I want to roll out W2K SP4 via GP. We are mostly W2K Pro
workstations but have recently added a few XP Pro
workstations. I'm concerned about how XP will react to the
network trying to assign SP4. Will it (XP) ignore the
service pack or could SP4 attempt to install on XP and
cause problems? Should I sequestor the XP machines in
another OU until after the rollout? Any know the answers?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Mark Pennington wrote:

> I want to roll out W2K SP4 via GP. We are mostly W2K Pro
> workstations but have recently added a few XP Pro
> workstations. I'm concerned about how XP will react to the
> network trying to assign SP4. Will it (XP) ignore the
> service pack or could SP4 attempt to install on XP and
> cause problems? Should I sequestor the XP machines in
> another OU until after the rollout? Any know the answers?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!

Hi

The XP workstations will ignore the Win2k Service Pack...


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