FAQ explanations, I noted that: Why aren't Windows 98 or ME supported?...Third, it would also compromise the quality of Paint.NET on the versions of Windows that we do currently support by requiring us to reduce or limit functionality. We use features of Windows that aren't available unless you have at least Windows 2000 or even XP. After reading the above, I was hoping that I could install it on a computer that runs Win 2000 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 3.0 is for Windows Server 2003 or higher. 2.xx is available for Windows 2000 or higher. "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Nope that's just outdated text. Paint.NET 3.0 absolutely requires Windows XP or newer. I ripped out all the gnarly Win2K support code many months ago, so Paint.NET 3.0 is definitely making calls to system functions that are only available on XP and newer. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 XP an up, only...for v3.xx You can always run v2.72, if you can find it. Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasick Cecil Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Nope that's just outdated text. Paint.NET 3.0 absolutely requires Windows XP or newer. I ripped out all the gnarly Win2K support code many months ago, so Paint.NET 3.0 is definitely making calls to system functions that are only available on XP and newer. Is there anyway way to get version 2.72? Usually, I download earlier versions of freeware that I plan to use, but for some reason I forgot to download Paint.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/ No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasick Cecil Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/ Thanks for the link. I see it's also on snapfiles.com, but filehippo has more archived versions. Is 2.72 the best and most stable of the older versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 For sure. Take note that it is not supported anymore. No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiriw Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Hmm At first sight I can only see two Windows 2000 incompatible API calls being used (building version 3.08.2720.27901 in VS.NET under Windows 2000 SP4): GetLayeredWindowAttributes (user32.dll) and WTSRegisterSessionNotification (wtsapi32.dll) Both which are perfectly avoidable because the opacity function seems to be used rudimentairy in SetFormOpacity and the fast user switching function in "EventHandler SessionChanged" is bollocks in windows 2000 anyhow because it doesn't -have- fast user switching. Mind these are the only two problems I found in playing around Paint.NET for a few minutes (to edit a PNG icon which I couldn't do with MS Paint) but if this is the scope of "Windows 2000 incompatibility" then .... WHY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 jiriw, this topic's already been discussed quite a bit. Please don't resurrect long dead threads. Thread Closed The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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