text: 6 potential problems that could installing windows 2000 server?   your computer might not have the system requirements to install it.  your computer might reject windows 2000.  your drivers, softwares, and devices might not be compatible with windows 2000.  you might not have installed the updates that are needed to make windows 2000 compatible with your drivers.  if you have any programs that use 16-bit drivers, you will need to obtain 32-bit drivers from the software vendor to ensure that the program functions properly after the upgrade or fresh installation.  there might be some networking configuration problems if you do not do the appropriate setup of your network connections.