hi everyone
Im new in kde and I just want to use it on windows 2000 machines (Im interested in kturtle and qcad but mostly the former).
Installing kde and trying to use it, an error comes saying "getaddrinfo process could not be found at the WS2_32.dll"...
I tried to replace WS2_32.dll but windows wouldn't let me do that.
I also asked in another thread in this forum and I was informed that kde is not compiled for Windows 2000.
At http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... 85%29.aspx there are some suggestions about win2000 and the WS2_32.dll library ("need to include the Ws2tcpip.h and Wspiapi.h files").
I know almost nothing about compiling KDE for winXP or win2000, but I would give it a try if anyone gave me some advice or help (some kind of a newbie here!!)

thank you in advance

Here are some instructions to compile KDE for Windowds from scratch. Be aware that it's not easy; having some compiling / C++ background helps.
http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started ... ows/emerge
If you encounter problems you can try asking in the IRC channel:
irc://irc.freenode.net/kde-windows
or in the mailing list:
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows

thank you panda84, but it seems it works using the MinGW compiler (choosing MinGW4 in the kde-installer).
No error comes up and the applications is reacting properly (I 've only tested kturtle...)
I ll try it more and come back here if I find any problems...


thank you very much!!