Installing IPv6 on older Windows versions

Windows 2000

Did you know that Windows 2000 supports IPv6? Well, sort of. It's a "Technology Preview" that has to be manually installed. Installing it however, is comparable to witchcraft. Which is why I've decided to document the process.

What you'll need

A (virtual) machine running Windows 2000
tpipv6-001205.exe
- Download: web.archive.org, repo.julias.zone

How to install it

Get the .exe onto your Windows 2000 machine, I like using genisoimage
Run tpipv6-001205.exe and follow the extractor, simply choose C:\IPv6Kit
Navigate to the destination directory

As-is, the setup.exe is made for Service Pack 1. See below on how to hot-fix it for each service pack.

Service Pack 4

Grab a cmd.exe and cd to the directory
Run setup.exe -x, append something like \files to the path
Now you can close cmd.exe and navigate to the second directory
Here you will want to change "NTServicePackVersion=256" to "NTServicePackVersion=1024"
Now you can run hotfix.exe. It will install the pack and reboot your machine.
Open "Control Panel", navigate to "Network and Dial-up Connections", "Local Area Connection" (if the latter is not visible, it's possible that your NIC is not recognized. If using QEMU, try "rtl8139")
Go to "Properties", "Install", "Protocol", "Microsoft IPv6 Protocol"

Your Windows 2000 machine now supports the current Internet Protocol, version 6. Enjoy surfing!

Postscripts

This process added the "ipv6" command. Feel free to play around with it a little.
In order to ping an IPv6 address, use the "ping6" command, same is with "tracert6".

To be done

Scour the internet for possible newer versions of tpipv6
Simplify the process, clean up the page
Document installation process for other Service Packs
Providing hot-fixed versions for each service pack, so the install process is less complex.
Possibly writing a batch script that automates the install and enables it?