Long time no see, hows everyone doing?

Before i explain how i compiled the source code of windows server 2003 or XP if you prefer, Huge thanks to the guys from my discord server for the nt5src.7z magnet.

First of all, i used this guide in order to compile the source: https://rentry.co/build-win2k3
Of course almost all the links was down, i needed to find every file myself. Which i did, thanks to CSDN.
Here is the files you probably needed to build it: https://archive.org/details/20201202-downlevel
You need this zip file too, it contains a lot of important files such as prepatched 10a which is hard to find: https://mega.nz/file/e2o1SCTA#8ic-vKcVZJTG7koy-94nPUxBSWDyg_8TPHkX1LiekfQ
The last thing you need is a tool named “certutil” which generates licences for the win2k3, here is the tool you want to use: https://github.com/P0L3NARUBA/win-2k3-certutil

• You can’t compile the source without this so this is a critical util.

I backuped everything that i can so if any guide or link down, just hit me up on discord: o1ps

I followed the guide and also watched this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWZe00v2Rs0
And i figured out you need the original server 2003 iso in order to fix the missing files, here is the iso you need: https://archive.org/details/en_windows_server_2003_standard
Just follow the video the video covers almost everything.

By the way it tooks a lot of time soooooo yeah just wait until it gets compiled….
P.S: it tooks 3-4 hour regardless of your system specs.

I’m not gonna dive into details too much, thats all you need to know.
16/3/2025: I made a guide about how to build win2k3, you can check out my organization for that.

Thanks for reading my first post, hope you’re enjoyed :)