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rick
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jht
ml?articleId=26807263
ml?articleId=26807263
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Guest
Oh wow a dead link. Can I play? {]:~)
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rick
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtm
l?articleId=26807263
l?articleId=26807263
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Bruce Hagen
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rick
cant get the url to work...but in essence....Microsoft
has set up a block so you cant download sp2 automatically.
Now they say that they think there are still too many
bugs.
"
Microsoft Posts SP2 Blocking Tools
posted on CRN.COM an hour ago...
By TechWeb
4:03 PM EDT Wed. Aug. 11, 2004
Microsoft on Tuesday posted a toolkit that blocks
Windows' Automatic Update from grabbing Windows XP
Service Pack 2, an option enterprises concerned about
lack of testing time had been demanding.
The problem, said Microsoft, is that while it's
recommending all users update to SP2 as soon as possible,
some customers "would like to temporarily block the
delivery of SP2 in order to provide additional time for
validation and testing of the update," Microsoft said in
a statement.
To keep Automatic Update (AU) and/or Windows Update (WU)
from automatically downloading and/or installing SP2, but
still keep those services running so they can grab other
security fixes, Microsoft's assembled a kit of tools and
posted it here.
The disabling functions automatically expire in mid-
December, after which SP2 will be deployed to all Windows
XP machines whether the enterprise likes it or not.
Microsoft also pegged next Monday, August 16, as the SP2
release date to Automatic Update. SP2 will post to
Windows Update later in the month.
This story courtesy of TechWeb.
has set up a block so you cant download sp2 automatically.
Now they say that they think there are still too many
bugs.
"
Microsoft Posts SP2 Blocking Tools
posted on CRN.COM an hour ago...
By TechWeb
4:03 PM EDT Wed. Aug. 11, 2004
Microsoft on Tuesday posted a toolkit that blocks
Windows' Automatic Update from grabbing Windows XP
Service Pack 2, an option enterprises concerned about
lack of testing time had been demanding.
The problem, said Microsoft, is that while it's
recommending all users update to SP2 as soon as possible,
some customers "would like to temporarily block the
delivery of SP2 in order to provide additional time for
validation and testing of the update," Microsoft said in
a statement.
To keep Automatic Update (AU) and/or Windows Update (WU)
from automatically downloading and/or installing SP2, but
still keep those services running so they can grab other
security fixes, Microsoft's assembled a kit of tools and
posted it here.
The disabling functions automatically expire in mid-
December, after which SP2 will be deployed to all Windows
XP machines whether the enterprise likes it or not.
Microsoft also pegged next Monday, August 16, as the SP2
release date to Automatic Update. SP2 will post to
Windows Update later in the month.
This story courtesy of TechWeb.
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Randy
Rick. I got it to work just fine. The link just didn't completly wrap. Select and copy the
unwrap portion. Open the link and past the rest at the end of the link. Hit enter.
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtm
l?articleId=26807263
unwrap portion. Open the link and past the rest at the end of the link. Hit enter.
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtm
l?articleId=26807263
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Randy
See my post to your last one.
cant get the url to work...but in essence....Microsoft
has set up a block so you cant download sp2 automatically.
Now they say that they think there are still too many
bugs.
"
Microsoft Posts SP2 Blocking Tools
posted on CRN.COM an hour ago...
By TechWeb
4:03 PM EDT Wed. Aug. 11, 2004
Microsoft on Tuesday posted a toolkit that blocks
Windows' Automatic Update from grabbing Windows XP
Service Pack 2, an option enterprises concerned about
lack of testing time had been demanding.
The problem, said Microsoft, is that while it's
recommending all users update to SP2 as soon as possible,
some customers "would like to temporarily block the
delivery of SP2 in order to provide additional time for
validation and testing of the update," Microsoft said in
a statement.
To keep Automatic Update (AU) and/or Windows Update (WU)
from automatically downloading and/or installing SP2, but
still keep those services running so they can grab other
security fixes, Microsoft's assembled a kit of tools and
posted it here.
The disabling functions automatically expire in mid-
December, after which SP2 will be deployed to all Windows
XP machines whether the enterprise likes it or not.
Microsoft also pegged next Monday, August 16, as the SP2
release date to Automatic Update. SP2 will post to
Windows Update later in the month.
This story courtesy of TechWeb.
cant get the url to work...but in essence....Microsoft
has set up a block so you cant download sp2 automatically.
Now they say that they think there are still too many
bugs.
"
Microsoft Posts SP2 Blocking Tools
posted on CRN.COM an hour ago...
By TechWeb
4:03 PM EDT Wed. Aug. 11, 2004
Microsoft on Tuesday posted a toolkit that blocks
Windows' Automatic Update from grabbing Windows XP
Service Pack 2, an option enterprises concerned about
lack of testing time had been demanding.
The problem, said Microsoft, is that while it's
recommending all users update to SP2 as soon as possible,
some customers "would like to temporarily block the
delivery of SP2 in order to provide additional time for
validation and testing of the update," Microsoft said in
a statement.
To keep Automatic Update (AU) and/or Windows Update (WU)
from automatically downloading and/or installing SP2, but
still keep those services running so they can grab other
security fixes, Microsoft's assembled a kit of tools and
posted it here.
The disabling functions automatically expire in mid-
December, after which SP2 will be deployed to all Windows
XP machines whether the enterprise likes it or not.
Microsoft also pegged next Monday, August 16, as the SP2
release date to Automatic Update. SP2 will post to
Windows Update later in the month.
This story courtesy of TechWeb.
R
root
rick said:cant get the url to work...but in essence....Microsoft
has set up a block so you cant download sp2 automatically.
No, they haven't but MS MAY not have turned on Automatic Updates for the
first time yet.
Now they say that they think there are still too many
bugs.
Nope, no such spate of bugs is being reported.
"
Microsoft Posts SP2 Blocking Tools
Those are requested tools for chicken little enterprise sysadmins who want
to double check the universe before allowing SP2 into their networks. In
some cases it may be prudent to wait.
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gil
It appears that the URL has been split over two lines of text in the
message. Pasting them together brought me to what I think is the correct
page.
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=26807263
Gil.
--
If you get the facts first,
You may not need to reconstruct your hard drive later!
Please reply to the group.
message. Pasting them together brought me to what I think is the correct
page.
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=26807263
Gil.
--
If you get the facts first,
You may not need to reconstruct your hard drive later!
Please reply to the group.
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Incognitus
Geez, Rick. You really don't understand the article, do you?
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Tom Porterfield
rick said:cant get the url to work...but in essence....Microsoft
has set up a block so you cant download sp2 automatically.
Now they say that they think there are still too many
bugs.
That isn't the essence of it at all. Corporations who are using
automatic update have asked MS for the chance to have time to test SP2
before it is automatically downloaded to their workstations. This is
common practice in corporations, especially smaller ones. Larger
corporations typically don't use windows update at all. The tool allows
corporations the ability to delay having SP2 automatically installed on
their workstations, giving them a chance to verify that all of their
apps and settings will continue to work under SP2.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org
Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
What about it?
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What about it?
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
No where in that article does Microsoft, or anyone else, say, or
even imply, that "they think there are still too many bugs."
Microsoft has simply provided an additional tool to allow network
administrators of large enterprise networks, who have not yet
adequately tested SP2 for their specific applications and practices,
to control when and how SP2 gets distributed throughout their networks
without interfering with current update schemes.
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH
No where in that article does Microsoft, or anyone else, say, or
even imply, that "they think there are still too many bugs."
Microsoft has simply provided an additional tool to allow network
administrators of large enterprise networks, who have not yet
adequately tested SP2 for their specific applications and practices,
to control when and how SP2 gets distributed throughout their networks
without interfering with current update schemes.
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH
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The YT
thnx for the msg i hope they put sp2 on windows update soon cos i cant
download it through automatic updates im so annoyed
download it through automatic updates im so annoyed
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