"Pegasus \(MVP\)" <
[email protected]> replied:
You follow the instructions: Download & install at the very
least SP2 but preferably SP4. It's available at the Microsoft
site.
I find myself in the same position as Maggie. Yesterday, I replaced
my hard drive. As a result, I was forced to revert to the OEM version
of Windows 2000 that came with my computer. Since then, I have tried
repeatedly to install SP4. However, as a result of svchost errors,
the installation of SP4 inevitably fails (usually about halfway
through).
Why am I experiencing svchost errors? I'm experiencing svchost errors
because I have not been able to install the patch. But I can't
install the patch until I install the service pack--which I can't
install because I have not yet been able to install the patch. And so
on, and so on.
It strikes me as crazy that Microsoft has not released a version of
the patch that would be able to patch systems that do not yet have any
of the service packs installed. Until such a patch exists, a small
but significant number of people are going to find themselves in the
same frustrating position that I am in (and that Maggie appears to be
in).
Does anyone have any suggestions? If someone is stuck with a version
of Windows 2000 that will not accept the patch, are there any safe and
effective measures that can be taken to ward off the effects of
Blaster?