Windows 2000 users- Service pack 4 is out

[roncarter]

And its totally free! get it from your windows update page.

 

[MonkeyHwk]

Thanks, but I'll wait for SP4a.

MonkeyHwk

 

[540mb]

oh what a hot deal...

 

[Tokar]

Originally posted by: MonkeyHwk
Thanks, but I'll wait for SP4a.

MonkeyHwk

what is in SP4a thats not in SP4?

 

[RefriedBeaner]

Originally posted by: Tokar

Originally posted by: MonkeyHwk
Thanks, but I'll wait for SP4a.

MonkeyHwk

what is in SP4a thats not in SP4?

The fix for whatever is wrong in SP4.

 

[jrenna]

Here is a link to the MS Win2k SP 4 Download:

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[bannor11]

Geez, I just installed Sp4 on one of my work machines and it reboots with the blue screen of death (Inaccessible boot device)

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: bannor11
Geez, I just installed Sp4 on one of my work machines and it reboots with the blue screen of death (Inaccessible boot device)

Looks like you'll be waiting for SP4a as well.

 

[WebDude]

Installed it on my machine with no problems (and no perceivable benefits either). YMMV.

 

[topnotcher]

Originally posted by: Garet Jax

Originally posted by: bannor11
Geez, I just installed Sp4 on one of my work machines and it reboots with the blue screen of death (Inaccessible boot device)

Looks like you'll be waiting for SP4a as well.

That is a really crappy message, to boot (no pun intended) the solutions do not appear that easy.

Good luck!

 

[wondersteve]

have you noticed that sp's are CREATING more problems than they are FIXING??

 

[Keltron]

This is wrong forum. This is not a Hot Deal
Windows service packs have always been free as it should be. it is no news

 

[laugh]

if you have w2k server, be careful. I heard a case that SP4 totally killed a W2k server.

 

[yukichigai]

I stopped upgrading at SP2. SP3 has Digital Rights Management software and I'll do without that thank you.

 

[treidenb]

Originally posted by: Keltron
This is wrong forum. This is not a Hot Deal
Windows service packs have always been free as it should be. it is no news

I think most people know that. Lighten up!

 

[bannor11]

Originally posted by: laugh
if you have w2k server, be careful. I heard a case that SP4 totally killed a W2k server.

Well mine *was* a professional version and it's dead indeed. I think I'll wait awhile before I upgrade my computer at home.

 

[mrbass]

clean the spyware/ adware and disable your virus programs before installing it...Heh? You forgot and it screwed up your computer. Oh well you learned a valuable lesson for the future.
Installed on about 10 or so computers so far at work and zero problems. And yes these computers (drafters, etc.) have a ton of high end software, etc.

 

[bannor11]

Originally posted by: mrbass
clean the spyware/ adware and disable your virus programs before installing it...Heh? You forgot and it screwed up your computer. Oh well you learned a valuable lesson for the future.
Installed on about 10 or so computers so far at work and zero problems. And yes these computers (drafters, etc.) have a ton of high end software, etc.

Um not really, this is a totally clean system with sp3 installed. There were no other applications running in the background when I started the update, only Internet Explorer.

 

[superblast]

service packs have always been free as it should be. it is no news

Tell that to Apple.

 

[Fallengod]

WARNING* New service pack has issues. Just thought id give people the heads up. Already had 2 people install it and now they cant get on internet and other such things. Which is why I always let the n00bs install service packs first. They are the first line of defense against crappy software. Install at your own risk!!



PS: Also....This is the wrong forum for this thread...............

 

[rasputinj]

I always wait a while before installing service packs also, let other people be the MS Guinea pigs.

 

[beaver]

What are the windows? My OS is SuSe 8.1/8.2. smooth and reliable.

 

[weepul]

Originally posted by: MonkeyHwk
Thanks, but I'll wait for SP4a.

MonkeyHwk

they'll probably delay SP4a until they have enough to call it SP5. ;p

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[MonkeyHwk]

Originally posted by: RefriedBeaner
The fix for whatever is wrong in SP4.

Thanks, my monkey icon brother! I usually wait a couple of months or until the next SP is released, whichever comes first. I've learned that lesson the hard way too many times. With Microsoft you never know if the cure is going to be worse than the sickness.

 

[ELopes580]

I upgraded one of my machines that is running Win2000 Pro w/ SP3 to SP4; had no problems.