Windows Update & SP4

[internetops]

We have our Win2K Adv. Servers configured to auto-update
via Windows Update. However, we had to re-apply SP4 to
repair a corrupt dll. What I am wondering is how does
Windows Update handle the fresh SP4 install. Since it
keeps a local record of what patches have been installed
on my machine, the fact that we overwrote the patches with
the service pack will not be apparent, correct?
Therefore, am I going to need to manually apply all
changes issued since SP4?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Bill Peele [MS]]

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From: "internetops" <[email protected]>
Subject: Windows Update & SP4
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:47:28 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server

We have our Win2K Adv. Servers configured to auto-update
via Windows Update. However, we had to re-apply SP4 to
repair a corrupt dll. What I am wondering is how does
Windows Update handle the fresh SP4 install. Since it
keeps a local record of what patches have been installed
on my machine, the fact that we overwrote the patches with
the service pack will not be apparent, correct?
Therefore, am I going to need to manually apply all
changes issued since SP4?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

--

Other than a few hotfixes the were released before SP4 that had to be repackaged all updates and SPs should be aware
of each other, per the catalog file and registry entries. In other words any updates that are post SP4 should not have been
over written when SP4 was re-installed since the installation engine will not replace files that have a newer build version
than the one it is trying to install.

I hope this answers your question.

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

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