Win2k update order

[seabat]

Howdy: I'm fixing to re-format and re-install Windows 2000 Pro on a
friends computer. Which updates do I need? If I install SP4 do I have
to install SP1, SP2 and SP3, also?? If I just install SP4 and the new
Rollup1 for SP4, will that be sufficiant? Or what else should I
install and in what order?

This machine is not on a network or anything, just a single user home
setup. Thanks for any info.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Seabat - SP4 + KB891861 (the Rollup) + any post April 30th, 2005 Win2k
Hotfixes from Windows Update (after you install the Rollup). You also may
need to install certain additional Hotfixes from Windows Update such as IE6
Security Cum Updates, etc. Read the KB carefully to see what's covered -
all of the previous hotfixes included are listed - and what's not. For
example,

"Update Rollup for Windows 2000 does not contain updates for individual
Windows components not included with a clean slipstream install of Windows
2000 SP4. If there are components previously installed or updated on the
system, the individual security updates must be downloaded separately from
Windows Update.

Examples include the following:

.. MS03-011 - Flaw in Microsoft VM Could Enable System Compromise
(KB816093) - The Microsoft VM is not included in SP4 natively. However the
VM may be resident on systems which were updated to SP4 from a prior SP or
installed by a third party software package.

.. Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6 - Internet Explorer 5.01 was
originally included with Windows 2000. Service Packs for Windows 2000 only
service this original version. Microsoft recommends that you install
Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and the current cumulative Internet Explorer
security updates on Windows 2000 computers for maximum security."