You can add service pack to a distribution share by using update -s:distribution share. Windows 2000 uses the 'slipstream' technology, so a service pack does not have to be re-applied after the installation of a service or application. The currently installed version can be seen by using 'winver'.
Within SP1 (Tools folder) the document sdeploy.doc describes how to install
service packs in various ways. SP2 uses sp2deploy.
For remote installation of service packs, see
summary software
distribution,
How
to obtain the Windows installer package (Update.msi) for Windows 2000 service
packs (Q269732) and
Best
practices for using Update.msi to deploy service packs (Q278503).
| Security and bug fixes |
| Set program access and Default UI component. (Result of DOJ settlement so users can choose middleware like Internet Explorer, Outlook, Media player, Virtual machine for JAVA) |
| Support for USB 2.0 |
| Internet explorer 6 SP1 |
| Product activation check. Some illegally used product keys cannot be upgraded to SP1. |
Microsoft released a new version of the command-line utility qfecheck.exe, which audits and reports on the validity of installed hotfixes. The utility also has a log option that lets you capture the results of the audit in a text file. This option lets you run a script on all your systems to perform the hotfix audit and direct each system's report to a central network location.
When it runs, qfecheck.exe reads the registry key for each update and checks the version number stored in the registry against the installed file's version number. If the version number in the registry doesn't match the installed file's version number, the utility reports an error.
The utility also verifies that the WFP hotfix catalog contains an entry for each file the hotfix installs. If the file is valid according to the hotfix information in the registry but the catalog entry contains different information, Qfecheck reports an error.
You can run Qfecheck with three command-line arguments:
| /l. Log the report in a text file |
| /v. Verbose explanation of the results |
| /q. Quiet, less wordy description. |
By default, Qfecheck writes the report to the current directory and names the output file <computername>.log. You can specify an alternate location (but not the output filename) (e.g., /l: E:\Temp or /l: \\Server\HotfixReports), and you can also pipe the output to the location (and with the filename) of your choice (e.g., Qfecheck /v >E:\temp\VPNserverHotfix.log).
If the Qfecheck report contains the message, "This hotfix should be reinstalled," you've probably installed one or more security updates previously. You can correct the inconsistencies by downloading and installing the updated WFP catalog file. For more info about qfecheck.exe see Q282784.
When installing hotfixes you can use the -z option to prevent that the system will ask to reboot. The -m option will let the installation run in quiet mode. You can use the qchain.exe tool to install multiple hotfixes without a reboot by first installing the hotfixes with the -z and -m option and than by running qchain. For more info about qchain.exe see Q296861.
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Last update : 30 Augustus 2002