Can't load SP3

[ansiboy]

It seems my win2000 has SP1,4,5. I cannot install SP3
due to newer SP packs. What alternatives do I have to load
SP3? Without this I cannot use my new card reader.
Also I cannot find a way to uninstall the newer SPs.
I have no idea why I didn't have SP2,3 loaded previously!!

 

[Gary Smith]

It seems my win2000 has SP1,4,5. I cannot install SP3
due to newer SP packs. What alternatives do I have to load
SP3? Without this I cannot use my new card reader.
Also I cannot find a way to uninstall the newer SPs.
I have no idea why I didn't have SP2,3 loaded previously!!

Service Pack 4 includes all earlier Service packs, so installing SP2 or
SP3 would be going back to a previous version. There is no Service Pack 5
yet. If you really specifically need SP3 and there's no uninstall
available for SP4 (bad choice on your part if so), you'll have to start
over by doing a repair install of Win2K and then updating that to SP3.

 

[Chuck]

It seems odd, but since the service packs supercede the previous packs . . .
why would you want to install them ALL or go backwards?

Q. What is Windows 2000 Service Pack 4?

A. Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) is a collection of updates to
the Windows 2000 operating system. Windows 2000 SP4 can be applied to
Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced
Server, and Windows 2000 with the Server Appliance Kit operating systems.

Windows 2000 SP4 includes the following updates based on customer
feedback and continued Microsoft internal testing:

a.. Security
b.. Operating system reliability
c.. Application compatibility
d.. Windows 2000 setup
SP4 also includes:

a.. The updates contained in SP1, SP2, and SP3 for Windows 2000
b.. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4
c.. Microsoft Outlook® Express 5.5 SP2